List of cities in Afghanistan

List of cities in Afghanistan is located in Afghanistan
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]
Kabul is the only city in Afghanistan with over a million residents
Herat is the second largest city and is located in western Afghanistan
Mazar-i-Sharif is the third largest city and is located in northern Afghanistan
Jalalabad, the fifth-largest city, located in eastern Afghanistan

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]

  1. ^ "STATE OF AFGHAN CITIES -2015 VOLUME ONE" (PDF). samuelhall.org. Ministry of Urban Development Affairs.
  2. ^ "NSIA Population Estimates 2019-20" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-09.