Di seguito sono riportate le aree urbane con più di 100.000 abitanti in Afghanistan ordinate per popolazione.
La popolazione dell'Area urbana (o agglomerato urbano) si riferisce alla popolazione contenuta all'interno dei contorni di un territorio contiguo abitato a livelli di densità urbana, che tipicamente comprende una città e la sua fascia suburbana circostante.
| Posizione | Area urbana | Stima della popolazione (2025) | Variazione annuale (rispetto al 2024) | Superficie terrestre (Km²) | Densità (Ab/Km²) | Posizione globale | Proiezioni (2030) | Proiezioni (2050) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kābul (Kabul) | 5.635.737 | 1,46% | 386 | 14.600 | 68 | 6.254.899 | 8.003.002 |
| 2 | Herat | 1.259.425 | 1,25% | 99 | 12.721 | 405 | 1.371.143 | 1.768.419 |
| 3 | Kandahar | 799.015 | 0,98% | 91 | 8.780 | 662 | 862.317 | 1.150.851 |
| 4 | Mazar i sharif | 651.287 | 0,64% | 47 | 13.857 | 834 | 707.652 | 848.758 |
| 5 | Jalalabad | 587.508 | 1,83% | 126 | 4.663 | 927 | 666.374 | 910.276 |
| 6 | Taloqan | 290.028 | 1,39% | 39 | 7.437 | 2.003 | 324.291 | 478.276 |
| 7 | Kunduz | 287.295 | 1,31% | 41 | 7.007 | 2.028 | 327.957 | 456.840 |
| 8 | Maymana | 229.355 | 1,45% | 25 | 9.174 | 2.560 | 257.718 | 375.062 |
| 9 | Puli Khumri | 228.271 | 1,44% | 28 | 8.153 | 2.574 | 260.720 | 379.692 |
| 10 | Charikar | 227.054 | 1,6% | 20 | 11.353 | 2.592 | 253.999 | 395.906 |
| 11 | Shindand | 213.596 | 2,23% | 25 | 8.544 | 2.776 | 241.599 | 370.361 |
| 12 | Firozkoh | 204.753 | 2,32% | 26 | 7.875 | 2.915 | 257.379 | 434.339 |
| 13 | Fayzabad | 195.148 | 1,42% | 27 | 7.228 | 3.080 | 217.079 | 322.694 |
| 14 | Toraghundi | 190.543 | 1,84% | 9 | 21.171 | 3.153 | 214.089 | 304.783 |
| 15 | Lashkar Gah | 188.936 | 0,94% | 40 | 4.723 | 3.183 | 201.216 | 251.822 |
| 16 | Khost | 188.579 | 0,99% | 67 | 2.815 | 3.196 | 201.425 | 280.948 |
| 17 | Sheberghan | 181.348 | 1,86% | 28 | 6.477 | 3.323 | 201.117 | 272.177 |
| 18 | Guzarah | 176.657 | 1,87% | 24 | 7.361 | 3.417 | 203.178 | 310.575 |
| 19 | Mihtarlam | 162.346 | 2,47% | 25 | 6.494 | 3.726 | 201.876 | 400.692 |
| 20 | Nao Deh | 160.058 | 1,42% | 23 | 6.959 | 3.785 | 178.093 | 243.630 |
| 21 | Girishk | 148.717 | 1,44% | 14 | 10.623 | 4.080 | 162.689 | 233.334 |
| 22 | Farah | 145.299 | 0,82% | 21 | 6.919 | 4.201 | 164.258 | 232.603 |
| 23 | Samangan | 137.944 | 2,07% | 22 | 6.270 | 4.414 | 155.700 | 239.398 |
