Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Honduras size comparison

Afghanistan is 5.8 times bigger by total area compared to Honduras: 251,827 sq mi vs 43,433 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 43,201 sq mi for Honduras — a 5.83 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 101/197 for Honduras.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.08% for Honduras.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 32% in Honduras.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Honduras has 0.07%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 56.3% in Honduras.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.16% are in Honduras.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Honduras

See how Afghanistan and Honduras 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	Honduras
Total area	251,827 sq mi	43,433 sq mi
Size difference ratio	5.8	1
Total area rank	40/197	101/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.02%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	43,201 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	5.83	1
Land area rank	40/197	100/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.08%
Population	42,647,492	10,825,703
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	259 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Honduras
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	24,311 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	56.3%
Forest area rank	119/196	66/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.16%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	13,807 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	32%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	100/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.07%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	3,931 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	9.1%
Arable land area rank	33/191	106/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	2,317 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	5.36%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	50/192
Water area	0 sq mi	232.4 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0.54%
Water area rank	168/197	112/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	9,160 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	979 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	511 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	4.9%

Afghanistan vs Honduras 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 Honduras 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.