Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 284 times smaller than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 0.35% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (21.7 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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Quality of Life Comparison · 13 statistics
Be 75.0% less likely to have access to electricity in Burkina Faso
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Cost of Living Comparison · 5 categories - 2026 data
Burkina Faso is 16.9% cheaper than Sao Tome and Principe overall
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