Country size comparison

compared to

Afghanistan is around the same size as Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 12% larger than Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (36.0 million more people live in Afghanistan).

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