Country size comparison

compared to

Afghanistan is about 21 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 2,036% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (26.5 million more people live in Afghanistan).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Afghanistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.