Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Peru size comparison

Peru is 1.97 times bigger by total area compared to Afghanistan: 496,225 sq mi vs 251,827 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Peru is 494,211 sq mi vs 251,827 sq mi for Afghanistan — a 1.96 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 19/197 for Peru.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.86% for Peru.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 19.1% in Peru.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Peru has 0.51%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 56.1% in Peru.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 1.78% are in Peru.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Peru

See how Afghanistan and Peru 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	Peru
Total area	251,827 sq mi	496,225 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.97
Total area rank	40/197	19/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.25%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	494,211 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.96
Land area rank	40/197	19/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.86%
Population	42,647,492	34,217,848
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	70.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Peru
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	277,267 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	56.1%
Forest area rank	119/196	10/196
World's forests share	0.03%	1.78%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	94,153 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	19.1%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	46/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.51%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	15,129 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	3.06%
Arable land area rank	33/191	60/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	8,804 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	1.78%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	18/192
Water area	0 sq mi	2,014 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0.41%
Water area rank	168/197	64/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	109,106 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	4,388 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,500 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	7.9%

Afghanistan vs Peru 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 Peru 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.