Afghanistan
Key Facts and Figures
Capital (and largest city): | Kabul |
Official language(s): | Dari (Persian), Pashto |
Government: | Islamic republic |
President: | Hamid Karzai |
Legislature: | National Assembly |
Upper house: | House of Elders |
Lower house: | House of the people |
First Afghan State: | 1747 |
Independence from the UK: | 1919 |
Land Area: | 647 500 km2 |
Population (2011) | 30 M |
Population density (2011): | 43.5/km2 |
GDP (PPP, 2011): | |
- Total: | USD 30 billion |
- Per capita: | USD 956 |
GDP (nominal, 2011): | |
- Total: | USD 18 billion |
- Per capita: | USD 585 |
Gini (2008): | 29 |
HDI | 0.398 (172) |
Currency: | Afghani (AFN) |
ISO 3166 code: | AF |
Time zone: | (UTC +430) |
[Source: Wikipedia, 2012]