| Country (long form) |
Islamic State of Afghanistan |
| Capital |
Kabul |
| Total Area |
251,738.61 sq mi
652,000.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Texas) |
| Population |
25,838,797 (July 2000 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
67,224,578 |
| Languages |
Pashtu 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism |
| Literacy |
31.5% total, 47.2% male, 15% female (1999 est.) |
| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1% |
| Life Expectancy |
46.62 male, 45.1 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
no functioning central government, administered by factions |
| Currency |
1 afghani (AF) = 100 puls |
| GDP (per capita) |
$800 (1999 est.) |
| Industry |
small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, and cement; hand-woven carpets; natural gas, oil, coal and copper |
| Agriculture |
opium poppies, wheat, fruits, nuts, karakul pelts; wool, mutton |
| Arable Land |
12% |
| Minerals and Resources |
natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones |
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