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Afghanistan

Afghanistan's best placing is 36th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #36Population
Top 10 placings: 0 / 11
Population: 43.8 million
Land area: 652,230 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Afghanistan is.

Population

#36 of 195

43,844,111 people

15th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#40 of 194

652,230 km² of land

11th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#73 of 194

0.015 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports

#73 of 193

68 airports

18th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest

#118 of 194

12,084 km² of forest

27th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#122 of 194

67.22 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Airports per person

#153 of 192

1.55 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports by area

#160 of 191

1.04 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#151 of 179

327 mm of precipitation per year

29th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Forest per person

#166 of 194

0.0003 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#173 of 194

1.9 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

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