Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 9 times bigger than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 809% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (29.7 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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