Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 2.6 times bigger than Michigan.
Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 160% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (28.5 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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