| 24 | Andkhoy | 135.875 | 4,12% | 38 | 3.576 | 4.489 | 160.020 | 252.297 |
| 25 | Bai Ghesi | 133.028 | 2,03% | 15 | 8.869 | 4.586 | 150.573 | 280.830 |
| 26 | Sar-e Pol | 129.350 | 1,93% | 17 | 7.609 | 4.722 | 144.597 | 242.763 |
| 27 | Koh-i-Sayad | 128.109 | 2,1% | 24 | 5.338 | 4.770 | 145.445 | 236.089 |
| 28 | Qala i Naw | 121.540 | 4,65% | 14 | 8.681 | 5.042 | 137.904 | 223.266 |
| 29 | Ghurian | 121.509 | 2% | 18 | 6.751 | 5.046 | 139.050 | 220.409 |
| 30 | Bagram | 120.031 | 4,86% | 17 | 7.061 | 5.117 | 142.607 | 229.589 |
| 31 | Lal | 117.617 | 1,84% | 4 | 29.404 | 5.229 | 185.403 | 348.838 |
| 32 | Golbahar | 116.780 | 2,8% | 28 | 4.171 | 5.258 | 163.379 | 407.674 |
| 33 | Rustaq | 112.870 | 1,74% | 17 | 6.639 | 5.465 | 128.269 | 194.702 |
| 34 | Qeysar | 112.398 | 2,23% | 10 | 11.240 | 5.488 | 135.974 | 326.866 |
| 35 | Chayab | 109.442 | 1,55% | 10 | 10.944 | 5.645 | 121.314 | 170.956 |
| 36 | Baghlan | 109.385 | 1,08% | 13 | 8.414 | 5.649 | 174.208 | 316.829 |
| 37 | Ghazni | 109.080 | 0,71% | 21 | 5.194 | 5.670 | 113.452 | 132.556 |
| 38 | Bamian | 108.111 | 2,26% | 10 | 10.811 | 5.716 | 127.389 | 219.586 |
| 39 | Tarinkot | 106.741 | 1,18% | 12 | 8.895 | 5.787 | 120.104 | 188.599 |
| 40 | Qarabagh | 102.421 | 8,86% | 25 | 4.097 | 6.037 | 117.236 | 258.478 |
| 41 | Sange Shanda | 100.828 | 0,08% | 2 | 50.414 | 6.127 | 125.388 | 179.925 |
| 42 | Bandabad | 98.577 | 2,27% | 25 | 3.943 | 6.267 | 114.260 | 217.887 |
| 43 | Kishim | 98.217 | 1,96% | 16 | 6.139 | 6.294 | 109.459 | 172.746 |
| 44 | خان آباد | 96.371 | 1,64% | 15 | 6.425 | 6.415 | 107.437 | 188.600 |
| 45 | Imam Sahib | 95.933 | 1,66% | 14 | 6.852 | 6.439 | 106.544 | 159.101 |
| 46 | Muslem Abad | 95.726 | 1,74% | 19 | 5.038 | 6.451 | 107.652 | 165.284 |
| 47 | Qurbagheh Khaneh | 90.542 | – | 37 | 2.447 | 6.841 | 105.959 | 177.271 |
| 48 | Tulak | 83.115 | 4,45% | 11 | 7.556 | 7.488 | 103.520 | 213.667 |
| 49 | Orlamish | 81.219 | 2,17% | 7 | 11.603 | 7.680 | 92.469 | 143.491 |
| 50 | Baraki Rijan | 78.100 | – | 31 | 2.519 | 7.985 | 101.401 | 205.834 |
| 51 | Jabal us Saraj | 77.917 | 2,38% | 16 | 4.870 | 8.002 | 89.498 | 164.456 |
| 52 | Pol-E-Charkhi | 77.526 | 1,93% | 19 | 4.080 | 8.041 | 88.033 | 131.777 |
| 53 | Mahmud-e Raqi | 76.842 | 2,22% | 19 | 4.044 | 8.118 | 89.228 | 231.465 |
| 54 | Nejrab | 76.601 | 3,62% | 30 | 2.553 | 8.143 | 92.997 | 161.212 |
| 55 | Pasab | 76.047 | 1,77% | 6 | 12.675 | 8.192 | 83.638 | 138.108 |
