Country size comparison
compared to
Australia is about 12 times bigger than Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 1,087% larger than Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (12.2 million fewer people live in Australia).
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