Country size comparison
compared to
Zambia is around the same size as Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 15% larger than Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (18.7 million fewer people live in Zambia).
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