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Afghanistan: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 37,172,386 (2018)
Population Growth Rate 2.385 annual % (2018)
Age Dependency Ratio 84.587 % of working-age population (2017)
Urban Population 25.495 % of total (2018)
Infant Mortality Rate 47.9 per 1,000 live births (2018)
Life Expectancy at Birth 64.13 years (2017)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2017)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 1.2 billion kWh (2016) #140
Consumption 5.5 billion kWh (2016) #116
Exports 0 billion kWh (2016) #85
Imports 4.4 billion kWh (2016) #41
Renewable Electricity Generation 1.1 billion kWh (2016) #107

Oil

Ranking
Production 0 thousand bbl/day (2017) #126
Consumption 35 thousand bbl/day (2016) #114
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0 billion bbl (2018) #70

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 6.7 billion cu ft (2015) #78
Consumption (Dry) 5.8 billion cu ft (2017) #107
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #56
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2017) #78
Proved Reserves 1.8 trillion cu ft (2018) #59

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 43 (2016)
Cellular Telephones 21,602,982 (2016 est.)
Highways 42,150 km (2006)
Internet Users 3,531,770 (2016 est.)
Telephones 114,192 (2016 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 7,485 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/6/2019
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 12/5/2017