Afghanistan is 5.32× the size of Fujian

What fits

• Fujian fits inside Afghanistan about 5.32 times by area.
• Afghanistan is larger by 521,000 km² (201,000 mi²), which is 432% of the area of Fujian.
• Measured in Belgiums: Afghanistan is about 20.9, Fujian about 3.94.

How they differ

• Afghanistan is larger, but Fujian has the larger population: 41.5 million against 41.5 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 344 in Fujian against 65 in Afghanistan: Fujian is 5.33× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,030 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Afghanistan at 34°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Fujian at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Afghanistan as 6.22× the size of Fujian instead of 5.32×.
• Together Afghanistan and Fujian cover 763,000 km², close to the size of Zambia (752,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 521,000 km², is about the size of Thailand (514,000 km²).
• At Fujian's density, Afghanistan would have 221.0 million people (it has 41.5 million). At Afghanistan's density, Fujian would have 7.8 million (it has 41.5 million).
• Afghanistan's centre is 7.7° of latitude, about 860 km, farther north than Fujian's.
• Afghanistan ranks 42nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Fujian is the 23rd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Afghanistan lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 862 km) north of Fujian.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Afghanistan would have about 15,490 m² and each person in Fujian about 2,910 m².
• Laid side by side, Afghanistan and Fujian would cover 763,000 km², about the same size as Zambia.
• Together they have 83.0 million people, about as many people as Germany.
• Counted as a country, Fujian would rank 101st by area and 34th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 652,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 642,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 121,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 km², to within 2%.

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