Nationality:
noun: Afghan(s)
adjective:
Afghan
Ethnic groups:
Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%
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
Religions:
Sunni Muslim 80%, Shia Muslim 19%, other 1%
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Afghanistan on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Afghanistan People 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Afghanistan People 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
31,822,848 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
42% (male 6,793,832/female 6,579,388)
15-24 years:
22.2% (male 3,600,264/female 3,464,781)
25-54 years:
29.4% (male 4,771,323/female 4,586,963)
55-64 years:
3.9% (male 603,197/female 622,539)
65 years and over:
2.5% (male 371,753/female 428,808) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
93.1 %
youth dependency ratio:
88.4 %
elderly dependency ratio:
4.6 %
potential support ratio:
21.5 (2014 est.)
total:
18.1 years
male:
18.1 years
female:
18.2 years (2014 est.)
2.29% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 39
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
38.84 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
14.12 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-1.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
23.5% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
4.41% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
KABUL (capital) 3.097 million (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.87 male(s)/female
total population:
1.03 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
20.1
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
460 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 22
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
117.23 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 1
male:
124.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
109.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
50.49 years
country comparison to the world: 220
male:
49.17 years
female:
51.88 years (2014 est.)
5.43 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 9
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
21.8% (2010)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
9.6% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.4 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
0.1% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
4,300 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
300 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
intermediate
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial 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 (2013)
2.2% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 182
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
32.9% (2004)
country comparison to the world: 9
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
NA
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
28.1%
male:
43.1%
female:
12.6% (2000 est.)
total:
9 years
male:
11 years
female:
7 years (2011)
total number:
3,252,243
percentage:
25 %
note:
data on child labor in Afghanistan is uncertain and may be higher than the estimated 25% of children ages 5-14 derived from 2011 survey results; UNICEF estimated that 30% of children ages 5-14 in 2011 were engaged in child labor (2008 est.)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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