Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Armenia size comparison

Afghanistan is 21.9 times bigger by total area compared to Armenia: 251,827 sq mi vs 11,484 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 10,888 sq mi for Armenia — a 23.1 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 139/197 for Armenia.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Armenia.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 58.6% in Armenia.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Armenia has 0.03%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 11.6% in Armenia.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.008% are in Armenia.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Armenia

See how Afghanistan and Armenia 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	Armenia
Total area	251,827 sq mi	11,484 sq mi
Size difference ratio	21.9	1
Total area rank	40/197	139/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.006%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	10,888 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	23.1	1
Land area rank	40/197	138/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.02%
Population	42,647,492	3,033,500
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	274.6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Armenia
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	1,265 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	11.6%
Forest area rank	119/196	147/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.008%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	6,380 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	58.6%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	126/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.03%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	1,705 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	15.7%
Arable land area rank	33/191	126/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	238.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	2.19%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	120/192
Water area	0 sq mi	596 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	5.19%
Water area rank	168/197	102/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	4,785 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	976 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Afghanistan vs Armenia size on the map

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

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