Top 100 largest cities in Afghanistan


List of the largest cities in Afghanistan (with the largest population). If you are interested in the answer to the question "What are the largest cities in Afghanistan?" you've come to the right place!


Kabul 3,043,532
Kandahar 391,190
Mazari Sharif 303,282
Herat 272,806
Jalalabad 200,331
Kunduz 161,902
Ghazni 141,000
Balkh 114,883
Baghlan 108,449
Gardez 103,601
Khōst 96,123
Maymana 75,900
Khanabad 71,531
Bāzārak 65,000
Bāzār-e Yakāwlang 65,000
Khulm 64,933
Taloqan 64,256
Bāmyān 61,863
Pul-e Khumrī 56,369
Shibirghān 55,641
Charikar 53,676
Sar-e Pul 52,121
Zaranj 49,851
Paghmān 49,157
Asadābād 48,400
Aībak 47,823
Fayzabad 44,421
Lashkar Gah 43,934
Gereshk 43,588
Farah 43,561
Ghormach 30,000
Shīnḏanḏ 29,264
Andkhōy 29,208
Rustāq 25,636
Qarāwul 24,544
Nahrin 22,363
Baraki Barak 22,305
Ārt Khwājah 18,623
Kafir Qala 18,086
Karukh 17,484
Mehtar Lām 17,345
Kushk 16,952
Shahrak 15,967
Āsmār 15,708
Sang-e Chārak 15,377
Khāsh 15,133
Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 15,098
Jabal Saraj 15,032
Qarqīn 15,018
Fayrōz Kōh 15,000
Mīrābād 14,160
Zarghūn Shahr 13,737
Sangīn 13,579
Panjāb 13,471
Uruzgān 13,388
Pul-e ‘Alam 13,247
Chīras 12,779
Ḩukūmatī Azrah 12,526
Qarah Bāgh 12,412
Qalāt 12,191
Ashkāsham 12,120
Jurm 12,106
Kuhsān 12,087
Tukzār 12,021
Chahār Burj 11,935
Larkird 11,635
Rūdbār 11,034
Farkhār 10,480
Zindah Jān 10,104
Anār Darah 10,023
Tarinkot 10,000
Imām Şāḩib 9,659
Darzāb 9,642
‘Alāqahdārī Dīshū 9,196
Tagāw-Bāy 9,096
Markaz-e Ḩukūmat-e Darwēshān 9,012
Qala i Naw 9,000
Qarchī Gak 8,942
Dasht-e Archī 8,263
Qal‘ah-ye Shahr 7,756
Sidqābād 7,407
Zaṟah Sharan 7,366
Tīr Pul 6,979
Bāsawul 6,835
Yangī Qal‘ah 6,541
Tagāb 6,400
Khandūd 5,521
Mīr Bachah Kōṯ 5,405
Ḩukūmatī Dahanah-ye Ghōrī 3,307
Sharan 2,200
Maydanshakhr 1,600
Lab-Sar 1,068
Pārūn 1,000
Arghestān 894
Deri Mila 500
Dādshān 450
Darwāzkay 111
Mōnay 67
Mulkānah 56
Kharbūṯī 1

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