Myanmar is 1.03× the size of Afghanistan

Myanmar covers about 663,000 km² (256,000 mi²) and Afghanistan about 642,000 km² (248,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

663,000km²Myanmar
642,000km²Afghanistan

200 km

Myanmar
Afghanistan

What fits

Afghanistan is 97% of the size of Myanmar.
Myanmar is larger by 21,000 km² (8,100 mi²), which is 3.3% of the area of Afghanistan.
Measured in Belgiums: Myanmar is about 21.6, Afghanistan about 20.9.

How they differ

Myanmar also has the larger population: 53.4 million against 41.5 million, 1.29× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 80 in Myanmar against 65 in Afghanistan: Myanmar is 1.25× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,310 km apart.
On a standard web map Afghanistan looks larger than Myanmar: Myanmar at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Afghanistan at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Afghanistan as 1.22× the size of Myanmar, when Myanmar is 1.03× the size of Afghanistan.
Together Myanmar and Afghanistan cover 1,305,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 21,000 km², is about the size of El Salvador (20,500 km²).
At Afghanistan's density, Myanmar would have 42.8 million people (it has 53.4 million). At Myanmar's density, Afghanistan would have 51.7 million (it has 41.5 million).
Afghanistan's centre is 12.7° of latitude, about 1,420 km, farther north than Myanmar's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Myanmar	1.03×
More people	Myanmar	1.29×
More crowded	Myanmar	1.25×
Farther north	Afghanistan	12.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Afghanistan	1.4× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Myanmar	Afghanistan
Belgium 30,700 km²	21.6×	20.9×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.72×	2.63×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.85×	1.80×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.78×	1.72×
France 548,000 km²	1.21×	1.17×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.21×	0.20×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Myanmar	Afghanistan
Area, main territory	663,000 km²256,000 mi²	642,000 km²248,000 mi²
Population	53.4 millionWikidata, 2017	41.5 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	80 per km²	65 per km²
Official area	677,000 km²Wikidata	652,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Naypyidaw	Kabul
Latitude range	10°N to 29°N	29°N to 38°N
Continent	Asia	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 677,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 663,000 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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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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