Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 2 times smaller than Peru.
Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 50.75% the size of Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~34.6 million people (9.3 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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