home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
TIME: Almanac 1990
/
1990 Time Magazine Compact Almanac, The (1991)(Time).iso
/
time
/
world
/
a
/
afghan.2
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1991-04-05
|
1KB
|
41 lines
People
Population: 15,862,293 (July 1990), growth rate 7.7% (1990).
Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 18 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 51 migrants/1,000 population (1990);
note--there are flows across the border in both directions,
but data are fragmentary and unreliable.
Infant mortality rate: 154 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 47 years male, 46 years female
(1990).
Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Afghan(s); adjective--Afghan.
Ethnic divisions: 50% Pashtun, 25% Tajik, 9% Uzbek, 12-15%
Hazara; minor ethnic groups include Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen,
Baloch, and others.
Religion: 74% Sunni Muslim, 15% Shia Muslim, 11% other.
Language: 50% Pashtu, 35% Afghan Persian (Dari), 11% Turkic
languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen), 4% thirty minor
languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai); much bilingualism.
Literacy: 12%.
Labor force: 4,980,000; 67.8% agriculture and animal husbandry,
10.2% industry, 6.3% construction, 5.0% commerce, 10.7%
services and other (1980 est.).
Organized labor: some small government-controlled unions.