Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 15 times bigger than Denmark.
Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 1,414% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (32.4 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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227 people moved from Afghanistan to Denmark.
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