Country size comparison
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Germany is about 1.3 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 30% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (62.4 million more people live in Germany).
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