Urban population rose 4.03% to 10.6 mil in Afghanistan in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Afghanistan reached an all time high of 10.6 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.724 mil in 1960. When compared to Afghanistan's main peers, urban population in Iran amounted to 67.1 mil, 86.6 mil in Pakistan, 2.70 mil in Tajikistan and 3.36 mil in Turkmenistan in 2021.
Afghanistan has been ranked 60th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 11 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Afghanistan | mil | 8.37 | 8.67 | 9.00 | 9.35 | 9.73 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 766 | 787 | 809 | 830 | 849 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 434 | 444 | 455 | 466 | 477 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 60.0 | 61.5 | 62.9 | 64.1 | 65.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 26.4 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 29.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | mil | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | mil | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.24 | 2.30 | 2.36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 76.0 | 77.4 | 78.9 | 80.6 | 82.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | mil | 2.28 | 2.34 | 2.41 | 2.48 | 2.55 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 2.90 | 2.98 | 3.05 | 3.13 | 3.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | mil | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.9 |
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