Where is Afghanistan? 🇦🇫

Afghanistan is located in the Central & South Asia region at latitude 33.93911 and longitude 67.709953 and is part of the Asian continent.

The DMS coordinates for the center of the country are:

You can see the location of Afghanistan on the world map below:

Afghanistan Neighboring Countries

The neighboring countries of Afghanistan (AF) are:

Afghanistan is a landlocked country, which means it does not have direct access to the open ocean.

Country	Afghanistan
Coordinates	Latitude: 33.93911 Longitude: 67.709953
Country Codes	Alpha 2: AF Alpha 3: AFG
Country Flag Emoji	🇦🇫
Int. Phone Prefix	+93
Capital city	Kabul
Continent Subcontinent	Asia Central & South Asia
Country Area	652,230 sq km
Population 2021	39,835,428 World Rank: 37
Median Age	16.7
Life expectancy	62
Major languages	Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 77% (Dari functions as the lingua franca), Pashto (official) 48%, Uzbek 11%, English 6%, Turkmen 3%, Urdu 3%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1% (2017 est.)
UTC/GMT Time	Number of time zones: 1 UTC+04:30
Internet TLD	.af
Biggest Airport	Hamid Karzai International Airport (KBL)
Average temperature	12.60 °C 54.68 °F
Administrative Divisions	34 provinces
Political system	Presidential system

World Bank Income Group	Low income
World Bank Region	South Asia
Currency	Afghanistan Afghani (AFN)
GDP in 2020	$20.1 (billions of USD) World Rank: 110
GDP per capita in 2020	$517 World Rank: 188
Major Industries / Economic Sectors	Agriculture, mining, manufacturing, services
Top 5 Import Countries	China, India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, United States
Top 5 Export Countries	Pakistan, India, Iran, China, United States

Here are the largest cities in Afghanistan based on 2021 data: