Country size comparison
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Iran is about 6 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 501% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~24.1 million people (68.3 million more people live in Iran).
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