Nuuk Airport helicopters continued to link Nuuk with the smaller town of Paamiut, until the airport was built there in 2007, replacing the old heliport. Nuuk Airport was built in 1979, when the then newly formed home rule government decided to create a network of the STOL-capable domestic airports. The airport in the largest city in Greenland was a priority for the government, followed by Kulusuk Airport in Kulusuk in south-eastern Greenland, and Ilulissat Airport in Ilulissat, the largest town in the Disko Bay region of western Greenland. This constituted the first such wave of network expansion. It wasn't until the 1990s
Demographics of Afghanistan decade, which is due to the return of over 5 million expats. The only city in Afghanistan with over a million residents is its capital, Kabul. The other largest cities in the country are shown in the chart below. "0–14 years:" 42.3% (male 6,464,070/female 6,149,468) "15–64 years:" 55.3% (male 8,460,486/female 8,031,968) "65 years and over:" 2.4% (male 349,349/female 380,051) (2011 est.) In 1979, the population was reported to be about 15.5 million. 2.32% (2015) country comparison to the world: 39 "urbanization population:" 24% of the total population (2008) "rate of urbanization:" 5.4% annual rate of change (2005–10) "at birth:" 1.05