Country size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
Maryland
vs.
Afghanistan
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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