Balkh has a population of 114,883, making it the 8th largest place we list in Afghanistan.
Balkh holds 0.26% of Afghanistan's 45,047,069 people. Kabul, the largest place we list there, is 39 times its size.
114,883
population
#8
in Afghanistan
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Jalālābād | Nangarhar | 271,900 |
| Kunduz | Kunduz | 161,902 |
| Ghazni | Ghazni | 141,000 |
| Baghlān | Baghlan | 108,449 |
| Gardez | Paktia | 103,601 |
| Khōst | Khowst | 96,123 |
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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.