Country size comparison
compared to
Afghanistan is about 18 times bigger than Taiwan.
Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 1,713% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (14.8 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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