Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Cuba size comparison

Afghanistan is 5.94 times bigger by total area compared to Cuba: 251,827 sq mi vs 42,426 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 40,077 sq mi for Cuba — a 6.28 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 104/197 for Cuba.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for Cuba.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 61.7% in Cuba.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Cuba has 0.13%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 31.2% in Cuba.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.08% are in Cuba.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Cuba

See how Afghanistan and Cuba 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	Cuba
Total area	251,827 sq mi	42,426 sq mi
Size difference ratio	5.94	1
Total area rank	40/197	104/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.02%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	40,077 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	6.28	1
Land area rank	40/197	103/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.07%
Population	42,647,492	10,979,783
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	271.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Cuba
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	12,517 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	31.2%
Forest area rank	119/196	87/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.08%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	24,714 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	61.7%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	80/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.13%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	11,230 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	28%
Arable land area rank	33/191	68/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	2,521 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	6.29%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	48/192
Water area	0 sq mi	2,349 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	5.54%
Water area rank	168/197	60/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	n/a
Land borders length	3,720 mi	17.7 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	2,321 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	4.2%

Afghanistan vs Cuba 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 Cuba 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.