Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Moldova size comparison

Afghanistan is 19.3 times bigger by total area compared to Moldova: 251,827 sq mi vs 13,067 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 12,714 sq mi for Moldova — a 19.8 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 136/197 for Moldova.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Moldova.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 74.1% in Moldova.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Moldova has 0.05%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 11.7% in Moldova.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.01% are in Moldova.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Moldova

See how Afghanistan and Moldova 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	Moldova
Total area	251,827 sq mi	13,067 sq mi
Size difference ratio	19.3	1
Total area rank	40/197	136/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.007%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	12,714 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	19.8	1
Land area rank	40/197	135/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.02%
Population	42,647,492	2,402,306
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	184.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Moldova
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	1,492 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	11.7%
Forest area rank	119/196	143/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.01%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	9,421 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	74.1%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	110/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.05%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	7,224 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	56.8%
Arable land area rank	33/191	83/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	1,027 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	8.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	74/192
Water area	0 sq mi	353 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	2.7%
Water area rank	168/197	108/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	5,811 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	1,171 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Afghanistan vs Moldova size on the map

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

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