Country size comparison
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Svalbard is about 4.4 times smaller than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 22.63% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (21.9 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
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