Country size comparison
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Romania is around the same size as Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, making Romania 86.94% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (3.4 million fewer people live in Romania).
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