Total size & land area: Afghanistan vs Philippines

Afghanistan is 1.9 times bigger by total area compared to the Philippines: 251,827 sq mi vs 132,606 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 115,124 sq mi for the Philippines — a 2.19 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 64/197 for the Philippines.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.2% for the Philippines.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 42.7% in the Philippines.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — the Philippines has 0.27%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 24.5% in the Philippines.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.18% are in the Philippines.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Philippines

See how Afghanistan and the Philippines 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	Philippines
Total area	251,827 sq mi	132,606 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.9	1
Total area rank	40/197	64/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.07%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	115,124 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.19	1
Land area rank	40/197	71/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.2%
Population	42,647,492	115,843,670
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	1,023 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Philippines
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	28,159 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	24.5%
Forest area rank	119/196	62/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.18%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	49,122 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	42.7%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	64/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.27%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	21,583 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	18.7%
Arable land area rank	33/191	44/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	21,748 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	18.9%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	9/192
Water area	0 sq mi	17,482 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	13.2%
Water area rank	168/197	12/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	134,457 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	22,549 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	1.6%

Afghanistan vs Philippines size on the map

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

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