Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 7 times bigger than Portugal.
Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 608% larger than Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (28.1 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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