Afghanistan covers 652,864 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.5% of all land on Earth. It ranks 41st of 237 countries worldwide and 11th in Asia. At 34° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.4×, drawing it closer to 945,869 km², a difference of roughly 45%.
For scale, Afghanistan is roughly the same size as France (643,801 km²).
You could fit 3 of Tunisia inside Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: key figures
| True area | 652,864 km² |
| World rank | 41st |
| Share of world land | 0.5% |
| Rank in Asia | 11th / 52 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.4× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 945,869 km² |
Largest countries in Asia (true area)
| Asia | |
|---|
| China | 9,596,960 km² |
| India | 3,287,263 km² |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,910 km² |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² |
| Indonesia | 1,904,569 km² |
| Iran | 1,648,195 km² |