Country size comparison
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Libya is about 2.7 times bigger than Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 170% larger than Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (31.2 million fewer people live in Libya).
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