Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 10,870 times smaller than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.01% the size of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~43.8 million people (43.8 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Afghanistan vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.