| Map
showing location of Afghanistan: |
 |
| Capital: |
Kabul |
| Population: |
26.2m (2006) |
| Size: |
652,225
square kilometres |
| Language:
|
Dari
(Persian) and Pashtu are official languages. The Turkic languages (uzbek, Turkman and Qirghiz) constitute an unofficial third language group. There are more
than 30 other languages |
| Currency: |
1
afghani = 100 puls |
| Average
life expectancy: |
46.4
years (2006) |
| Number
of doctors: |
19
physicians per 100,000 people (2006) |
| Literacy: |
43%
Male, 12% Female (2006) |
| Population
with outaccess to safe water: |
61%
of population without sustainable access to an improved water
source (2006) |
| Number
of internet users: |
1000
people (2006) |
| |
| Statistical
Sources: The World Guide 2007, World Bank: World Development
Indicators 2004, UNDP Human Development Index and CIA World
Factbook 2004 |
