Afghanistan
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ยท Southern Asia
Afghanistan is a country in Southern Asia, with Kabul as its capital, home to about 43,844,111 people. Afghanistan shares land borders with 6 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Kabul |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Asia |
| Currency | Afghan afghani (AFN ุ) |
| Calling code | +93 |
| ISO codes | AF / AFG / 004 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | ๐ฆ๐ซ |
| Population | 43,844,111 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 652,230 kmยฒ |
| Languages | Dari, Pashto, Turkmen |
| Internet domain | .af |
| Demonym | Afghan |
Bordering countries
About Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a United Nations member state in Southern Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Kabul. It is landlocked, sharing all of its borders with neighbouring countries and no coastline. The official currency is the Afghan afghani (ุ), using the code AFN.
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To call Afghanistan from abroad, dial the country code +93. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes AF (alpha-2) and AFG (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 43,844,111.
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How Afghanistan compares
- Area: 652,230 kmยฒ, ranking 40 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 43,844,111, ranking 36 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 67 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 6, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Afghanistan
3 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, green, black). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.