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An Afghan family from the Pashtun ethnicity in their home in Kabul. Structure of the population (2012.01.07) (Data refer to the settled population based on the 1979 Population Census and the latest household prelisting. The refugees of Afghanistan in Iran, Pakistan, and an estimated 1.5 million nomads, are not included): [31]
The population of Afghanistan was estimated at 32.9 million as of 2019 by the Afghanistan Statistics and Information Authority, [429] whereas the UN estimates over 38.0 million. [430] In 1979 the total population was reported to be about 15.5 million. [ 431 ]
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan as of 1997. Afghanistan is a multiethnic and mostly tribal society. The population of the country consists of numerous ethnolinguistic groups: mainly the Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbek, as well as the minorities of Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Pamiri, Kyrgyz, Moghol, and others.
“Winter is when hunger bites hardest in Afghanistan and WFP expects nearly 15 million people or nearly a third of the population of Afghanistan to be in need of ... as compared to this year. We ...
Young Afghan men and women at a rock music festival inside the Gardens of Babur. Kabul's population was estimated in 2023 at about 4.95 million. [148] The city's population has long fluctuated due to the wars. The lack of an up-to-date census means that there are various estimates of the population.
The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
Population ranked 43 out of 228 countries and territories; CIA World Factbook 2008 estimates Life expectancy ranked 208 out of 211 countries and territories [1] Total immigrant population ranked 137 out of 192 countries [2] [3]
The population of Afghanistan increased by more than 50% between 2001 and 2014, while its GDP grew eightfold. [29] After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's return to power in 2021, the Biden administration decided to confiscate or withhold $9.5 billion worth of assets from the Afghanistan Central Bank to stop the Taliban ...