Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Sudan size comparison

Sudan is 2.82 times bigger by total area compared to Afghanistan: 710,693 sq mi vs 251,827 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Sudan is 721,239 sq mi vs 251,827 sq mi for Afghanistan — a 2.86 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 15/197 for Sudan.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.25% for Sudan.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 60.3% in Sudan.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Sudan has 2.36%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 9.55% in Sudan.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.44% are in Sudan.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Sudan

See how Afghanistan and Sudan 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	Sudan
Total area	251,827 sq mi	710,693 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.82
Total area rank	40/197	15/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.36%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	721,239 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.86
Land area rank	40/197	15/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	1.25%
Population	42,647,492	50,448,963
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	73.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Sudan
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	68,892 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	9.55%
Forest area rank	119/196	36/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.44%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	435,002 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	60.3%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	10/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	2.36%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	81,062 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	11.2%
Arable land area rank	33/191	13/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	834 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	0.12%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	80/192
Water area	0 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0%
Water area rank	168/197	192/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	19,263 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	4,237 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	530 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	17%

Afghanistan vs Sudan size on the map

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

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