CIA World Factbook: Afghanistan
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Some "highlights":
Population: 25,838,797 (July 2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 149.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: 45.88 years
Literacy (age 15 and over can read and write): male: 47.2%, female: 15% (1999 est.)
Government type: no functioning central government, administered by factions
Legislative branch: non-functioning as of June 1993
Judicial branch: non-functioning as of March 1995
Economy - overview: Afghanistan is an extremely poor, landlocked country, highly dependent on farming and
livestock raising (sheep and goats)... The majority of the population continues to suffer from insufficient food, clothing, housing, and medical care...
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $800 (1999 est.)
Exports - commodities: opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious
and semi-precious gems
Telephones - main lines in use: 31,200 (1983); note - there were 21,000 main lines in use in Kabul in 1998
Radios: 167,000 (1999)
Televisions: 100,000 (1999) |
