Afghanistan: flag, capital & map
Get to know Afghanistan, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Kabul
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 43,844,111
- Area
- 652,230 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Dari, Pashto, Turkmen
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Afghan Afghani (AFN)
- Land neighbours
- Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China
The tricolor shown remains in international use. The de facto authorities use a different, white flag; unqualified flag quizzes exclude this case.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Afghanistan
The flag illustrated in Roam has three vertical bands: black at the hoist, red in the centre and green at the fly, with a white national emblem over the central band. This is the tricolour variant retained in Roam’s atlas.
Where it is
Afghanistan is grouped in Southern Asia, within Roam’s Asia region. Its land-border list includes 6 countries in this atlas: Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China. It is landlocked.
Afghanistan has a recorded area of 652,230 square kilometres. Among the 9 countries assigned to Southern Asia in this dataset, it ranks 4 by area, from largest to smallest. Pakistan is immediately above it in that ordering, at 796,095 km². Bangladesh is immediately below it, at 147,570 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 43,844,111 people for Afghanistan in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 67 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Dari, Pashto, and Turkmen. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Afghan Afghani (AFN). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Reveal answer
Kabul. The tricolor shown remains in international use. The de facto authorities use a different, white flag; unqualified flag quizzes exclude this case.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Afghanistan?
Reveal answer
The flag illustrated in Roam has three vertical bands: black at the hoist, red in the centre and green at the fly, with a white national emblem over the central band. This is the tricolour variant retained in Roam’s atlas.
Which land neighbours of Afghanistan are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. Afghanistan is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Afghanistan?
Reveal answer
Dari, Pashto, and Turkmen. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Afghanistan.
Which currency codes are listed for Afghanistan?
Reveal answer
Afghan Afghani (AFN). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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