Country size comparison
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Zimbabwe is about 1.4 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 43% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (6.8 million fewer people live in Zimbabwe).
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