Country size comparison
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Saudi Arabia is about 8 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, making Saudi Arabia 684% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (13.4 million more people live in Saudi Arabia).
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