Demography of Afghanistan
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Afghanistan has around 29.8 million people as of the year 2011.[1] About 2.7 million Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan and Iran.[2]
The country is multi-ethnic and multi-lingual. Most of Afghanistan's people are of the Iranic peoples. The Pashtun is the largest group followed by Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Aimak, Turkmen, Baloch and others.[3]
Dari (Persian) and Pashto are both the official languages of the country.
Islam is the religion of more than 99% of Afghanistan.
Demography Of Afghanistan Media
Population, fertility rate and net reproduction rate, United Nations estimates
Sport fans inside the Ghazi Stadium in the capital of Kabul, which is multi-ethnic and the largest city of Afghanistan.
An Afghan family from the Pashtun ethnicity in their home in Kabul
Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan
Hundreds of students gather at Agam High School for its official reopening ceremony March 25 in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. The 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, funded the school's rehabilitation with $25,000 in Commander's Emergency Response Program funds. Photo by Capt. Dan Huvane, USMC
CIA map showing the territory of the settlement of ethnic groups and subgroups in Afghanistan. Scale ca. 1:22,000 (E 600--E 740/N 380--N 300).
US Army ethnolinguistic map of Afghanistan -- circa 2001-09.
Ethnolinguistic groups of Afghanistan in 1982
Children in Khost province
Tajik children in Khowahan district of Badakhshan
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References
- ↑ Population of Afghanistan. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2010)The World Factbook. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
- ↑ Mohammad Jawad Sharifzada, ed. (November 20, 2011). Afghanistan's population reaches 26m. Pajhwok Afghan News. http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2011/11/20/afghanistans-population-reaches-26m. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- ↑ Ethnic groups: Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%. CIAThe World Factbook. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
