Country size comparison
compared to
Afghanistan is around the same size as Zambia.
Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 86.66% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (18.7 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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