Key demographics
- Population
- 50.0M
- Density
- 63.6/kmΒ²
- HDI
- 0.496 (Low)
- GDP per capita
- $411
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 66.3 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 4.76
- Urban population (2025)
- 25.9%
- Literacy rate (2021)
- 37.3%
- Labor force (2025)
- 38.5%
- Gender wage gap (2020)
- -125.2%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 81.8%
- Profile
- Very Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 25.9%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 35.0 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 5.7 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 42.9%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 4.76
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 48.3 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 71.6%
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Dari | - |
| Pashto | ΩΎΪΨͺΩ |
| Turkmen | TΓΌrkmen |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Islam | 99.9% |
| Other | 0.1% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Pashtun | 42.0% |
| Tajik | 27.0% |
| Hazara | 9.0% |
| Uzbek | 9.0% |
| Aimaq | 4.0% |
| Turkmen | 3.0% |
| Baloch | 2.0% |
| Others | 4.0% |
- Demonym (male)
- Afghan
- Demonym (female)
- Afghan
- National anthem
- This Is the Home of the Brave
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 66.3 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 50.5 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 15.0% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 48.3/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 42/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 0.4/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 0.32/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 0.55/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $59
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 77.1%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2021)
- 37.3%
- Education spending (2017)
- 4.3% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 355
- Internet users (2024)
- 16.1%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 60.1/100
- Broadband (2023)
- 0.1/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 41/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2023)
- 0.1
Geography and practical
- Area
- 652,230 kmΒ²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+04:30
- Calling codes
- +93
- TLD
- .af
- Maps
- Google Maps Β· OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has a white field with Arabic inscriptions β the Shahada β in black across its center.
- National anthem
- This Is the Home of the Brave
- National holiday
- 1919-08-19