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Afghanistan: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 35,530,081 (2017)
Population Growth Rate 2.491 annual % (2017)
Age Dependency Ratio 84.587 % of working-age population (2017)
Urban Population 27.57 % of total (2017)
Infant Mortality Rate 53.2 per 1,000 live births (2016)
Life Expectancy at Birth 63.673 years (2016)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2017)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 1 billion kWh (2015) #142
Consumption 4.7 billion kWh (2015) #119
Exports 0 billion kWh (2015) #83
Imports 3.8 billion kWh (2015) #48
Renewable Electricity Generation 0.9 billion kWh (2015) #108

Oil

Ranking
Production 0 thousand bbl/day (2017) #120
Consumption 130 thousand bbl/day (2015) #72
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
Consumption (Dry) 6.7 billion cu ft (2015) #102
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #47
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #71
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: 7/6/2018
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 12/5/2017