Country size comparison
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Namibia is about 1.3 times bigger than Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, making Namibia 26% larger than Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (35.6 million fewer people live in Namibia).
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