Country size comparison
compared to
Afghanistan is around the same size as Madagascar.
Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 11% larger than Madagascar. Meanwhile, the population of Madagascar is ~28.2 million people (10.2 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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