People of Afghanistan

Sport fans inside the Ghazi Stadium in the capital of Kabul, which is multi-ethnic.
Population	33,332,025 (2016)
Growth rate	2.34% (2016)
Birth rate	38.3 births/1,000 population (2016)
Death rate	13.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016)
Life expectancy	60.5 years (2015)
• male	59.3 years
• female	61.9 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 33 million as of 2016, which includes the roughly 3 million Afghan citizens that are living as refugees in both 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 2015 was 60 years and only 0.04% of the population has 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).