Country size comparison
compared to
United Arab Emirates is about 8 times smaller than Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making United Arab Emirates 12.82% the size of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (28.4 million fewer people live in United Arab Emirates).
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