Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 3.1 times bigger than Kansas.
Kansas is approximately 211,900 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 208% larger than Kansas. Meanwhile, the population of Kansas is ~2.9 million people (35.5 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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