Country size comparison
compared to
Republic of the Congo is about 1.2 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 25% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (16.4 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of
Burkina Faso
vs.
Republic of the Congo
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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