Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 25 times bigger than Rwanda.
Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 2,376% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (25.2 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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