Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 2.2 times bigger than Arizona.
Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 122% larger than Arizona. Meanwhile, the population of Arizona is ~6.4 million people (32.0 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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