2. *
Afghanistan officially the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan, is a landlocked sovereign state
forming part of South Asia, Central Asia, and to
some extent Western Asia. It has 34 provinces,
398 districts and 38000 villages inhabiting an
area of approximately 647,500 km2 (250,001 sq
mi), making it the 42nd most populous and 41st
largest nation in the world. It is bordered by
Pakistan in the south and the east, Iran in the
west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in
the north, and China in the far northeast.
3. *
The population of Afghanistan is around 35.32million
as of the year 2011, which includes the 2.7 million
Afghan refugees that are residing temporarily in
Pakistan and Iran. The nation is composed of a multi-
ethnic and multi-lingual society, reflecting its
location astride historic trade and invasion routes
between Central Asia, Southern Asia, and Western
Asia.
http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/afghanistan
4. *
35,321,928 (July 2012 est.)
note: this is a significantly revised figure; the
previous estimate of 33,609,937 was extrapolated
from the last Afghan census held in 1979, which was
never completed because of the Soviet invasion.
Afghanistan has long been seen as a demographic
outlier. In 2005-10, according to the United Nations
Population Division, its fertility rate was 6.6—the
second-highest in the world after Niger (the fertility
rate is the number of children a woman can expect to
have during her lifetime).
5. *
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.)
Median age
total: 18.2 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 18.2 years (2011 est.)
6. Population growth rate 2.22% (2011 est.)
Birth rate 39.3 births/1,000 population (2011 )
Death rate 14.59 deaths/1,000 population (July
2011 est.).
Net migration rate-2.51 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2011 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 23% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.7% annual rate of change
(2010-15 est.)
7. KABUL (capital) 6 million (2009)
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 (2011 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 49.72 years
male: 48.45 years
female: 51.05 years (2011 est.)
8. Total fertility rate
5.64 children born/woman (2011 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.01% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths
NA
Drinking water source
Improved:
urban: 78% of population
rural: 39% of population
total: 48% of population
9. Unimproved:
urban: 22% of population
rural: 61% of population
total: 52% of population (2008)
Sanitation facility access
Improved:
urban: 60% of population
rural: 30% of population
total: 37% of population
Unimproved:
urban: 40% of population
rural: 70% of population
total: 63% of population
10. 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)
11. Nationality
noun: Afghan(s)
adjective: Afghan
Ethnic groups : Tajik,pashtun, Hazara, Uzbek, Aimak,
Turkmen ,Baloch ,others.
Religions:Sunni Muslim 80%, Shia Muslim 19%, other 1%
Languages:
Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 55%, Pashto (official)
30%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen)
11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and
Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism.
12. Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 28.1%
male: 43.1%
female: 12.6% (2000 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary
education)
total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2009)
Education expenditures
NA
13. Maternal mortality rate
1,400 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
Children under the age of 5 years
underweight
32.9% (2004)
Health expenditures
7.4% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
Hospital bed density
0.4 beds/1,000 population (2009)
14. *
Three decades of war made Afghanistan one of the world's most
dangerous countries, including the largest producer of refugees and
asylum seekers.
This imposed war create lots of violence and other miseries to
Afghanistan and this country lagged from growth and development
in every field and lost everything that she has from past , due to of
these problems the life expectancy and other demographic data is in
low level but after the collapse of Taliban and establishment of new
government on 2001,Afghanistan’s people with cooperating of UN
and other donors of this country trying as much as possible to make
this country and bring it in a high stage or position of growth and
development in the world and they wish to have a bright future.
