Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 2.4 times bigger than Colorado.
Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 143% larger than Colorado. Meanwhile, the population of Colorado is ~5.0 million people (33.3 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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