Afghanistan
Urban population in Afghanistan
Urban population in Afghanistan: 5.8% in 1950 and 25.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 25.9%
- Since 1950
- +20.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 214 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 41.2%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 41.2% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 25.9 |
| 2024 | 25.7 |
| 2023 | 25.5 |
| 2022 | 25.4 |
| 2021 | 25.4 |
| 2020 | 25.3 |
| 2019 | 25.1 |
| 2018 | 25 |
| 2017 | 24.8 |
| 2016 | 24.7 |
| 2015 | 24.5 |
| 2014 | 24.2 |
| 2013 | 23.8 |
| 2012 | 23.3 |
| 2011 | 22.8 |
| 2010 | 22.3 |
| 2009 | 21.7 |
| 2008 | 21.1 |
| 2007 | 20.6 |
| 2006 | 20.1 |
| 2005 | 19.7 |
| 2004 | 19.4 |
| 2003 | 19.2 |
| 2002 | 18.9 |
| 2001 | 18.7 |
| 2000 | 18.6 |
| 1999 | 18.4 |
| 1998 | 18.2 |
| 1997 | 18.1 |
| 1996 | 18 |
| 1995 | 17.8 |
| 1994 | 17.7 |
| 1993 | 17.6 |
| 1992 | 17.5 |
| 1991 | 17.4 |
| 1990 | 17.3 |
| 1989 | 17.2 |
| 1988 | 17 |
| 1987 | 16.9 |
| 1986 | 16.8 |
| 1985 | 16.6 |
| 1984 | 16.5 |
| 1983 | 16.3 |
| 1982 | 16.1 |
| 1981 | 15.9 |
| 1980 | 15.7 |
| 1979 | 15.4 |
| 1978 | 15.1 |
| 1977 | 14.7 |
| 1976 | 14.3 |
| 1975 | 13.8 |
| 1974 | 13.2 |
| 1973 | 12.7 |
| 1972 | 12.2 |
| 1971 | 11.7 |
| 1970 | 11.2 |
| 1969 | 10.9 |
| 1968 | 10.5 |
| 1967 | 10.2 |
| 1966 | 9.8 |
| 1965 | 9.5 |
| 1964 | 9.2 |
| 1963 | 8.9 |
| 1962 | 8.7 |
| 1961 | 8.4 |
| 1960 | 8.1 |
| 1959 | 7.9 |
| 1958 | 7.6 |
| 1957 | 7.3 |
| 1956 | 7.1 |
| 1955 | 6.8 |
| 1954 | 6.6 |
| 1953 | 6.3 |
| 1952 | 6.1 |
| 1951 | 5.9 |
| 1950 | 5.8 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 26.2 |
| 2027 | 26.5 |
| 2028 | 26.8 |
| 2029 | 27.2 |
| 2030 | 27.6 |
| 2031 | 28 |
| 2032 | 28.5 |
| 2033 | 28.9 |
| 2034 | 29.5 |
| 2035 | 30 |
| 2036 | 30.5 |
| 2037 | 31.1 |
| 2038 | 31.8 |
| 2039 | 32.4 |
| 2040 | 33.1 |
| 2041 | 33.8 |
| 2042 | 34.5 |
| 2043 | 35.2 |
| 2044 | 36 |
| 2045 | 36.8 |
| 2046 | 37.6 |
| 2047 | 38.5 |
| 2048 | 39.4 |
| 2049 | 40.3 |
| 2050 | 41.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Afghanistan in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.83% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollars$8.55M in 1977
- Military spending per person$7 in 2021
- Military share of state spending5% of government spending in 2020
- Armed forces personnel165,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.82% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports65 million TIV in 2021
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1992