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Afghanistan: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 39,835,428 (2021)
Population Growth Rate 2.303 annual % (2021)
Age Dependency Ratio 78.214 % 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 65.173 years (2020)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2021)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 0.78 billion kWh (2020) #153
Consumption 5.913 billion kWh (2019) #117
Exports 0 billion kWh (2019) #95
Imports 4.912 billion kWh (2019) #39
Renewable Electricity Generation 0.66 billion kWh (2020) #126

Oil

Ranking
Production 0 thousand bbl/day (2021) #119
Consumption 24.28 thousand bbl/day (2019) #130
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) #99

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 6.675 billion cu ft (2015) #78
Consumption (Dry) 2.832 billion cu ft (2020) #113
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #58
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 semiarid; 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