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== Demographics == {{Further|Demographics of Afghanistan}} [[File:Lowgar districts.png|thumb|Districts of Logar province. This image does not include Azra district, located to the east of Khoshi and Mohammad Agha districts.]] In 2008, the population of Logar was estimated to be at 349,000 people. The province has 44,209 households, with an average of eight individuals per home. Rural districts are home to 72 percent of the population. [[Dari]] is spoken by two-thirds of villages and 60% of the population, whereas [[Pashto]] is spoken by one-third of villages and 40% of the people. The [[Kochi people]] (nomads) also live in Logar, and their numbers fluctuate with the seasons. In the winter, 96,280 or 4% of them stay in Logar and live in 29 settlements.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Handbook |pages=108}}</ref> During the summer, the Kochi's population increases to 208,339, making Logar the province with the second-highest number of Kochi people after neighboring [[Kabul province]]. As of 2021, Logar has a population of approximately 442,037. It is a multi-ethnic tribal society, while about 60% of its residents are made up by Pashtuns, whereas the remainder are Tajiks and Hazaras. The Logar River enters the province through the west and leaves to the north.<ref name="nsia" /> [[Pashtuns]] (Ahmadzai Pashtuns are influential in the region) <ref name="understandingwar" /><ref name="CCS"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.edu/Programs/CCS/Docs/PDF+Maps/NewTribal/Logar.pdf|title=Welcome - Naval Postgraduate School|website=Nps.edu|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref>
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