Afghans

Also known as Afghanistani, Afghan people, Afghanis

Afghans are the citizens and nationals of Afghanistan. They are composed of various ethnic groups, of which Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks are the largest.

Key facts

Ethnic group.pop7: 129,323 (2021)
Ethnic group.pop8: 125,305 (2022)
Ethnic group.group: Afghans
Ethnic group.image: Map of the Afghan Diaspora in the World.svg
Ethnic group.caption: Map of the Afghan diaspora:
Ethnic group.population: 48–52 million
Ethnic group.total_source: estimate
Ethnic group.pop1: (2023)
Ethnic group.pop2: 1,285,754 (2022)
Ethnic group.pop3: 425,000 (2022)
Ethnic group.pop4: 300,000 (2022)
Ethnic group.pop5: 300,000 (2012)
Ethnic group.pop6: 150,000 (2017)
Ethnic group.pop9: 124,830 (2023)
Ethnic group.pop10: 82,883 (2024)
Ethnic group.pop11: 79,000 (2019)
Ethnic group.pop12: 59,797 (2021)
Ethnic group.pop13: 51,830 (2021)

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Commons category: People of Afghanistan
Commons gallery: People of Afghanistan
female form of label: Afghanin
male form of label: Afghan

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Etymology
Usage as an ethnonym
Variations
Ethnicities
Religions
Culture
See also
Notes
References
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Afghans are the citizens and nationals of Afghanistan. They are composed of various ethnic groups, of which Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks are the largest.

The two main languages spoken among the Afghan people are Dari (a variety of Persian) and Pashto. Historically, the ethnonym "Afghan" used to refer to Pashtuns, but later came to refer to all ethnicities in Afghanistan after the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan proposed by King Mohammad Zahir Shah.