Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 6 times bigger than Guatemala.
Guatemala is approximately 108,889 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 499% larger than Guatemala. Meanwhile, the population of Guatemala is ~17.7 million people (20.6 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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