Country size comparison
compared to
Afghanistan is about 37 times bigger than Kuwait.
Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 3,561% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (35.3 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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Quality of Life Comparison · 13 statistics
Make 25.4 times more money in Kuwait
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Kuwait is 3.3 times more expensive than Afghanistan overall
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Moving from Afghanistan to Kuwait · UN DESA 2020
2,896 people born in Afghanistan live in Kuwait.
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