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Afghanistan: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 40,099,462 (2021)
Population Growth Rate 2.851 annual % (2021)
Age Dependency Ratio 84.599 % of working-age population (2021)
Urban Population 26.314 % of total (2021)
Infant Mortality Rate 45 per 1,000 live births (2020)
Life Expectancy at Birth 62.575 years (2020)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2021)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 0.83 billion kWh (2021) #154
Consumption 5.53 billion kWh (2021) #123
Exports 0 billion kWh (2021) #96
Imports 5.37 billion kWh (2021) #40
Renewable Electricity Generation 0.7 billion kWh (2021) #127

Oil

Ranking
Production 0 thousand bbl/day (2021) #119
Consumption 23.76 thousand bbl/day (2021) #129
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0 billion bbl (2021) #100

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 6.675 billion cu ft (2015) #78
Consumption (Dry) 2.83 billion cu ft (2021) #113
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 1.75 trillion cu ft (2021) #61

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 43 (2016)
Cellular Telephones 21,976,355 (2018 est.)
Highways 34,903 km (2017)
Internet Users 3,531,770 (2016 est.)
Telephones 127,794 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationSouthern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran
Total Area652,230 sq. km
Land Area652,230 sq. km
Water Area0 sq. km
Coastline0 km
Climatearid to semi-arid; cold winters and hot summers
Terrainmostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest
Lowest PointAmu Darya 258 m
Highest Point Noshak 7,492 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 11/6/2022
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020