Country size comparison
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Somalia is about 2.3 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 133% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (9.5 million fewer people live in Somalia).
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