List of cities in Afghanistan
The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million population is its capital, Kabul. The rest are smaller cities and towns. According to the National Statistic and Information Authority of Afghanistan , an estimated total number of people living inside Afghanistan was 32,225,560 in 2020. Of this, around 7.8 million were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural or countryside.
List
The chart below shows 18 cities of Afghanistan with a population over 100,000, by order of population.| Name | Province | Population estimate as of January 1, 2020 |
| Kabul | Kabul | 4,273,156 |
| Kandahar | Kandahar | 614,254 |
| Herat | Herat | 556,205 |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | Balkh | 469,247 |
| Kunduz | Kunduz | 356,536 |
| Jalalabad | Nangarhar | 263,312 |
| Taloqan | Takhar | 253,735 |
| Puli Khumri | Baghlan | 237,888 |
| Charikar | Parwan | 198,306 |
| Lashkargah | Helmand | 190,555 |
| Sheberghan | Jowzjan | 188,808 |
| Ghazni | Ghazni | 183,051 |
| Khost | Khost | 180,214 |
| Sar-e Pol | Sar-e Pol | 173,719 |
| Chaghcharan | Ghor | 150,892 |
| Mihtarlam | Laghman | 144,162 |
| Farah | Farah | 125,570 |
| Puli Alam | Logar | 117,698 |
Ancient names
Ancient names of places or cities in Afghanistan:| Current city and region | Ancient name |
| Kabul | Kophene, Gaofū, Kābūrā |
| Ghazni | Ghaznīn, Ghazna |
| Balkh | Bakhlo, Bactra, Bokhdī |
| Bamyan | Bamikan |
| Herat | Haraiva, Harī, Aria |
| Laghman | Lampaka |
| Jalalabad | Adinapur |
| Kandahar | Arachosia, |
| Lashkargah | Bost, Bust |
| Zaranj | Zranka, Zarangia, Drangiana |
| Kunduz | Drapsaka, Walwalij |