Manitoba is 1.02× the size of Afghanistan

What fits

• Afghanistan is 98% of the size of Manitoba.
• Manitoba is larger by 10,400 km² (4,020 mi²), which is 1.6% of the area of Afghanistan.
• Measured in Belgiums: Manitoba is about 21.3, Afghanistan about 20.9.

How they differ

• Manitoba is larger, but Afghanistan has the larger population: 41.5 million against 1.3 million, 30.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 65 in Afghanistan against 2.1 in Manitoba: Afghanistan is 31.4× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Manitoba at 55°N is drawn about 3.0× too large and Afghanistan at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Manitoba as 2.10× the size of Afghanistan instead of 1.02×.
• Together Manitoba and Afghanistan cover 1,295,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 10,400 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
• At Afghanistan's density, Manitoba would have 42.1 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Manitoba's density, Afghanistan would have 1.3 million (it has 41.5 million).
• Manitoba's centre is 20.9° of latitude, about 2,330 km, farther north than Afghanistan's.
• Manitoba is the 7th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 6.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• Afghanistan ranks 42nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Manitoba lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,330 km) north of Afghanistan.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Manitoba would have about 486,240 m² and each person in Afghanistan about 15,490 m².
• Laid side by side, Manitoba and Afghanistan would cover 1,295,000 km², about the same size as Peru.
• Together they have 42.8 million people, 1.04× as many people as Ukraine.
• Counted as a country, Manitoba would rank 41st by area and 159th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 648,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 653,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 652,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 642,000 km², to within 2%.

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