Country size comparison
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Colorado is around the same size as Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 97.97% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (16.9 million fewer people live in Colorado).
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