Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 6 times bigger than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 462% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (25.6 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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