Country size comparison
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Russia is about 62 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 6,136% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (120.1 million more people live in Russia).
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