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title: "Afghanistan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Afghanistan: capital Kabul, area 652,230 km², population 43,844,111 (2025), currency Afghan afghani. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/afghanistan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Afghanistan

**Afghanistan: Capital Kabul**

652,230 km² · 43,844,111 people (2025) · Afghan afghani

Landlocked and mountainous: the Hindu Kush runs across the north-east and the Wakhan Corridor reaches out to touch China at over 4,900 m. The Band-e Amir lakes in the central highlands are dammed by natural travertine walls that the water builds up as it flows over them.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Kabul
- **Area:** 652,230 km² — 251,827 sq mi
- **Population:** 43,844,111 (2025)
- **Density:** 67.2 people per km²
- **Currency:** Afghan afghani (AFN, ؋)
- **Official languages:** Dari, Pashto
- **Time zone:** UTC+04:30
- **Calling code:** +93
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** AF · AFG
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 42 of 200
- **By population:** 36 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Morocco | 716,550 | 38,430,770 |
| Myanmar | 676,578 | 54,850,648 |
| Afghanistan ← | 652,230 | 43,844,111 |
| South Sudan | 644,329 | 12,188,788 |
| France | 643,801 | 68,720,337 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Afghanistan?

Kabul

### What currency does Afghanistan use?

The Afghan afghani (AFN).

### How big is Afghanistan?

652,230 km², or 251,827 square miles — 42 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Afghanistan drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Morocco](https://atoneplace.net/country/morocco/)
- [Myanmar](https://atoneplace.net/country/myanmar/)
- [South Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-sudan/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]