Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 1.2 times smaller than Pakistan.
Pakistan is approximately 796,095 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 81.93% the size of Pakistan. Meanwhile, the population of Pakistan is ~242.9 million people (204.6 million fewer people live in Afghanistan).
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Moving from Afghanistan to Pakistan · UN DESA 2020
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