Afghanistan is 4.14× the size of Odisha

What fits

• Odisha fits inside Afghanistan about 4.14 times by area.
• Afghanistan is larger by 487,000 km² (188,000 mi²), which is 314% of the area of Odisha.
• Measured in Belgiums: Afghanistan is about 20.9, Odisha about 5.06.

How they differ

• Afghanistan is larger, but Odisha has the larger population: 42.0 million against 41.5 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 270 in Odisha against 65 in Afghanistan: Odisha is 4.19× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,340 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Afghanistan at 34°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Odisha at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Afghanistan as 5.26× the size of Odisha instead of 4.14×.
• Together Afghanistan and Odisha cover 797,000 km², close to the size of Mozambique (788,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 487,000 km², is about the size of Spain (499,000 km²).
• At Odisha's density, Afghanistan would have 173.7 million people (it has 41.5 million). At Afghanistan's density, Odisha would have 10.0 million (it has 42.0 million).
• Afghanistan's centre is 13.3° of latitude, about 1,480 km, farther north than Odisha's.
• Afghanistan ranks 42nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Odisha is the 8th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
• Afghanistan lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,480 km) north of Odisha.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Afghanistan would have about 15,490 m² and each person in Odisha about 3,700 m².
• Laid side by side, Afghanistan and Odisha would cover 797,000 km², about the same size as Mozambique.
• Together they have 83.4 million people, about as many people as Germany.
• Counted as a country, Odisha would rank 93rd by area and 34th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2011. 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 156,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 155,000 km², to within 2%.

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