Country size comparison
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Portugal is about 3 times smaller than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 33.58% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (11.7 million fewer people live in Portugal).
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Burkina Faso is 9.2% cheaper than Portugal overall
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