Key facts
Capital: Kabul
Location: Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran
Government: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Currency: afghanis (AFA)
Area: 652,230 sq km
Population: 37,466,414 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 78% (Dari functions as the lingua franca), Pashto (official) 50%, Uzbek 10%, English 5%, Turkmen 2%, Urdu 2%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1%, other <1% (2017 est.)
Religion: Muslim 99.7% (Sunni 84.7 - 89.7%, Shia 10 - 15%), other 0.3% (2009 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+4.5
Tel Code: +93
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