Country size comparison

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New Orleans is about 1,486 times smaller than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, making New Orleans 0.07% the size of Afghanistan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Afghanistan vs. New Orleans uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Afghanistan is 62.9% cheaper than New Orleans
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