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Afghanistan: cities by population

Afghanistan has a population of 37,172,386, with Kabul as its capital. The 50 largest of its 103 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Kabul	Kabul	4,434,550
2	Herāt	Herat	574,300
3	Mazār-e Sharīf	Balkh	523,300
4	Kandahār	Kandahar	523,300
5	Jalālābād	Nangarhar	271,900
6	Kunduz	Kunduz	161,902
7	Ghazni	Ghazni	141,000
8	Balkh	Balkh	114,883
9	Baghlān	Baghlan	108,449
10	Gardez	Paktia	103,601
11	Khōst	Khowst	96,123
12	Maymana	Faryab	75,900
13	Khanabad	Kunduz	71,531
14	Bāzārak	Panjshir	65,000
15	Khulm	Balkh	64,933
16	Taloqan	Takhar	64,256
17	Bāmyān	Bamyan	61,863
18	Pul-e Khumrī	Baghlan	56,369
19	Shibirghān	Jowzjan	55,641
20	Charikar	Parwan	53,676
21	Sar-e Pul	Sar-e Pol Province	52,121
22	Zaranj	Nimroz	49,851
23	Paghmān	Kabul	49,157
24	Asadābād	Kunar	48,400
25	Aībak	Samangan	47,823
26	Fayzabad	Badakhshan	44,421
27	Lashkar Gāh	Helmand	43,934
28	Gereshk	Helmand	43,588
29	Farah	Farah	43,561
30	Istālif	Kabul	41,413
31	Andkhoy	Faryab	37,900
32	Bahārak	Badakhshan	32,551
33	Nīlī	Daykundi	30,058
34	Ghormach	Badghis	30,000
35	Shīnḏanḏ	Herat	29,264
36	Rustāq	Takhar	25,636
37	Khān Neshīn	Helmand	25,600
38	Qarāwul	Kunduz	24,544
39	Jurm	Badakhshan	23,064
40	Nahrīn	Baghlan	22,363
41	Baraki Barak	Logar	22,305
42	Ārt Khwājah	Takhar	18,623
43	Eslam Qaleh	Herat	18,086
44	Karukh	Herat	17,484
45	Mehtar Lām	Laghman	17,345
46	Kushk	Herat	16,952
47	Shahrak	Ghowr	15,967
48	Āsmār	Kunar	15,708
49	Sang-e Chārak	Sar-e Pol Province	15,377
50	Khāsh	Nimroz	15,133

Twenty years earlier: Afghanistan in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 25,936,491.