Country size comparison
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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).
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