Afghanistan March 23, 2020 Afghanistan , ASACR , Asia , Association sud-asiatique pour la coopération régionale , British colony , Central Asia , civil war , colony , conflicts , desert , development , drug traffic , drug trafficking , drugs , filles , Herat , héroïne , Himalayas , human rights , islam , Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , Jalalabad , Kabul , Kandahar , Kunduz , Mazar-i-Sharif , Middle East , mountains , NATO , pavot , religion , South Asia , Talibans , terrorism , tribal areas , tribal regions , war , women , women's rights , جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان , د أفغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت Official name Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Name in local language د أفغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت (ps) ; جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان (prs) Continent Asia Subcontinent Central Asia Population (ranking: 41e ) 34,233,212 inhabitants (2020) Population growth 6.23 % / year Area 652,864 km² Density 52.44 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 118e )19.363 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 521 $USD (2018) GDP growth 1.00 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 64.50 years (2018) Birth rate 34.22 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 4.84 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 8.23 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 66.30 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 38.16 % (2015) Official languages Dari, Pachto Currency Afghani (AFN) HDI (ranking: 208e )0.496 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )37.74 (2018) Government Unitary presidential Islamic republic Head of State President Ashraf Ghani National Day 19 August (independence of 1919) ISO Codes AF, AFG Demonym Afghane, Afghan Tourists (ranking ) 20,000 people (2016)
The country is recovering slowly and slowly from several decades of wars Afghanistan is a landlocked Central Asian country bordered by Pakistan , China , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan and Iran . Since the arrival of the democracy established by force by the international community, the country has undertaken its modernization, that is, its reconstruction. It is slow, the financial means are limited, and the promises of funding from major donor countries have not been fully met. However, mortality has declined significantly, especially infant mortality, which has been halved, and health and social conditions are improving. Access to drinking water has also increased significantly, from 30.3% in 2000 to 55.3% in 2015. On the other hand, the increase in the population of large cities, with the arrival of peasants fleeing agricultural areas riddled with anti-personnel mines, is slowing down the country’s economic growth, which is largely based on agriculture.
Afghanistan – Kandahar. Photo: Karla Marshall, Wikipedia Afghanistan – ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary school Afghanistan – age structure (2019-2020). Source: Central Statistics Organization of Afghanistan (CSO) Urban areas (2020) Urban areas Population Kabul 5,029,850 inhabitants Herat 632,206 inhabitants Mazār-i-Sharīf 567,271 inhabitants Kandahar 506,794 inhabitants Jalalabad 232,901 inhabitants Kunduz 162,168 inhabitants Khost 143,026 inhabitants Puli Khumri 110,902 inhabitants Maimana 86,051 inhabitants Sheberghan 83,936 inhabitants Taluqan 75,212 inhabitants Baghlan 71,379 inhabitants Ghazni 61,862 inhabitants Khulm 51,816 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces Population Area Badakhshan 1,035,658 inhabitants 44,836 km² Badghis 540,009 inhabitants 20,794 km² Baghlan 995,814 inhabitants 18,255 km² Balkh 1,475,649 inhabitants 16,186 km² Bamyan 486,928 inhabitants 18,029 km² Daykundi 507,610 inhabitants 17,501 km² Farah 553,058 inhabitants 49,339 km² Faryab 1,089,228 inhabitants 20,798 km² Ghazni 1,338,597 inhabitants 22,461 km² Ghor 751,254 inhabitants 36,657 km² Helmand 1,420,682 inhabitants 58,305 km² Herat 2,095,117 inhabitants 55,869 km² Jowzjan 590,866 inhabitants 11,292 km² Kabul 5,029,850 inhabitants 4,524 km² Kandahar 1,368,036 inhabitants 54,845 km² Kapisa 479,875 inhabitants 1,908 km² Khost 625,473 inhabitants 4,235 km² Kunar 490,690 inhabitants 4,926 km² Kunduz 1,113,676 inhabitants 8,081 km² Laghman 484,952 inhabitants 3,978 km² Logar 426,821 inhabitants 4,568 km² Maidan Wardak 648,866 inhabitants 10,348 km² Nangarhar 1,668,481 inhabitants 7,641 km² Nimruz 180,200 inhabitants 42,410 km² Nuristan 160,993 inhabitants 9,267 km²
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