Demography of afghanistan
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| Population | 32,564,342 |
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| Growth rate | 2.32% (2015) |
| Birth rate | 38.57 births/1,000 population (2015) |
| Death rate | 13.89 deaths/1,000 population (2015) |
| Life expectancy | c. 60 years (2011) |
| • male | 59 years |
| • female | 61 years |
| Fertility rate | 5.33 children born/woman (2015) |
| Infant mortality rate | 66.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
| 0–14 years | 42.3% (male 6,464,070/female 6,149,468) |
| 15–64 years | 55.3% (male 8,460,486/female 8,031,968) |
| 65 and over | 2.4% (male 349,349/female 380,051) |
| At birth | 1.05 male/female |
| Under 15 | 1.03 male/female |
| 15–64 years | 1.04 male/female |
| 65 and over | 0.87 male/female |
| Nationality | noun: Afghan(s) |
| Major ethnic | Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, and others |
| Official | Pashto and Dari |
| Spoken | Pashto, Dari, Uzbeki, Turkmeni, and other |
The population of Afghanistan is around 32 million as of 2015, which includes the 2.7 million Afghan citizens that are residing temporarily in Pakistan and Iran. The nation is composed of a multi-ethnic and multilingual society, reflecting its location astride historic trade and invasion routes between Central Asia, Southern Asia, and Western Asia. The largest ethnic group among Afghanistan's population is the Pashtuns, followed by Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch and others.
As of 2013 46% of Afghanistan's population are under 15 years of age and 74% of the population live in rural areas. The average woman gave birth to five children during her life and 6.8% of all babies died in child-birth or infancy. Life expectancy in 2013 was 60 years and only 0.1% of the population between ages 15 and 49 had HIV.
Pashto and Dari (Afghan Persian) are both the official languages of the country. Dari is mostly spoken in the Tajik- and Hazara-dominated areas, while Pashto is spoken mainly in the Pashtun tribal areas south of the Hindu Kush mountains. Uzbek and Turkmen are spoken in parts of the north. Smaller groups in various parts of the country speak about 30 other languages.Multilingualism is common throughout the country, especially in the major cities. Dari is the predominate language spoken in urban areas but language is not necessarily an indicator of an individuals ethnic or group identity since Pashto and Dari are both spoken by nearly all of the country's ethnic groups (Turkmen and Uzbeks generally constituting an exception to this rule).
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