Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Azerbaijan size comparison

Afghanistan is 7.53 times bigger by total area compared to Azerbaijan: 251,827 sq mi vs 33,436 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 31,911 sq mi for Azerbaijan — a 7.89 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 112/197 for Azerbaijan.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Azerbaijan.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 57.8% in Azerbaijan.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Azerbaijan has 0.1%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 14.1% in Azerbaijan.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.03% are in Azerbaijan.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Azerbaijan

See how Afghanistan and Azerbaijan 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	Azerbaijan
Total area	251,827 sq mi	33,436 sq mi
Size difference ratio	7.53	1
Total area rank	40/197	112/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.02%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	31,911 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	7.89	1
Land area rank	40/197	112/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.06%
Population	42,647,492	10,202,830
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	324 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Azerbaijan
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	4,503 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	14.1%
Forest area rank	119/196	121/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	18,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	57.8%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	89/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.1%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	8,076 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	25.3%
Arable land area rank	33/191	82/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	1,056 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	3.31%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	72/192
Water area	0 sq mi	1,525 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	4.56%
Water area rank	168/197	72/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	48,358 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	1,534 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	1%

Afghanistan vs Azerbaijan 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 Azerbaijan 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.