Total size & land area: Afghanistan vs Liechtenstein

Afghanistan is 4,076 times bigger by total area compared to Liechtenstein: 251,827 sq mi vs 61.8 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 61.8 sq mi for Liechtenstein — a 4,076 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 192/197 for Liechtenstein.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0001% for Liechtenstein.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 32.3% in Liechtenstein.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Liechtenstein has 0.0001%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 41.9% in Liechtenstein.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.0002% are in Liechtenstein.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Liechtenstein

See how Afghanistan and Liechtenstein 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	Liechtenstein
Total area	251,827 sq mi	61.8 sq mi
Size difference ratio	4,076	1
Total area rank	40/197	192/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.00003%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	61.8 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	4,076	1
Land area rank	40/197	192/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.0001%
Population	42,647,492	40,450
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	663 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Liechtenstein
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	25.9 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	41.9%
Forest area rank	119/196	182/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.0002%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	20 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	32.3%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	187/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.0001%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	6.68 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	10.8%
Arable land area rank	33/191	185/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	n/a
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	n/a
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	n/a
Water area	0 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0%
Water area rank	168/197	179/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	391 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	46.6 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Afghanistan vs Liechtenstein size on the map

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

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