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Afghanistan

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Languages

Afghan Persian or Dari (official, lingua franca) 77%, Pashto (official) 48%, Uzbeki 11%, English 6%, Turkmani 3%, Urdu 3%, Pachaie 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1%, other <1% (2020 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Current, reliable statistical data on ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available; Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution cited Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pachaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, and Brahwui ethnicities; Afghanistan has dozens of other small ethnic groups%

Population Distribution

Populations tend to cluster in the foothills and periphery of the rugged Hindu Kush range; smaller groups are found in many of the country's interior valleys; in general, the east is more densely settled, while the south is sparsely populated

Urbanization

Urban population: 26.9% of total population (2023)

Rate of urbanization: 3.34% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 - years : 40.62% (male 7,562,703/female 7,321,646)

15-24 - years : 21.26% (male 3,960,044/female 3,828,670)

25-54 - years : 31.44% (male 5,858,675/female 5,661,887)

55-64 - years : 4.01% (male 724,597/female 744,910)

65 - years and over : 2.68% (male 451,852/female 528,831) (2020 est.)

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 84.6

Youth dependency ratio: 80.2

Elderly dependency ratio: 4.8

Potential support ratio: 22.5 (2021 est.)

Median Age

Total: 19.5 years

Male: 19.4 years

Female: 19.5 years (2020 est.)

Sex Ratio

at - birth : 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 - years : 1.03 male(s)/female

15-24 - years : 1.03 male(s)/female

25-54 - years : 1.03 male(s)/female

55-64 - years : 0.97 male(s)/female

65 - years and over : 0.7 male(s)/female

total - population : 1.03 male(s)/female (2022 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 104.89 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 113.33 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 96.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 53.65 years

Male: 52.1 years

Female: 55.28 years (2022 est.)

Mothers Mean Age at First Birth

19.9 years (2015 est.)

Maternal Mortality Ratio

638 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita

Total population: 53.65 years

Male: 52.1 years

Female: 55.28 years (2022 est.)

Tobacco Use

Total: 23.3% (2020 est.)

Male: 39.4% (2020 est.)

Female: 7.2% (2020 est.)

Total Fertility Rate

4.62 children born/woman (2022 est.)

Contraceptive Prevalence Rate

18.9% (2018)

Drinking Water Source

Improved: urban

Rural: 31.7% of population

Total: 23.5% of population (2020 est.)

Unimproved: urban

Current Health Expenditure

13.2% of GDP (2019)

Physicians Density

0.25 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Sanitation Facility Access

Improved: Urban

Rural: 48% of population

Total: 38.6% of population (2020 est.)

Unimproved: Urban

Child Marriage

Array

Women married by age 15: 4.2%

Women married by age 18: 28.3% (2017 est.)

HIV Aids Adult Prevalence Rate

(2021 est.) <0.1%

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: Intermediate (2020)

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

Vectorborne diseases: Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever, malaria

Note: Afghanistan is one of two countries with endemic wild polio virus (the other is Pakistan) and considered high risk for international spread of the disease; before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

5.5% (2016)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

19.1% (2018)

Education Expenditures

2.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy

Definition: Age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 37.3%

Male: 52.1%

Female: 22.6% (2021)

School Life Expectancy

Total: 10 years

Male: 13 years

Female: 8 years (2018)

Year

Population

  • 38,346,720

Nationality 2022

  • Afghan(s) noun


  • Afghan adjective


Religions

  • Muslim Sunni
    99.78%
  • Shia
    10.00%
  • Other Est
    0.32%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.3% (2022 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 35.46 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Death Rate

  • 12.33 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • KABUL
    4.589 million

Health Expenditure

  • 13.2% of GDP (2019)

Physicians Density

  • 0.25 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)
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