Country size comparison
compared to
Afghanistan is around the same size as Central African Republic.
Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 5% larger than Central African Republic. Meanwhile, the population of Central African Republic is ~5.5 million people (32.9 million more people live in Afghanistan).
This to-scale comparison of
Central African Republic
vs.
Afghanistan
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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