Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Cameroon size comparison

Afghanistan is 1.37 times bigger by total area compared to Cameroon: 251,827 sq mi vs 183,569 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 182,514 sq mi for Cameroon — a 1.38 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 52/197 for Cameroon.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.32% for Cameroon.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 20.9% in Cameroon.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Cameroon has 0.21%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 42.7% in Cameroon.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.5% are in Cameroon.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Cameroon

See how Afghanistan and Cameroon 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	Cameroon
Total area	251,827 sq mi	183,569 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.37	1
Total area rank	40/197	52/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.09%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	182,514 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.38	1
Land area rank	40/197	52/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.32%
Population	42,647,492	29,123,744
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	168 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Cameroon
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	77,886 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	42.7%
Forest area rank	119/196	30/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.5%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	38,212 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	20.9%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	71/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.21%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	23,938 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	13.1%
Arable land area rank	33/191	40/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	6,552 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	3.59%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	27/192
Water area	0 sq mi	1,055 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0.57%
Water area rank	168/197	83/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	n/a
Land borders length	3,720 mi	3,118 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	249.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	11.4%

Afghanistan vs Cameroon 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 Cameroon 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.