Country size comparison
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Mississippi is about 2.3 times smaller than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 44.31% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (19.0 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
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Burkina Faso is 14.9% cheaper than Mississippi
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