Israel is about 1.3 times smaller than Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 78.83% the size of Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~14.4 million people (4.3 million fewer people live in Israel).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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