Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Slovenia size comparison

Afghanistan is 32.2 times bigger by total area compared to Slovenia: 251,827 sq mi vs 7,827 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 7,774 sq mi for Slovenia — a 32.4 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 151/197 for Slovenia.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for Slovenia.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 30.4% in Slovenia.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Slovenia has 0.01%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 61.2% in Slovenia.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.03% are in Slovenia.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Slovenia

See how Afghanistan and Slovenia 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	Slovenia
Total area	251,827 sq mi	7,827 sq mi
Size difference ratio	32.2	1
Total area rank	40/197	151/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.004%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	7,774 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	32.4	1
Land area rank	40/197	151/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.01%
Population	42,647,492	2,127,400
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	273.2 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Slovenia
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	4,756 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	61.2%
Forest area rank	119/196	118/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	2,360 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	30.4%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	147/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.01%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	691 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	8.88%
Arable land area rank	33/191	140/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	210.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	2.71%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	121/192
Water area	0 sq mi	52.7 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0.67%
Water area rank	168/197	136/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	24,224 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	752 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	29 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.9%

Afghanistan vs Slovenia size on the map

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

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