Afghanistan 
Facts
Population:
26,813,057 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
42.2% (male 5,775,921; female 5,538,836)
15-64 years:
55.01% (male 7,644,242; female 7,106,568)
65 years and over:
2.79% (male 394,444; female 353,046) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.48% (2001 est.)
note:
this rate reflects the continued return of refugees from Iran
Birth rate:
41.42 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
17.72 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
11.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.08 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.12 male(s)/female
total population:
1.06 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
147.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
46.24 years
male:
46.97 years
female:
45.47 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.79 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Afghan(s)
adjective:
Afghan
Ethnic groups:
Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Hazara 19%, minor ethnic groups (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others) 12%, Uzbek 6%
Religions:
Sunni Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1%
Languages:
Pashtu 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, 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:
31.5%
male:
47.2%
female:
15% (1999 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $21 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
NA%
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $800 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
53%
industry:
28.5%
services:
18.5% (1990)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
NA%
Labor force:
10 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 70%, industry 15%, services 15% (1990 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$NA
expenditures:
$NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Industries:
small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, and cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, oil, coal, copper
Electricity - production:
420 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
35.71%
hydro:
64.29%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
480.6 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Fiscal year:
21 March - 20 March
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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(Farsi-language daily), Kabul
http://www.8am.af/
(English language online publication),
http://afgha.com
(Advocacy web site for Afghan Women), Kabul
http://www.afghanwomensnetwork.org
Aina-E-Zan (Women's Mirror)
(Weekly Newspaper for Women), Kabul
(Daily Newspaper), Kabul
http://www.anisdaily.com/
(English language online publication), Kabul
http://www.e-ariana.com
(non-governmental press agency), Kabul
http://kabulpress.org/
Afghanistan in the News
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As jihadi networks continue to modify their tactics, the resistance forces in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India need to adapt in their strategies as well.
Obama's new AfPak policy cannot succeed unless the poverty upon which the militants prey is addressed.
Though a troop surge is underway in Afghanistan, efforts to engage non-radical elements within the Taliban should continue.
Despite reservations by the Pentagon and by Afghan President Karzai, the State Department, backed by the White House, is quietly pushing the expansion of aerial poppy eradication into Afghanistan.
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