Country size comparison
compared to
Bahrain is about 858 times smaller than Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Bahrain is approximately 760 sq km, making Bahrain 0.12% the size of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~43.8 million people (42.2 million fewer people live in Bahrain).
Tip:
This to-scale comparison of
Afghanistan
vs.
Bahrain
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Try dragging the outline to reposition.
Compare further: Bahrain vs. Afghanistan
Flip Comparison · See true size
See Bahrain on top of Afghanistan
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 23 statistics
Be 12.1 times more likely to be unemployed in Afghanistan
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Afghanistan is 70.9% cheaper than Bahrain overall
→
Moving from Bahrain to Afghanistan · Cost, visas & climate
Compare cost of living, salary and climate.
→
Our free app, MapSize by MyLifeElsewhere — compare any two places, to scale on your mobile device.