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- People
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- Population: 15,862,293 (July 1990), growth rate 7.7% (1990).
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- Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1990).
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- Death rate: 18 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
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- 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.
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- Infant mortality rate: 154 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
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- Life expectancy at birth: 47 years male, 46 years female
- (1990).
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- Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1990).
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- Nationality: noun--Afghan(s); adjective--Afghan.
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- Ethnic divisions: 50% Pashtun, 25% Tajik, 9% Uzbek, 12-15%
- Hazara; minor ethnic groups include Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen,
- Baloch, and others.
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- Religion: 74% Sunni Muslim, 15% Shia Muslim, 11% other.
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- Language: 50% Pashtu, 35% Afghan Persian (Dari), 11% Turkic
- languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen), 4% thirty minor
- languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai); much bilingualism.
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- Literacy: 12%.
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- 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.).
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- Organized labor: some small government-controlled unions.
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