Country size comparison
compared to
Afghanistan is about 3.8 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km,
while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making
Afghanistan 278% larger than Washington.
Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people
(31.6 million more people live in Afghanistan).
This to-scale comparison of
Washington
vs.
Afghanistan
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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