Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Andorra size comparison

Afghanistan is 1,394 times bigger by total area compared to Andorra: 251,827 sq mi vs 180.7 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 181.5 sq mi for Andorra — a 1,388 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 179/197 for Andorra.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0003% for Andorra.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 39.9% in Andorra.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Andorra has 0.0004%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 34% in Andorra.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.0004% are in Andorra.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Andorra

See how Afghanistan and Andorra compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Afghanistan	Andorra
Total area	251,827 sq mi	180.7 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1,394	1
Total area rank	40/197	179/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.00009%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	181.5 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1,388	1
Land area rank	40/197	179/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.0003%
Population	42,647,492	81,938
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	462 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Andorra
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	61.8 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	34%
Forest area rank	119/196	174/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.0004%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	72.4 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	39.9%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	174/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.0004%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	2.83 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	1.56%
Arable land area rank	33/191	186/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	0.03 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	0.02%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	192/192
Water area	0 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0%
Water area rank	168/197	169/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	198.8 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	73.3 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Afghanistan vs Andorra size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Afghanistan and Andorra but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.