Country size comparison
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Syria is about 1.5 times smaller than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 68.36% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (371,589 fewer people live in Syria).
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