0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% Female 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ Male Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamyan Daykundi Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghor Hilmand Hirat Jawzjan Kabul Kandahar Kapisa Khost Kunar Kunduz Lgh. Logar Nangarhar Nimroz Nuristan Paktika Paktya Pnjshr. Parwn. Samangan Sar-e-Pul Takhar Uruzgan Maidan Wardak Zabul ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ^ ! Lashkargah Kandahar Tirinkot Maymana Ghazni Gardez Jalalabad Charikar Shiberghan Kunduz Taloqan Fayzabad Pul-e-Khumri Hirat Kabul Mazar-e-Sharif Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamyan Daykundi Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghor Hilmand Hirat Jawzjan Kandahar Kapisa Khs. Kunr. Kunduz Lghm. Lgr. Nangarhar Nimroz Nurstn. Paktika Pkt. Panjsher Prw. Samangan Sar-e-Pul Takhar Uruzgan Wardak Zabul AFGHANISTAN: Population Estimate for 2015 Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamyan Daykundi Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghor Hilmand Hirat Jawzjan Kabul Kandahar Kapisa Khost Kunar Kunduz Lgh. Logar Nangarhar Nimroz Nuristan Paktika Paktya Pnjshr. Parwn. Samangan Sar-e-Pul Takhar Uruzgan Maidan Wardak Zabul 28.6 million of the total population live in rural areas. 76% Settled Population by Sex and Age Groups Disclaimers: The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Date Printed: 26 August 2015 04:08 PM Doc Name: afg_MM_Population_Aug2015_A3 Feedback: [email protected] Website: http://www.unocha.org/afghanistan Data Sources and Notes: The projected population data for 2015-2016 (persian calender year 1394) from the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) extrapolates from the 1979 census and a household listing survey conducted in 2003/2005. The CSO estimation of the nomadic population is based on the 1979 census. Projection/Datum: Geographic/WGS-84 0 100 200 300 Km ° Proportion of Rural Population by Province Total Estimated Population by Province Population by province (Total individuals) 147,967 - 200,000 200,001 - 400,000 400,001 - 600,000 600,001 - 2,000,000 4,372,977 (Kabul) Population Density by District Proportion of rural population by province Less than 20 % 21 - 75 % 76 - 85 % 86 - 95 % 96- 100 % Population density by district (persons per square kilometre) Up to 20 21 - 100 101 - 200 More than 200 ! ^ Capital ! Provincial Centre Total population including 1.5 million nomadic Population by Province Urban Population Refer to map for city locations City Population Baghlan‐e‐Jadid 69,760 Charikar 57,746 Fayzabad 33,846 Gardez 24,803 Ghazni 60,458 Herat 477,452 Jalalabad 226,029 Kabul 3,678,034 Kandahar 435,036 Kunduz 157,383 Lashkargah 44,568 Maymana 84,098 Mazar‐e‐Sharif 402,806 Pul ‐e‐ khumri 108,385 Shiberghan 82,032 Taloqan 73,506 Province Population % Female % Male Badakhshan 950,953 48.1 51.9 Badghis 495,958 47.5 52.5 Baghlan 910,784 47.6 52.4 Balkh 1,325,659 49.7 50.3 Bamyan 447,218 48.7 51.3 Daykundi 424,339 50.8 49.2 Farah 507,405 45.1 54.9 Faryab 998,147 50.7 49.3 Ghazni 1,228,831 48.0 52.0 Ghor 690,296 48.4 51.6 Helmand 924,711 49.0 51.0 Herat 1,890,202 49.4 50.6 Jawzjan 540,255 50.1 49.9 Kabul 4,372,977 47.7 52.3 Kandahar 1,226,593 50.0 50.0 Kapisa 441,010 48.9 51.1 Khost 574,582 45.0 55.0 Kunarha 450,652 48.8 51.2 Kunduz 1,010,037 48.0 52.0 Laghman 445,588 48.4 51.6 Logar 392,045 48.3 51.7 Nangarhar 1,517,388 48.8 51.2 Nimroz 164,978 47.6 52.4 Nooristan 147,967 46.4 53.6 Paktika 434,742 48.8 51.2 Paktya 551,987 46.8 53.2 Panjsher 153,487 48.2 51.8 Parwan 664,502 49.4 50.6 Samangan 387,928 47.6 52.4 Sar‐e‐pul 559,577 50.3 49.7 Takhar 983,336 49.0 51.0 Urozgan 386,818 51.1 48.9 Wardak 596,287 50.9 49.1 Zabul 304,126 53.3 46.7 Nomadic 1,500,000 Afghanistan 28,601,365 48.7 51.3