Country size comparison
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Zambia is about 2.7 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 174% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in Zambia).
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