Afghanistan - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Afghanistan was 10,131,490 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,131,490 in 2020 and a minimum value of 755,835 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 755,835
1961 796,271
1962 839,385
1963 885,227
1964 934,134
1965 986,074
1966 1,041,191
1967 1,099,273
1968 1,161,355
1969 1,228,273
1970 1,300,949
1971 1,379,464
1972 1,463,291
1973 1,551,037
1974 1,640,869
1975 1,730,929
1976 1,821,611
1977 1,912,077
1978 1,997,578
1979 2,070,936
1980 2,136,372
1981 2,181,493
1982 2,208,965
1983 2,225,071
1984 2,241,321
1985 2,267,901
1986 2,305,807
1987 2,357,346
1988 2,439,549
1989 2,502,908
1990 2,628,555
1991 2,828,169
1992 3,093,388
1993 3,391,712
1994 3,677,087
1995 3,916,250
1996 4,093,837
1997 4,220,821
1998 4,321,585
1999 4,434,762
2000 4,587,799
2001 4,790,054
2002 5,031,158
2003 5,293,385
2004 5,563,505
2005 5,824,290
2006 6,055,021
2007 6,263,748
2008 6,464,836
2009 6,680,730
2010 6,927,765
2011 7,212,518
2012 7,528,589
2013 7,865,068
2014 8,204,880
2015 8,535,606
2016 8,852,834
2017 9,164,768
2018 9,476,982
2019 9,797,274
2020 10,131,490

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Afghanistan was 26.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.03 in 2020, while its lowest value was 8.40 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 8.40
1961 8.68
1962 8.98
1963 9.28
1964 9.59
1965 9.90
1966 10.23
1967 10.57
1968 10.92
1969 11.28
1970 11.64
1971 12.02
1972 12.41
1973 12.81
1974 13.22
1975 13.64
1976 14.07
1977 14.52
1978 14.97
1979 15.44
1980 16.00
1981 16.56
1982 17.15
1983 17.75
1984 18.37
1985 19.00
1986 19.65
1987 20.31
1988 21.00
1989 21.09
1990 21.18
1991 21.27
1992 21.36
1993 21.44
1994 21.53
1995 21.62
1996 21.71
1997 21.81
1998 21.90
1999 21.99
2000 22.08
2001 22.17
2002 22.26
2003 22.35
2004 22.50
2005 22.70
2006 22.91
2007 23.11
2008 23.32
2009 23.53
2010 23.74
2011 23.95
2012 24.16
2013 24.37
2014 24.59
2015 24.80
2016 25.02
2017 25.25
2018 25.50
2019 25.75
2020 26.03

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization