Total size & land area: Afghanistan vs Ivory Coast

Afghanistan is 2.02 times bigger by total area compared to Ivory Coast: 251,827 sq mi vs 124,504 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 122,780 sq mi for Ivory Coast — a 2.05 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 69/197 for Ivory Coast.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.21% for Ivory Coast.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 86.5% in Ivory Coast.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Ivory Coast has 0.58%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 7.86% in Ivory Coast.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.06% are in Ivory Coast.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Ivory Coast

See how Afghanistan and Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
Total area	251,827 sq mi	124,504 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.02	1
Total area rank	40/197	69/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.06%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	122,780 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.05	1
Land area rank	40/197	66/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.21%
Population	42,647,492	31,934,230
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	272.9 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Ivory Coast
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	9,645 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	7.86%
Forest area rank	119/196	97/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.06%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	106,175 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	86.5%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	42/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.58%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	18,545 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	15.1%
Arable land area rank	33/191	50/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	36,665 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	29.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	4/192
Water area	0 sq mi	1,723 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	1.38%
Water area rank	168/197	68/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	n/a
Land borders length	3,720 mi	2,149 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	320 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.1%

Afghanistan vs Ivory Coast size on the map

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

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