Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is around the same size as Kenya.
Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 12% larger than Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (17.5 million fewer people live in Afghanistan).
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