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Capital of Afghanistan
The capital of Afghanistan is Kabul. The largest, Kabul, has around 5,333,284 residents in the city proper — a giant capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALKabul
POPULATION5,333,284
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Kabul5,333,284 people
In context
Where Kabulsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10MKabul is here
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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