Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Belize size comparison

Afghanistan is 28.4 times bigger by total area compared to Belize: 251,827 sq mi vs 8,867 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 8,807 sq mi for Belize — a 28.6 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 148/197 for Belize.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Belize.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 7.98% in Belize.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Belize has 0.004%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 54.5% in Belize.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.03% are in Belize.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Belize

See how Afghanistan and Belize 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	Belize
Total area	251,827 sq mi	8,867 sq mi
Size difference ratio	28.4	1
Total area rank	40/197	148/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.005%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	8,807 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	28.6	1
Land area rank	40/197	148/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.02%
Population	42,647,492	417,072
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	48.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Belize
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	4,801 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	54.5%
Forest area rank	119/196	117/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	703 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	7.98%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	157/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.004%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	386 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	4.38%
Arable land area rank	33/191	147/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	123.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	1.4%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	138/192
Water area	0 sq mi	60.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0.68%
Water area rank	168/197	134/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	2,039 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	337 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	239.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	20.4%

Afghanistan vs Belize size on the map

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

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