Land area in Afghanistan

The land area of Afghanistan was 652,230 km² in 2024.

Measure: Land area Unit: Square kilometres Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Afghanistan, 2024 652,230 Square kilometres
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 652,230 km²
World, 2023 129,763,686 km² Official aggregate Not the same period as Afghanistan (2024).
Position in 2024 40th of 214 See the full ranking

Land area in Afghanistan over time

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Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Land area (square kilometres), 2000 to 2024
Period AfghanistanWorld
2024 652,230 km² –
2023 652,230 km² 129,763,686 km²
2022 652,230 km² 129,762,631 km²
2021 652,230 km² 129,799,508 km²
2020 652,230 km² 129,961,173 km²
2019 652,230 km² 129,949,120 km²
2018 652,230 km² 129,946,802 km²
2017 652,230 km² 129,943,980 km²
2016 652,230 km² 129,949,309 km²
2015 652,230 km² 129,936,952 km²
2014 652,230 km² 129,931,363 km²
2013 652,230 km² 129,933,831 km²
2012 652,230 km² 129,935,604 km²
2011 652,230 km² 127,435,590 km²
2010 652,230 km² 127,434,580 km²
2009 652,230 km² 127,432,203 km²
2008 652,230 km² 127,433,762 km²
2007 652,230 km² 127,449,643 km²
2006 652,230 km² 127,449,870 km²
2005 652,230 km² 127,350,082 km²
2004 652,230 km² 127,347,330 km²
2003 652,230 km² 127,200,488 km²
2002 652,230 km² 127,193,662 km²
2001 652,230 km² 127,195,859 km²
2000 652,230 km² 127,197,039 km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 652,230 km², the figure has changed by 0%.
  • Among the 214 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 40th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Afghanistan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)