Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Suriname size comparison

Afghanistan is 3.99 times bigger by total area compared to Suriname: 251,827 sq mi vs 63,039 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 61,972 sq mi for Suriname — a 4.06 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 91/197 for Suriname.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.11% for Suriname.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 0.45% in Suriname.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Suriname has 0.001%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 94.4% in Suriname.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.38% are in Suriname.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Suriname

See how Afghanistan and Suriname 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	Suriname
Total area	251,827 sq mi	63,039 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3.99	1
Total area rank	40/197	91/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.03%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	61,972 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	4.06	1
Land area rank	40/197	90/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.11%
Population	42,647,492	634,431
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	10.4 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Suriname
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	58,531 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	94.4%
Forest area rank	119/196	43/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.38%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	275.8 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	0.45%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	167/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.001%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	204.5 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	0.33%
Arable land area rank	33/191	157/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	9.53 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	0.02%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	173/192
Water area	0 sq mi	1,067 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	1.69%
Water area rank	168/197	82/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	2,674 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	1,185 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	239.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	1.5%

Afghanistan vs Suriname 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 Suriname 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.