Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 230 times bigger than Samoa.
Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 22,939% larger than Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~219,306 people (43.6 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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