Afghanistan is about 2 times bigger than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 98% larger than Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (4.5 million more people live in Afghanistan).
This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Afghanistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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