Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 4.4 times bigger than Nepal.
Nepal is approximately 147,181 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 343% larger than Nepal. Meanwhile, the population of Nepal is ~30.7 million people (7.7 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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