Total & land area: Afghanistan vs Togo size comparison

Afghanistan is 11.5 times bigger by total area compared to Togo: 251,827 sq mi vs 21,925 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Afghanistan is 251,827 sq mi vs 21,000 sq mi for Togo — a 12 times difference in territory size.

Afghanistan ranks 40/197 by total surface area vs 123/197 for Togo.
Afghanistan occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.04% for Togo.
58.4% of Afghanistan's area is agricultural land vs 70.2% in Togo.
Afghanistan has 0.8% of the world's agricultural land area — Togo has 0.08%.
1.85% of Afghanistan is covered by forests, compared to 22.1% in Togo.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Afghanistan, and 0.03% are in Togo.

True size map comparison: Afghanistan vs Togo

See how Afghanistan and Togo 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	Togo
Total area	251,827 sq mi	21,925 sq mi
Size difference ratio	11.5	1
Total area rank	40/197	123/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.01%
Land area	251,827 sq mi	21,000 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	12	1
Land area rank	40/197	124/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.04%
Population	42,647,492	9,515,236
Population density	179 ppl/mi²	473 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Afghanistan	Togo
Forest area	4,666 sq mi	4,635 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.85%	22.1%
Forest area rank	119/196	120/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	147,167 sq mi	14,749 sq mi
Agricultural land share	58.4%	70.2%
Agricultural land area rank	35/194	98/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.8%	0.08%
Arable land	30,294 sq mi	10,232 sq mi
Arable land share	12%	48.7%
Arable land area rank	33/191	70/191
Permanent cropland	1,042 sq mi	656 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.41%	3.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	73/192	89/192
Water area	0 sq mi	925 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	4.22%
Water area rank	168/197	88/197
Roads length	21,688 mi	7,291 mi
Land borders length	3,720 mi	1,168 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	34.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.7%

Afghanistan vs Togo size on the map

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

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