Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 1.6 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 61% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (1.1 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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