Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 72 times bigger than Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 7,064% larger than Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (35.2 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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