Afghanistan is about 1.9 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 51.48% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (13.9 million more people live in Afghanistan).
This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Afghanistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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