The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million people is its capital, Kabul. The rest are smaller cities and towns. According to the National Statistic and Information Authority of Afghanistan (NSIA), an estimated total number of people living inside Afghanistan was 32,225,560 in 2020. Of this, around 7.8 million were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural or countryside.[2]

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Kabul
Kabul
Herat
Herat
Jalalabad
Jalalabad
Kandahar
Kandahar
Mazar-i-Sharif
Mazar-i-Sharif
Kunduz
Kunduz
Lashkargah
Lashkargah
Puli Khumri
Puli Khumri
Farah
Farah
Ghazni
Ghazni
Maymana
Maymana
Khost
Khost
Map of major cities as identified by governmental organizations[1]
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Kabul is the only city in Afghanistan with over a million residents
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Herat is the second largest city and is located in western Afghanistan
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Mazar-i-Sharif is the third largest city and is located in northern Afghanistan
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Jalalabad, the fifth-largest city, located in eastern Afghanistan

List

The chart below shows 18 cities of Afghanistan with a population over 70,000, by order of population.

More information Name, Province ...
Name Province Population estimate (2015)[3]
Kabul Kabul 4,457,882
Herat Herat 695,000
Mazar-i-Sharif Balkh 595,000
Kandahar Kandahar 543,000
Jalalabad Nangarhar 356,685
Lashkargah Helmand 280,381
Kunduz Kunduz 268,893
Taloqan Takhar 196,400
Puli Khumri Baghlan 221,274
Sheberghan Jowzjan 175,599
Zaranj Nimroz 160,902
Maymana Faryab 149,040
Ghazni Ghazni 143,379
Khost Khost 106,083
Charikar Parwan 96,039
Fayzabad Badakhshan 95,445
Tarinkot Uruzgan 71,604
Gardez Paktia 70,641
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Ancient names

Ancient names of places or cities in Afghanistan:

More information Current city and region, Ancient name ...
Current city and region Ancient name
Kabul Kophene,[4] Gaofū, Kābūrā
Ghazni Ghaznīn, Ghazna
Balkh Bakhlo, Bactra, Bokhdī
Bamyan Bamikan[5]
Herat Haraiva, Harī, Aria
Laghman Lampaka[4]
Jalalabad Adinapur[6]
Kandahar Arachosia[4]
Lashkargah Bost, Bust
Zaranj Zranka, Zarangia, Drangiana
Kunduz Drapsaka, Walwalij
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See also

References

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