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Afghanistan
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
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Population
43.84M
Capital
Kabul
Area
652,230 km²
Currency
AFN
Afghan afghani
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$17.15B
as of 2023
GDP per capita
$414
as of 2023
Population
42.65M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
2.8%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
-6.6%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
13.7%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
16.1%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
66.29
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
15.0%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.3%
as of 2017
Urban population (% of total)
25.7%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
4.76
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
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no data
Trade (% of GDP)
67.6%
as of 2023
Land area (km²)
652,230
as of 2023
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About Afghanistan
- Languages
- Dari, Pashto, Turkmen
- Currencies
- Afghan afghani (AFN)
- Timezones
- UTC+04:30
- Demonym
- Afghan
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- AF · AFG
- Map
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