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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
Saskatchewan is roughly the same size as Afghanistan. 651,900 square kilometers to 652,230 square kilometers.
Afghanistan is the 42nd country in the world listed by area.
Saskatachewan is 7th in the list of Canadian provinces and territories by area.
Nunavut, the largest province or territory, is roughly the size of Saudi Arabia, number 13 in the world listed by area.
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Further to the Afghanistan statistic...
Afghanistan may be the same size as Saskatchewan, but it is also much drier than Saskatchewan.
Despite this, the population of Afghanistan is around 35 million, approximately the population of all of Canada, squeezed into an area the size of Saskatchewan, with a drier climate no less.