Country size comparison
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Japan is about 1.4 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 38% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (102.3 million more people live in Japan).
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