Country size comparison
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Madagascar is about 2.1 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 114% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (6.2 million more people live in Madagascar).
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