Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Brazil size comparison

Brazil is 13.1 times bigger by total area compared to Afghanistan: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 251,827 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 251,827 sq mi for Afghanistan — a 12.8 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 5/197 for Brazil.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 5.61% for Brazil.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 28.3% in Brazil.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Brazil has 4.96%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 59% in Brazil.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 12.2% are in Brazil.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Brazil

See how Afghanistan and Brazil 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	Brazil
Total area	251,827 sq mi	3,287,956 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	13.1
Total area rank	40/197	5/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	1.67%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	3,227,096 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	12.8
Land area rank	40/197	5/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	5.61%
Population	42,647,492	211,998,573
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	66.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Brazil
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	1,903,402 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	59%
Forest area rank	119/196	2/196
World's forests share	0.03%	12.2%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	914,131 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	28.3%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	4/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	4.96%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	214,835 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	6.66%
Arable land area rank	33/191	5/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	29,946 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	0.93%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	5/192
Water area	0 sq mi	60,860 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	1.85%
Water area rank	168/197	6/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	1,242,742 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	10,032 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	4,655 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	26.6%

Afghanistan vs Brazil 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 Brazil 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.