Country size comparison
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Guatemala is about 2.5 times smaller than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Guatemala is approximately 108,889 sq km, making Guatemala 39.71% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (4.2 million fewer people live in Guatemala).
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