Country size comparison
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Peru is about 4.7 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 369% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (10.3 million more people live in Peru).
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Burkina Faso is 54.5% more expensive than Peru overall
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