Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Nauru size comparison

Afghanistan is 31,059 times bigger by total area compared to Nauru: 251,827 sq mi vs 8.11 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 7.72 sq mi for Nauru — a 32,612 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 195/197 for Nauru.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.00001% for Nauru.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 20% in Nauru.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Nauru has 0.000008%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 0% in Nauru.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0% are in Nauru.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Nauru

See how Afghanistan and Nauru 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	Nauru
Total area	251,827 sq mi	8.11 sq mi
Size difference ratio	31,059	1
Total area rank	40/197	195/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.000004%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	7.72 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	32,612	1
Land area rank	40/197	195/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.00001%
Population	42,647,492	11,947
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	1,568 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Nauru
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	0 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	0%
Forest area rank	119/196	195/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	1.54 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	20%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	194/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.000008%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	12%	n/a
Arable land area rank	33/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	1.54 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	20%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	188/192
Water area	0 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	4.76%
Water area rank	168/197	165/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	18.6 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	18.6 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0%

Afghanistan vs Nauru 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 Nauru 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.