Country size comparison

compared to

Lesotho is around the same size as Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 9% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (10.5 million fewer people live in Lesotho).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Lesotho uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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