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Key facts

  • Currency: Afghan afghani
  • Capital city: Kabul
  • Region: Southern Asia
  • Continent: Asia
  • Land area: 652,230 km²
  • Population: 41,128,771
  • Political Leader: Ashraf Ghani (President)

Latest news

Pakistan, Afghanistan make progress on trade, transit in Kabul talks

Read: Dawn

2024-03-29

US asks Taliban to ensure Afghan soil not used as terrorists' safe haven

Read: Nation PK

2024-03-29

US urges Afghan Taliban to curb terrorist threats

Read: Dawn

2024-03-29

Moscow attack fuels concern over ISIS risk from Taliban's Afghanistan

Read: CBS

2024-03-28

Asif terms Afghanistan 'source of terror'

Read: Dawn

2024-03-28

Govt 'needs to implement all international laws' to stop 'terrorist traffic' on Pak-Afghan border

Read: Nation PK

2024-03-27

Govt hints at imposing international laws along Pak-Afghan border to stop 'terrorist influx'

Read: The News

2024-03-27

Metrics

Business

Expense 39.22 % of GDP
GDP 14,266,500,000.00 current US$
Inflation 2.30 annual %
Self-employed 81.74 % of total employment
Tax revenue 9.90 % of GDP
Unemployment 14.10 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 80.12 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 383,130.00 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 8,709.47 kt
Fertility rate 4.64 births per woman
Forest area 12,084 km²
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -1,800.00 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 12.90 years
Methane emissions 16,222.00 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 4,863.39 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 20,362,329
Male Population 20,766,442
Renewable energy consumption 17.86 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 636,173.00 km²
Rural population 30,181,937
Urban land area 3,993.84 km²
Urban population 10,946,834
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 35.84 per 1,000 people
Death rate 7.34 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 81.32 current US$
Health expenditure 16.83 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.04 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 0.39 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 62 years
Suicide mortality rate 4.10 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 97.70 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 4,394,000
Individuals using the Internet 18.40 % of population
Net migration -65,846
Press freedom 2.14


Politics

Armed forces personnel 165,000
Democracy score 2.97
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 1.83 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 27.02 %


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Afghanistan Historical Internally Displaced Persons, By Conflict And Violence

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Sites Per Inscription Date In Afghanistan

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Wildfires Total Fire Area In Afghanistan

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Country Covid-19 Daily Covid Cases Per Date In Afghanistan

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Companies Per Foundation Year In Afghanistan

Afghanistan Historical Central Government Debt

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Public Companies Per Ceo Gender In Afghanistan

Afghanistan Historical Armed Forces Personnel

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Politicians Per Birth Date In Afghanistan

Politicians Per Gender In Afghanistan

Artists Per Birth Date In Afghanistan

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Museums Visitors In Afghanistan

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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

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