Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 1.2 times bigger than Yemen.
Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 24% larger than Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~41.8 million people (2.1 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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