Country size comparison
compared to
Afghanistan is about 12 times smaller than Australia.
Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 8.43% the size of Australia. Meanwhile, the population of Australia is ~26.1 million people (12.2 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from Afghanistan to Australia · OECD 2023
4,275 people moved from Afghanistan to Australia.
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