Afghanistan

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Facts

Population: 31,889,923 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 44.6% (male 7,282,600/female 6,940,378) 15-64 years: 53% (male 8,668,170/female 8,227,387) 65 years and over: 2.4% (male 374,426/female 396,962) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 2.625% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 46.21 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 19.96 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.049 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.054 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.943 male(s)/female total population: 1.049 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 157.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 161.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 152.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 43.77 years male: 43.6 years female: 43.96 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 6.64 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.01% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA.

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA.

Nationality: noun: Afghan(s) adjective: Afghan.

Ethnic groups: Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%.

Religions: Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1%.

Languages: Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashtu (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 28.1% male: 43.1% female: 12.6% (2000 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $21.5 billion (2004 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 8% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $800 (2004 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 38% industry: 24% services: 38% note: data exclude opium production (2005 est.).

Labor force: 15 million (2004 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 80% industry: 10% services: 10% (2004 est.).

Population below poverty line: 53% (2003).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%.

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 16.3% (2005 est.).

Unemployment rate: 40% (2005 est.).

Budget: revenues: $269 million expenditures: $561 million; including capital expenditures of $41.7 million note: Afghanistan has also received $273 million from the Reconstruction Trust Fund and $63 million from the Law and Order Trust Fund (FY04/05 budget est.).

Agriculture - products: opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins.

Industries: small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper.

Industrial production growth rate: NA%.

Electricity - production: 734.3 million kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 782.9 million kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 100 million kWh (2004).

Exports: $471 million; note - not including illicit exports or reexports (2005 est.).

Exports - commodities: opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems.

Exports - partners: US 25.8%, India 21.2%, Pakistan 20.3%, Finland 4.1% (2005).

Imports: $3.87 billion (2005 est.).

Imports - commodities: capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products.

Imports - partners: Pakistan 39%, US 9.6%, Germany 5.6%, India 5.3%, Turkey 4.2%, Turkmenistan 4.1% (2005).

Debt - external: $8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia; Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks (2004).

Economic aid - recipient: international pledges made by more than 60 countries and international financial institutions at the Berlin Donors Conference for Afghan reconstruction in March 2004 reached $8.9 billion for 2004-09.

Currency (code): afghani (AFA).

Exchange rates: afghanis per US dollar - 46 (2006), 47.7 (2005), 48 (2004), 49 (2003), 41 (2002) note: in 2002, the afghani was revalued and the currency stabilized at about 40 to 50 afghanis to the US dollar; before 2002, the market rate varied widely from the official rate.

Fiscal year: 21 March - 20 March.