Country size comparison
compared to
Afghanistan is about 15 times smaller than China.
China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km,
while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making
Afghanistan 6.8% the size of China.
Meanwhile, the population of China is ~1.4 billion people
(1.4 billion fewer people live in Afghanistan).
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This to-scale map shows a size comparison of China compared to Afghanistan. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of Afghanistan vs. China using our country comparison tool.