Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 21 times bigger than Lesotho.
Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 2,049% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (36.2 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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