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Afghanistan

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Capital
Kabul
Currency
afghani
Continent
Asia
Area
652,230 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q889 ↗ · Official languages: Arabic (regional language), Balochi (regional language), Dari, Nuristani (regional language), Pamir (regional language), Pashayi (regional language), Pashto, Turkmen, Uzbek (regional language)
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population ↗
43.84M · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP ↗
17.78B · 2024
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita ↗
416.87 · 2024
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation ↗
-6.6 · 2024
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment ↗
13.35 · 2025
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate ↗
4.76 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy ↗
66.29 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Population growth ↗
2.77 · 2025
%
World Bank · SP.POP.GROW
GDP growth ↗
1.87 · 2024
%
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
GDP per capita, PPP ↗
2,236.2 · 2024
current international $ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD
Population ages 65+ ↗
2.43 · 2025
% of total population
World Bank · SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS
Urban population ↗
25.94 · 2025
% of total population
World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Labor force participation ↗
37.46 · 2025
% of population ages 15+
World Bank · SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
Youth unemployment ↗
16.79 · 2025
% of labor force ages 15–24
World Bank · SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Internet users ↗
16.09 · 2024
% of population
World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS
Trade ↗
83.76 · 2024
% of GDP
World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
FDI net inflows ↗
0.14 · 2021
% of GDP
World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

Population

All countries ↗
people · 2006–2025
2025Afghanistan: 43.84M
Afghanistan · Population23.58M29.11M34.63M40.16M45.69M2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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Afghanistan · Population · people
YearAfghanistan
202543,844,111
202442,647,492
202341,454,761
202240,578,842
202140,000,412
202039,068,979
201937,856,121
201836,743,039
201735,688,935
201634,700,612
201533,831,764
201432,792,523
201331,622,704
201230,560,034
201129,347,708
201028,284,089
200927,466,101
200826,482,622
200725,909,852
200625,424,094

GDP

All countries ↗
current US$ · 2006–2025
2025Afghanistan: —
Afghanistan · GDP5.62B9.68B13.73B17.79B21.85B2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Afghanistan · GDP · current US$
YearAfghanistan
2025No data available
202417,778,508,875.74
202317,152,234,636.87
202214,497,243,872.13
202114,259,995,441.08
202019,955,929,052.15
201918,799,444,490.11
201818,053,222,687.41
201718,753,456,497.82
201618,116,572,395.08
201519,134,221,644.73
201420,497,128,555.7
201320,146,416,757.6
201219,907,329,777.59
201117,805,098,206.31
201015,856,668,555.83
200912,416,152,732.06
200810,109,297,047.54
20079,747,886,187.39
20066,971,758,282.29

GDP per capita

All countries ↗
current US$ / person · 2006–2025
2025Afghanistan: —
Afghanistan · GDP per capita236.5349.66462.82575.98689.142006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Afghanistan · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearAfghanistan
2025No data available
2024416.87
2023413.76
2022357.26
2021356.5
2020510.79
2019496.6
2018491.34
2017525.47
2016522.08
2015565.57
2014625.05
2013637.09
2012651.42
2011606.69
2010560.62
2009452.05
2008381.73
2007376.22
2006274.22

Inflation

All countries ↗
% · 2006–2025
2025Afghanistan: —
Afghanistan · Inflation-10.13-0.179.819.7729.742006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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Afghanistan · Inflation · %
YearAfghanistan
2025No data available
2024-6.6
2023-4.64
202213.71
20215.13
20205.6
20192.3
20180.63
20174.98
20164.38
2015-0.66
20144.67
20137.39
20126.44
201111.8
20102.18
2009-6.81
200826.42
20078.68
20066.78

Unemployment

All countries ↗
% of labor force · 2006–2025
2025Afghanistan: 13.35
Afghanistan · Unemployment7.189.0710.9512.8414.732006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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Afghanistan · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearAfghanistan
202513.35
202413.69
202314.01
202214.1
202112.01
202011.71
201911.19
201811.19
201711.18
201610.12
20159.03
20147.92
20137.92
20127.88
20117.83
20107.81
20097.81
20087.88
20077.84
20067.9

Fertility rate

All countries ↗
births / woman · 2006–2025
2025Afghanistan: —
Afghanistan · Fertility rate4.575.155.726.36.882006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Afghanistan · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearAfghanistan
2025No data available
20244.76
20234.84
20224.93
20215.04
20205.15
20195.24
20185.33
20175.43
20165.54
20155.65
20145.77
20135.88
20125.99
20116.09
20106.2
20096.3
20086.39
20076.51
20066.69

Life expectancy

All countries ↗
years · 2006–2025
2025Afghanistan: —
Afghanistan · Life expectancy57.7860.162.4264.7467.062006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Afghanistan · Life expectancy · years
YearAfghanistan
2025No data available
202466.29
202366.04
202265.62
202160.42
202061.45
201962.94
201862.44
201762.41
201662.65
201562.27
201462.26
201362.19
201261.74
201161.25
201060.7
200960.25
200859.71
200758.96
200658.55
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 25, 2026Methodology ↗

About the data for Afghanistan

17 World Bank indicators each use their latest available observation, so reference years can differ. Open any indicator card to explore its historical series. Missing observations are preserved. Country information comes from Wikidata.

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