Country size comparison
compared to
Philippines is about 2.2 times smaller than Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, making Philippines 46.0% the size of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (76.3 million more people live in Philippines).
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