Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Hungary size comparison

Afghanistan is 7.01 times bigger by total area compared to Hungary: 251,827 sq mi vs 35,912 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 35,236 sq mi for Hungary — a 7.15 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 108/197 for Hungary.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Hungary.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 55.7% in Hungary.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Hungary has 0.11%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 22.4% in Hungary.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.05% are in Hungary.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Hungary

See how Afghanistan and Hungary 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	Hungary
Total area	251,827 sq mi	35,912 sq mi
Size difference ratio	7.01	1
Total area rank	40/197	108/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.02%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	35,236 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	7.15	1
Land area rank	40/197	109/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.06%
Population	42,647,492	9,562,065
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	268.9 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Hungary
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	7,910 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	22.4%
Forest area rank	119/196	109/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	19,626 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	55.7%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	87/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.11%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	16,001 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	45.4%
Arable land area rank	33/191	54/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	579 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	1.64%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	93/192
Water area	0 sq mi	676 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	1.88%
Water area rank	168/197	97/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	130,979 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	1,309 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Afghanistan vs Hungary size on the map

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

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