Burkina Faso vs India
India is 12.0 times larger than Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso would fit into India about 12 times.
Burkina FasoIndiaBurkina Faso moved onto India · Equal-area projection
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Burkina Faso is 0.08× the area of India. Put the other way, India is 12.0× the size of Burkina Faso.
| Burkina Faso | India | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 274,200 km² | 3,287,263 km² |
| Population | 24,074,580 | 1,463,865,525 |
| Density | 88 / km² | 445 / km² |
| Capital | Ouagadougou | New Delhi |
| Region | Western Africa | Southern Asia |
| Coastline | Landlocked | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 6 | 7 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Burkina Faso sits at about 12°N and is stretched to 1.05× its true area; India at 23° N is stretched to 1.18×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Burkina Faso bigger than India?
- No. Burkina Faso is 12.0 times smaller than India. Burkina Faso covers 274,200 km² and India covers 3,287,263 km².
- How many times does Burkina Faso fit into India?
- About 12 times: India has 12.0× the area of Burkina Faso.
- Why do Burkina Faso and India look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Burkina Faso is drawn about 1.05× its true area there and India about 1.18×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Burkina Faso or India?
- India: 1,463,865,525 people against 24,074,580. Density: Burkina Faso 88 per km², India 445 per km².