Country size comparison
compared to
Italy is around the same size as Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 10% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (39.2 million more people live in Italy).
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