Afghanistan is 4.38× the size of Liaoning

What fits

• Liaoning fits inside Afghanistan about 4.38 times by area.
• Afghanistan is larger by 496,000 km² (191,000 mi²), which is 338% of the area of Liaoning.
• Measured in Belgiums: Afghanistan is about 20.9, Liaoning about 4.78.

How they differ

• Afghanistan is larger, but Liaoning has the larger population: 42.6 million against 41.5 million, 1.03× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 291 in Liaoning against 65 in Afghanistan: Liaoning is 4.50× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,980 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Afghanistan at 34°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Liaoning at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Afghanistan as 3.58× the size of Liaoning instead of 4.38×.
• Together Afghanistan and Liaoning cover 789,000 km², close to the size of Mozambique (788,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 496,000 km², is about the size of Spain (499,000 km²).
• At Liaoning's density, Afghanistan would have 186.7 million people (it has 41.5 million). At Afghanistan's density, Liaoning would have 9.5 million (it has 42.6 million).
• Liaoning's centre is 7.5° of latitude, about 830 km, farther north than Afghanistan's.
• Afghanistan ranks 42nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Liaoning is the 21st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Liaoning lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 832 km) north of Afghanistan.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Afghanistan would have about 15,490 m² and each person in Liaoning about 3,440 m².
• Laid side by side, Afghanistan and Liaoning would cover 789,000 km², about the same size as Mozambique.
• Together they have 84.0 million people, about as many people as Germany.
• Counted as a country, Liaoning would rank 94th 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 146,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 147,000 km², to within 2%.

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