Total & land area: Burkina Faso vs Curacao size comparison

Burkina Faso is 618 times bigger by total area compared to Curacao: 105,869 sq mi vs 171.4 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Burkina Faso is 105,638 sq mi vs 171.4 sq mi for Curacao — a 616 times difference in territory size.

Burkina Faso ranks 73/197 by total surface area vs 182/197 for Curacao.
Burkina Faso occupies 0.18% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0003% for Curacao.
22.2% of Burkina Faso is covered by forests, compared to 0.16% in Curacao.
0.15% of the world's forests are in Burkina Faso, and 0.000002% are in Curacao.

True size map comparison: Burkina Faso vs Curacao

See how Burkina Faso and Curacao compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Burkina Faso	Curacao
Total area	105,869 sq mi	171.4 sq mi
Size difference ratio	618	1
Total area rank	73/197	182/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.00009%
Land area	105,638 sq mi	171.4 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	616	1
Land area rank	73/197	182/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.18%	0.0003%
Population	23,548,781	155,967
Population density	233 ppl/mi²	910 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Burkina Faso	Curacao
Forest area	23,423 sq mi	0.27 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.2%	0.16%
Forest area rank	69/196	193/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.000002%
Agricultural land area	56,413 sq mi	n/a
Agricultural land share	53.4%	n/a
Agricultural land area rank	57/194	n/a
Share of global agricultural land	0.31%	n/a
Arable land	30,531 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	28.9%	n/a
Arable land area rank	31/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	2,716 sq mi	n/a
Permanent cropland share	2.57%	n/a
Permanent cropland area rank	46/192	n/a
Water area	231.7 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.22%	0%
Water area rank	113/197	173/197
Roads length	9,509 mi	342 mi
Land borders length	2,244 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	226.2 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0%

Burkina Faso vs Curacao size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Burkina Faso and Curacao but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.