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People Of Afghanistan

Population 28,513,677 (July 2004 est.)
 
Age structure
0-14 years: 44.7% (male 6,525,929; female 6,222,497)
15-64 years: 52.9% (male 7,733,707; female 7,346,226)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 334,427; female 350,891) (2004 est.)
 
Median age
total: 17.5 years
male: 17.5 years
female: 17.6 years (2004 est.)
 
Population growth rate 4.92%
note: this rate does not take into consideration the recent war and its continuing impact (2004 est.)
 
Birth rate 47.27 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Death rate 21.12 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Net migration rate 23.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.95 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
 
Infant mortality rate
total: 165.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 160.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 170.85 deaths/1,000 live births
 
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 42.46 years
male: 42.27 years
female: 42.66 years (2004 est.)
 
Total fertility rate 6.78 children born/woman (2004 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 Pashtu (official) 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism
 
Literacy
conventional long form: Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
conventional short form: Afghanistan
local short form: Afghanestan
former: Republic of Afghanistan
local long form: Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan
 

 

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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