Population
50.0M
Unitary state
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,400
in 2025
Passport power
#199
4 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Herat
of 4 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Capital
- Kabul
- Continent
- Asia / Southern Asia
- Area
- 652,230 km²
- Population
- 50.0M
- Density
- 63.6/km²
- Government
- Unitary state
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .af
- Calling code
- +93
- Timezone
- UTC+04:30
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #199 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 4
- Total accessible
- 22
Culture and society
- Languages
- Dari, Pashto (پښتو), Turkmen (Türkmen)
- Religions
- Islam 99.9%, Other 0.1%
- Currencies
- ؋ AFN — Afghan afghani
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.496
- GDP per capita (2025)
- $2,400
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 66.3 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 16.1%
- Inflation (2025)
- 2.9%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 13.4%
- Urban population (2025)
- 25.9%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 1.5/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 40.0 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2021)
- 4.0/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.40