Turkey is about 1.2 times bigger than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, making Turkey 20% larger than Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (44.7 million more people live in Turkey).
This to-scale comparison of Afghanistan vs. Turkey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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