| 56 | Shinkot | 75.860 | 4,97% | 11 | 6.896 | 8.212 | 96.256 | 198.877 |
| 57 | Bed-i-Kalan | 75.662 | 1,42% | 4 | 18.916 | 8.229 | 83.401 | 114.352 |
| 58 | Kaza | 74.779 | – | 24 | 3.116 | 8.324 | 118.846 | 296.420 |
| 59 | Siyahgird | 73.267 | 2,56% | 12 | 6.106 | 8.501 | 85.334 | 193.780 |
| 60 | Qal`ah-ye Sang-e Takht | 69.774 | 4,52% | 8 | 8.722 | 8.893 | 87.109 | 171.988 |
| 61 | Darzab | 68.812 | 1,76% | 5 | 13.762 | 9.013 | 77.000 | 162.937 |
| 62 | Bala Murghab | 67.539 | 2,01% | 10 | 6.754 | 9.173 | 76.384 | 134.380 |
| 63 | Nahrin | 66.953 | 2,71% | 13 | 5.150 | 9.263 | 74.230 | 125.280 |
| 64 | Zaranj | 65.164 | 0,82% | 18 | 3.620 | 9.509 | 70.203 | 94.788 |
| 65 | Qarabāg | 64.105 | 1,77% | 3 | 21.368 | 9.656 | 71.751 | 105.549 |
| 66 | Muḩammad Khwājah | 62.560 | – | 8 | 7.820 | 9.914 | 78.596 | 148.757 |
| 67 | Shahrak | 61.929 | 1,32% | 2 | 30.965 | 10.022 | 101.432 | 192.213 |
| 68 | Deh Rawud | 60.201 | 1,56% | 10 | 6.020 | 10.286 | 66.780 | 106.026 |
| 69 | Tukzar | 59.745 | 2,2% | 10 | 5.975 | 10.360 | 66.634 | 104.788 |
| 70 | Bomay | 59.407 | 0,91% | 5 | 11.881 | 10.408 | 71.051 | 179.131 |
| 71 | Shāghāsī | 58.517 | – | 13 | 4.501 | 10.548 | 66.269 | 108.836 |
| 72 | Mirzay | 58.513 | 2,15% | 9 | 6.501 | 10.549 | 66.566 | 108.725 |
| 73 | ‘Aynak | 58.346 | 1,39% | 4 | 14.587 | 10.581 | 64.246 | 177.513 |
| 74 | Khaṟsmīdu | 57.862 | −0,59% | 1 | 57.862 | 10.659 | 75.723 | 109.318 |
| 75 | Ishkamish | 57.259 | – | 17 | 3.368 | 10.758 | 66.421 | 106.316 |
| 76 | Obe | 56.457 | 1,97% | 8 | 7.057 | 10.905 | 63.734 | 100.098 |
| 77 | Khand Khil | 56.423 | 0,52% | 20 | 2.821 | 10.917 | 62.914 | 81.472 |
| 78 | Sayad | 55.953 | 1,8% | 5 | 11.191 | 11.009 | 62.711 | 108.245 |
| 79 | Islam Qala | 55.900 | 1,87% | 10 | 5.590 | 11.025 | 62.844 | 101.017 |
| 80 | Mir Bachah Kot | 55.280 | – | 9 | 6.142 | 11.135 | 67.018 | 167.471 |
| 81 | Khulm | 53.183 | – | 15 | 3.546 | 11.566 | 60.470 | 97.952 |
| 82 | Istalef | 52.167 | – | 10 | 5.217 | 11.785 | 59.124 | 101.217 |
| 83 | Qal‘ah | 52.142 | – | 7 | 7.449 | 11.791 | 59.436 | 130.768 |
| 84 | Darwēsh | 51.688 | – | 7 | 7.384 | 11.873 | 64.288 | 116.365 |
| 85 | Qal‘ah-ye Fārsī | 50.029 | – | 5 | 10.006 | 12.133 | 87.793 | 186.568 |
Fonte: Nazioni Unite, Dipartimento per gli Affari Economici e Sociali, Divisione Popolazione (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Edizione online.