Country size comparison

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Afghanistan is about 2.7 times bigger than United Kingdom.

United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 168% larger than United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (29.4 million fewer people live in Afghanistan).
This to-scale comparison of United Kingdom vs. Afghanistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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