Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 26 times bigger than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 2,477% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (32.6 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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