2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism, but Dari functions as the lingua franca note: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashai, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them

Ethnic Groups

Pashtun 42%
Tajik 27%
Hazara 9%
Uzbek 9%
Aimak 4%
Turkmen 3%
Baloch 2%
Other 4%
%

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 43.2% (male 6,671,683/ female 6,460,034)

15-64 years - : 54.4% (male 8,414,716/ female 8,121,616)

65 years and over - : 2.5% (male 350,692/ female 401,187) (2012 est.)

population pyramid - :

Median Age

Total: 17.9 years

Male: 17.8 years

Female: 17.9 years (2012 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female

15-64 years - : 1.04 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.87 male(s)/female

total population - : 1.03 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 121.63 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 129.51 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 113.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 49.72 years

Male: 48.45 years

Female: 51.05 years (2012 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 22% of population

Rural: 61% of population

Total: 52% of population (2008)

Unimproved:

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.01% (2001 est.)country comparison to the world: 165

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

NA

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: high

Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

Vectorborne disease: malaria

Animal contact disease: rabies

Note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

32.9% (2004)country comparison to the world: 13

Education Expenditures

NA

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 28.1%

Male: 43.1%

Female: 12.6% (2000 est.)

Year

Population

  • 30,419,928

Nationality

  • Afghan(s) noun


  • Afghan adjective


Religions

  • Sunni Muslim
    80.00%
  • Shia Muslim
    19.00%
  • Other
    1.00%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.22% (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 41

Birth Rate

  • 39.3 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 12

Death Rate

  • 14.59 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 7

Migration Rate

  • -2.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 171

Health Expenditure

  • 7.4% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 67

Physicians Density

  • 0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.4 beds/1,000 population (2009)

Total fertility rate

  • 5.64 children born/woman (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 9