List of cities in Afghanistan

The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million population 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]

Kabul
Herat
Jalalabad
Kandahar
Mazar-i-Sharif
Kunduz
Lashkargah
Puli Khumri
Farah
Ghazni
Maymana
Khost
Map of major cities as identified by governmental organizations[1]
A section of Kabul, which is multi-ethnic and the only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million population
Aerial view of Kandahar, the second-largest city of Afghanistan, located in southern Afghanistan
Herat, the third-largest city, located in western Afghanistan
Mazar-i-Sharif, the fourth-largest city, located in northern Afghanistan
Jalalabad, the fifth-largest city, located in eastern Afghanistan

List

The chart below shows 18 cities of Afghanistan with a population over 100,000, by order of population.

Name Province Population estimate as of January 1, 2020[3]
Kabul Kabul 4,273,156
Kandahar Kandahar 614,254
Herat Herat 556,205
Mazar-i-Sharif Balkh 469,247
Kunduz Kunduz 356,536
Jalalabad Nangarhar 263,312
Taloqan Takhar 253,735
Puli Khumri Baghlan 237,888
Charikar Parwan 198,306
Lashkargah Helmand 190,555
Sheberghan Jowzjan 188,808
Ghazni Ghazni 183,051
Khost Khost 180,214
Sar-e Pol Sar-e Pol 173,719
Chaghcharan Ghor 150,892
Mihtarlam Laghman 144,162
Farah Farah 125,570
Puli Alam Logar 117,698

Ancient names

Ancient names of places or cities in Afghanistan:

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

See also

References
  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.
  3. "NSIA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-09.
  4. The Ancient Geography of India by Alexander Cunningham.
  5. "معنی بامیکان | لغت‌نامه دهخدا". Vajehyab.com.
  6. Gazetteer of the Peshawar District 1897-98 Page 55
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