Southern Asia
Afghanistan
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Core facts
- Capital
- Kabul
- Population
- 43,844,000
- Area
- 652,230 km^2
- Country code
- AFG
- Flag emoji
- 🇦🇫
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 67.2 per km^2
- Calling code
- +93
Culture and society
- Languages
- Dari, Pashto, Turkmen
- Religions
- Islam (27.0%), Hinduism (25.0%), Unaffiliated (21.0%), Buddhism (12.0%), Christianity (7.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Other religions (2.0%)
- Native names
- افغانستان, Owganystan
- Demonyms (EN)
- Afghan / Afghan
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+04:30
- Alternative spellings
- AF, Afġānistān
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 33.00, 65.00
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Borders
- IRN, PAK, TKM, UZB, TJK, CHN
- Border countries count
- 6
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Afghan afghani (؋)
- Top-level domain
- .af
- FIFA code
- AFG
- Capital coordinates
- 34.52, 69.18
- Postal code format
- N/A
- Gini index
- N/A
- Coat of arms