Side by side

China vs Afghanistan

China and Afghanistan are compared here on capital city, currency, country calling code, ISO codes, population, area, languages and driving side, using the same source fields for both so every row is like for like.

First country

Second country

China

CHN · +86

VS

Afghanistan

AFG · +93

Every field, side by side

Numeric rows carry a proportional bar. The larger figure is marked.

Official name

中国

افغانستان

Capital

Beijing

Kabul

Country calling code

+86

+93

ISO alpha-2

CN

AF

ISO alpha-3

CHN

AFG

Currency

Chinese yuan

Afghan afghani

Currency code

CNY

AFN

Population

1,402,112,000larger

40,218,234

Area

9,640,011 km²larger

652,230 km²

Continent

Asia

Region

Eastern Asia

Southern Asia

Languages

Chinese

Pashto, Uzbek, Turkmen

Time zone

UTC+08:00

UTC+04:30

Land borders

16

6

Internet domain

.cn

.af

Drives on the

right

Centre point

35, 105

33, 65

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