Total & land area: Burkina Faso vs Myanmar size comparison

Myanmar is 2.47 times bigger by total area compared to Burkina Faso: 261,228 sq mi vs 105,869 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Myanmar is 251,997 sq mi vs 105,638 sq mi for Burkina Faso — a 2.39 times difference in territory size.

Burkina Faso ranks 73/197 by total surface area vs 39/197 for Myanmar.
Burkina Faso occupies 0.18% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.44% for Myanmar.
53.4% of Burkina Faso's area is agricultural land vs 19.9% in Myanmar.
Burkina Faso has 0.31% of the world's agricultural land area — Myanmar has 0.27%.
22.2% of Burkina Faso is covered by forests, compared to 42.4% in Myanmar.
0.15% of the world's forests are in Burkina Faso, and 0.69% are in Myanmar.

True size map comparison: Burkina Faso vs Myanmar

See how Burkina Faso and Myanmar 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	Myanmar
Total area	105,869 sq mi	261,228 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.47
Total area rank	73/197	39/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.13%
Land area	105,638 sq mi	251,997 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.39
Land area rank	73/197	39/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.18%	0.44%
Population	23,548,781	54,500,091
Population density	233 ppl/mi²	219.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Burkina Faso	Myanmar
Forest area	23,423 sq mi	106,853 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.2%	42.4%
Forest area rank	69/196	22/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.69%
Agricultural land area	56,413 sq mi	50,183 sq mi
Agricultural land share	53.4%	19.9%
Agricultural land area rank	57/194	63/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.31%	0.27%
Arable land	30,531 sq mi	42,500 sq mi
Arable land share	28.9%	16.9%
Arable land area rank	31/191	28/191
Permanent cropland	2,716 sq mi	5,830 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.57%	2.31%
Permanent cropland area rank	46/192	28/192
Water area	231.7 sq mi	9,231 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.22%	3.53%
Water area rank	113/197	25/197
Roads length	9,509 mi	97,555 mi
Land borders length	2,244 mi	4,053 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,199 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.5%

Burkina Faso vs Myanmar 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 Myanmar 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.