Country size comparison
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Laos is about 1.2 times smaller than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 86.36% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (14.2 million fewer people live in Laos).
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