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Afghanistan

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
43,844,111 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 41,454,761in 2023[4]
Land area
652,230 km²[5]
Total area
652,230 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
People's Republic of China, Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan[18]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[19][18]
Continent
Official names
  • امارت اسلامی افغانستان[20]
  • Islamskie Państwo Afganistanu[21]
  • Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[22]
  • Afganská islamská republika[23]
  • Исламский Эмират Афганистан[24]

Parts of Afghanistan

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202543.8M

9,035,043 in 1960, 43,844,111 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19609,035,043
19619,214,083
19629,404,406
19639,604,487
19649,814,318
196510,036,008
196610,266,395
196710,505,959
196810,756,922
196911,017,409
197011,290,128
197111,567,667
197211,853,696
197312,157,999
197412,469,127
197512,773,954
197613,059,851
197713,340,756
197813,611,441
197913,655,567
198013,169,311
198111,937,581
198210,991,378
198310,917,982
198411,190,221
198511,426,852
198611,420,074
198711,387,818
198811,523,298
198911,874,088
199012,045,660
199112,238,879
199213,278,974
199314,943,172
199416,250,794
199517,065,836
199617,763,266
199718,452,091
199819,159,996
199919,887,785
200020,130,327
200120,284,307
200221,378,117
200322,733,049
200423,560,654
200524,404,567
200625,424,094
200725,909,852
200826,482,622
200927,466,101
201028,284,089
201129,347,708
201230,560,034
201331,622,704
201432,792,523
201533,831,764
201634,700,612
201735,688,935
201836,743,039
201937,856,121
202039,068,979
202140,000,412
202240,578,842
202341,454,761
202442,647,492
202543,844,111

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
AF[25]
ISO alpha-3
AFG[26]
ISO numeric
004[27]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), capital: Kabul (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), population (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), area (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official language: Pashto (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Afghanistan
  8. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official language: Dari (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Afghanistan
  9. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official language: Balochi (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official language: Nuristani (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official language: Pamir (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official language: Pashayi (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official language: Uzbek (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official language: Arabic (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Afghanistan
  15. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official language: Turkmen (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  16. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), currency: afghani (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), continent: Asia (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  18. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  19. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), instance of (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  20. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official name (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  21. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official name (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  22. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official name (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Official Names of the United Nations Membership
  23. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official name (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  24. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), official name (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  25. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  26. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  27. Wikidata: Afghanistan (Q889), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564433743) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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