Afghanistan

  • Leader:Hibatullah Akhundzada
  • Prime Minister (acting):Abdul Kabir
  • Capital city:Kabul
  • 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, but Dari functions as the lingua franca note: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashai, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them
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  • Population, persons:42,802,656 (2024)
  • Area, sq km:652,230
  • GDP per capita, US$:356 (2021)
  • GDP, billion current US$:14.3 (2021)
  • GINI index:No data
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:173

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      Accessed On: 06 March, 2023
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