Country size comparison
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Ethiopia is about 4 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 303% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (91.7 million more people live in Ethiopia).
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