Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 2 times smaller than Chad.
Chad is approximately 1,284,000 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 50.8% the size of Chad. Meanwhile, the population of Chad is ~18.0 million people (20.4 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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