Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 58 times bigger than Gambia.
Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 5,672% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.8 million people (41.0 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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