Afghanistan
Asia · Southern Asia
Key facts
- Capital
- Kabul
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Population (2025)
- 43.8 million (43,844,111) · rank 36 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 652,870 km² · rank 40 of 193
- People per km²
- 67 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Afghanistan, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Afghanistan in the map data: 6.
- China capitals 4,180 km apart
- Iran capitals 1,620 km apart
- Pakistan capitals 370 km apart
- Tajikistan capitals 450 km apart
- Turkmenistan capitals 1,040 km apart
- Uzbekistan capitals 750 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Bangladesh, Dominica, Saudi Arabia, Kenya.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Afghanistan is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Afghanistan | Kabul |
| Italiano | Afghanistan | Kabul |
| Magyar | Afganisztán | Kabul |
| Suomi | Afganistan | Kabul |