Country size comparison
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Iraq is about 1.6 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 60% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (18.5 million more people live in Iraq).
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