Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Senegal size comparison

Afghanistan is 3.32 times bigger by total area compared to Senegal: 251,827 sq mi vs 75,955 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 74,336 sq mi for Senegal — a 3.39 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 86/197 for Senegal.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.13% for Senegal.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 49.4% in Senegal.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Senegal has 0.2%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 41.3% in Senegal.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.2% are in Senegal.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Senegal

See how Afghanistan and Senegal 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	Senegal
Total area	251,827 sq mi	75,955 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3.32	1
Total area rank	40/197	86/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.04%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	74,336 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	3.39	1
Land area rank	40/197	85/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.13%
Population	42,647,492	18,501,984
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	260.6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Senegal
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	30,688 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	41.3%
Forest area rank	119/196	59/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.2%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	36,722 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	49.4%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	74/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.2%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	14,788 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	19.9%
Arable land area rank	33/191	61/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	313 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	0.42%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	109/192
Water area	0 sq mi	1,619 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	2.13%
Water area rank	168/197	71/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	10,355 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	1,668 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	330 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.2%

Afghanistan vs Senegal size on the map

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

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