Country size comparison
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Pakistan is about 1.2 times bigger than Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Pakistan is approximately 796,095 sq km, making Pakistan 22% larger than Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (204.6 million more people live in Pakistan).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from Pakistan to Afghanistan · UN DESA 2020
102,500 people born in Pakistan live in Afghanistan.
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