Country size comparison

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Afghanistan is about 1.7 times bigger than Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 67% larger than Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the population of Zimbabwe is ~15.1 million people (23.2 million more people live in Afghanistan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zimbabwe vs. Afghanistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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