Largest cities in Afghanistan

5 cities with more than 300,000 people, ranked by 2025 population.

cities of 300k+: 5
combined population: 8.9 million
largest: Kabul

#	City	2025	2050 (projected)	Change
1	Kabul	5.6 million	8 million	+42%
2	Herat	1.3 million	1.8 million	+40.4%
3	Kandahar	799,000	1.2 million	+44.1%
4	Mazar i sharif	651,000	849,000	+30.4%
5	Jalalabad	588,000	910,000	+54.8%

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). 2030–2050 are projections.