Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 4.8 times bigger than Arkansas.
Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 384% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (35.4 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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