Country size comparison
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Washington is about 1.6 times smaller than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 62.85% the size of Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (15.2 million fewer people live in Washington).
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