Country size comparison
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Finland is about 1.2 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Finland is approximately 338,145 sq km, making Finland 23% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (16.3 million fewer people live in Finland).
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