One in every 88 babies born in the world today is born in Afghanistan. Afghanistan has about 1,500,000 births a year, around 1.1% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
1,500,000
Share of world births
1.1%
Birth odds
1/88
Life expectancy
65 years
Risk of dying before age 5
5.6%
Income per person, PPP
US$2,000
Children per woman
4.8
Urban population
27%

Life expectancy in Afghanistan is 65 years, which is 8 years shorter than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 56 do not reach their fifth birthday. That is 1.5 times the world average.

Income per person is about US$2,000 in purchasing power. That is only 9% of the world average.

On average a woman has 4.8 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 27% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 73% chance of being born in the countryside.

This country is in armed conflict or a severe internal crisis. In the game this affects events and the risk of death.

Religious makeup

  • Islam99%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Arash · Reza · Dariush · Kian · Shirin · Parisa · Yasaman · Nazanin

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.