Country size comparison

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Libya is about 6 times bigger than Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 542% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (14.8 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burkina Faso vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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