Key facts
Capital:Kabul
Location:Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran
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
