Country size comparison
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United Arab Emirates is about 3.3 times smaller than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making United Arab Emirates 30.49% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (12.0 million fewer people live in United Arab Emirates).
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