| Population :
| 28,513,677 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 44,70%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 6 525 929.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 6 222 497.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 52,90%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 7 733 707.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 7 346 226.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 2,40%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 334 427.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 350 891.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 17.5 years .
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| Median age male :
| 17.5 years .
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| Median age female :
| 17.6 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 4,92%.
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| Population growth rate note :
| this rate does not take into consideration the recent war and its continuing impact (2004 est.) .
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| Birth rate :
| 47.27 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 21.12 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| 23.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.95 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 1.05 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 170.85 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 160.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 42.46 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 42.27 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 42.66 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 6.78 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 0.01% (2001 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| NA .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| NA .
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| Nationality noun :
| Afghan(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Afghan .
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| Ethnic groups :
| Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4% .
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| Religions :
| Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1% .
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| Languages :
| Pashtu (official) 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 36%.
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| Literacy male :
| 51%.
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| Literacy female :
| 21% (1999 est.) .
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| Government type :
| transitional .
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| Independence :
| 19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, 19 August (1919) .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Afghanistan's economic outlook has improved significantly over the past two years because of the infusion of over $2 billion in international assistance, dramatic improvements in agricultural production, and the end of a four-year drought in most of the c.
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| Population below poverty line :
| 23% (2002) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 80%, industry 10%, services 10% (1990 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| opium, wheat, fruits, nuts, wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins .
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| Industries :
| small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper .
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| Exports commodities :
| opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems .
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| Exports partners :
| US 26.1%, France 17%, Pakistan 17%, India 16.1% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, 19 August (1919) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, 19 August (1919) .
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| Internet users :
| 1,000 (2002) .
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| Hymne :
| So long as there is the earth and the heavens ;
So long as the world endures ;
So long as there is life in the world ;
So long as a single Afghan breathes ;
There will be this Afghanistan.
Long live the Afghan nation.
Long live the Republic.
Forever there be our national unity ;
Forever there be the Afghan nation and the Republic.
Forever the Afghan nation, the Republic and National Unity-National Unity..
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