Country size comparison

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Zambia is around the same size as Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 15% larger than Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (18.7 million fewer people live in Zambia).
This to-scale comparison of Afghanistan vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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