Country size comparison
compared to
Burkina Faso is about 1.5 times bigger than Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 46% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (371,589 more people live in Burkina Faso).
This to-scale comparison of
Syria
vs.
Burkina Faso
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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