Country size comparison
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Samoa is about 97 times smaller than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, making Samoa 1.03% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (21.7 million fewer people live in Samoa).
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Burkina Faso is 80.2% more expensive than Samoa overall
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