Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 8 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 736% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (33.7 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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