Editing Demographics of Afghanistan (section)

== Religion ==
{{Main|Religion in Afghanistan}}
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[[File:Muslim men praying in Afghanistan-2010.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Politics of Afghanistan|Afghan politicians]] and foreign diplomats praying at the [[Embassy of the United States, Kabul|U.S. Embassy in Kabul]].]]
Almost the entire Afghan population is Muslim, with less than 1% being non-Muslim. Despite attempts to secularise Afghan society, Islamic practices pervade all aspects of life. Likewise, Islamic religious tradition and codes, together with traditional practices, provide the principal means of controlling personal conduct and settling legal disputes. Islam was used as the main basis for expressing opposition to the progressive reforms of Afghanistan by [[Amanullah Khan|King Amanullah]] in the 1920s.

The members of Sikh and Hindu communities are mostly concentrated in urban areas. They numbered hundreds of thousands in the 1970s but over 90% have since fled due to the Afghan wars and persecution.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nearly 99% Of Hindus, Sikhs Left Afghanistan in Last Three decades |publisher=TOLOnews|date=20 June 2016|url=https://tolonews.com/afghanistan/nearly-99-hindus-sikhs-left-afghanistan-last-three-decades}}</ref>
* '''[[Islam in Afghanistan|Islam]]''': 99.7% of the total population
** [[Sunni Muslim]]: 84.7–89.7%<ref name="Factbook" /><ref name="Pew">{{cite web|url=https://www.pewforum.org/2012/08/09/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-1-religious-affiliation/#identity|title=Chapter 1: Religious Affiliation|date=9 August 2012|work=The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]'s Religion & Public Life Project|access-date=4 September 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226113158/http://www.pewforum.org/2012/08/09/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-1-religious-affiliation/#identity|archive-date=26 December 2016}}</ref>
** [[Shia Islam in Afghanistan|Shia Muslim]]: 7<ref name="Pew"/>-15%<ref name="Factbook" /><ref name="Pew" />
* '''[[Religion in Afghanistan#Minority religious groups|others]]''': 0.3%
** [[Baha'i Faith in Afghanistan|Baha'is]] In the hundreds
** [[Sikhism in Afghanistan|Sikhism]]: In the hundreds
** [[Hinduism in Afghanistan|Hinduism]]: In the hundreds
** [[Zoroastrianism]]: Unknown/unreported
** [[Christianity in Afghanistan|Christianity]]: Unknown
** [[History of the Jews in Afghanistan|Judaism]]: 0<ref>{{cite news |url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/last-jew-afghanistan-en-route-us-report |title=Last Jew in Afghanistan en route to US: report |work=The New Arab |date=7 September 2021 |access-date=17 September 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/kabul-with-jewish-population-of-1-still-suffers-from-widespread-anti-semitism/|first=Ezzatullah|last=Mehrdad|access-date=9 September 2021|date=16 July 2019|work=The Times of Israel|title=Kabul, with Jewish population of 1, still suffers from widespread anti-Semitism}}</ref>
** [[Buddhism in Afghanistan|Buddhism]]: Unknown

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! style="background:#ddf; width:15%;" | Religion
! style="background:#ddf; width:10%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2004)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation" />
! style="background:#ddf; width:10%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2006)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation" />
! style="background:#ddf; width:10%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2007)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation" />
! style="background:#ddf; width:10%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2008)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation" />
! style="background:#ddf; width:10%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2009)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation" />
! style="background:#ddf; width:10%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2010)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation" />
! style="background:#ddf; width:10%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2011)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation" />
! style="background:#ddf; width:10%;" | {{small|"A survey of the Afghan people" (2012)}}<ref name="AsiaFoundation" />
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| [[Sunni Islam]]
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| align=center | 87.3%
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| [[Shia Islam]]
| align=center | 7%
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| align=center | 12.3%
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| [[Ismailism]]
| align=center | 1%
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| align=center | 0.4%
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| [[Hinduism]]
| align=center | 0%
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| align=center | 0.1%
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| [[Buddhism]]
| align=center | 0%
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| [[Sikhism]]
| align=center | 0%
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