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Area: total: 647,500 sq km
land: 647,500 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Climate: arid to semiarid cold winters and hot summers

Terrain: mostly rugged mountains plains in north and southwest

Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones

Population: 32,738,376 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 44.6% [male 7,474,394/female 7,121,145]
15-64 years: 53% [male 8,901,880/female 8,447,983]
65 years and over: 2.4% [male 383,830/female 409,144] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Afghan[s]
adjective: Afghan

Ethnic groups: Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%

Languages: Afghan Persian or Dari [official] 50%, Pashto [official] 35%, Turkic languages [primarily Uzbek and Turkmen] 11%, 30 minor languages [primarily Balochi and Pashai] 4%, much bilingualism

Capital: name: Kabul
geographic coordinates: 34 31 N, 69 11 E
time difference: UTC+4.5 [9.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: Independence Day, 19 August [1919]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 38%
industry: 24%
services: 38%
note: data exclude opium production [2005 est.]

Labor force: 15 million [2004 est.]

Budget: revenues: $715 million
expenditures: $2.6 billion
note: Afghanistan has also received $273 million from the Reconstruction Trust Fund and $63 million from the Law and Order Trust Fund [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: opium, wheat, fruits, nuts wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins

Industries: small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement handwoven carpets natural gas, coal, copper

Exports: $274 million note - not including illicit exports or reexports [2006]

Exports - commodities: opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems

Exports - partners: India 22.8%, Pakistan 21.7%, US 15.2%, UK 6.5%, Finland 4.4% [2006]

Imports: $3.823 billion [2006]

Imports - commodities: capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products

Imports - partners: Pakistan 37.9%, US 12%, Germany 7.2%, India 5.1% [2006]

Currency (code): afghani [AFA]

Exchange rates: afghanis per US dollar - NA [2007], 46 [2006], 47.7 [2005], 48 [2004], 49 [2003]

Airports: 46 [2007]

Ports and terminals: Kheyrabad, Shir Khan