Country size comparison
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Tanzania is about 3.5 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 245% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (41.9 million more people live in Tanzania).
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