Total & land area: Burkina Faso vs Taiwan size comparison

Burkina Faso is 7.58 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 105,869 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Burkina Faso is 105,638 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 7.56 times difference in territory size.

Burkina Faso ranks 73/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Burkina Faso occupies 0.18% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
53.4% of Burkina Faso's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Burkina Faso has 0.31% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
22.2% of Burkina Faso is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.15% of the world's forests are in Burkina Faso, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Burkina Faso vs Taiwan

See how Burkina Faso and Taiwan 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	Taiwan
Total area	105,869 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	7.58	1
Total area rank	73/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.007%
Land area	105,638 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	7.56	1
Land area rank	73/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.18%	0.02%
Population	23,548,781	23,331,886
Population density	233 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Burkina Faso	Taiwan
Forest area	23,423 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.2%	60.8%
Forest area rank	69/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.15%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	56,413 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	53.4%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	57/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.31%	0.02%
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	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.57%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	46/192	79/192
Water area	231.7 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.22%	0%
Water area rank	113/197	193/197
Roads length	9,509 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	2,244 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	973 mi

Burkina Faso vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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