Afghanistan Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Afghanistan Country Formation Date 1919 Afghanistan United Kingdom August 19, 1919

Database: Death Rates by Country

Record Name Country Death Rate (per 1000 persons) Source
Death Rate for Afghanistan Afghanistan 19.9 Wikipedia

Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers

Record Name Language Primary Country Source Rank Speakers
PASHTO, SOUTHERN World Wide Language Speakers PASHTO, SOUTHERN Afghanistan 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 92 8,206,000
FARSI, EASTERN World Wide Language Speakers FARSI, EASTERN Afghanistan 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 103 7,000,000

Database: List of Expeditions to the Mir Space Station

Record Name Country Year Expedition Flight Up Flight Down Crew Member Crew Member Launch Date Launch Time Landing Date Landing Time Duration (Days) Source
Expedition Mir EP-3 (August 29,1988) Afghanistan 1988 Mir EP-3 Soyuz TM-6 Soyuz TM-5 Abdul Ahad Mohmand Vladimir Lyakhov August 29,1988 04:23:11 UTC September 7, 1988 00:49:38 UTC 8.85 Wikipedia

Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country

Record Name Country Source Life Expectancy Rank
Afghanistan Life Expectancy Afghanistan World Fact Book 43.77 209

Database: World Oil Production by Country

Record Name Country Year Source Barrels per Day
Afghanistan Oil Production Afghanistan 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 0

Database: 2006 World Monuments Fund Complete Watch List

Record Name Country Organization Name Source
Haji Piyada Mosque (AFGHANISTAN) Afghanistan Haji Piyada Mosque World Monuments Fund

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in Afghanistan Afghanistan 2007 46 CIA World Fact Book

Database: Local Names of World Countries

Record Name Country Local Name
Local Name for Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanestan

Database: United Nations Presidents

Record Name Origin Year Session
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Afghanistan 1966 Twenty-first
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Afghanistan 1967 Fifth special
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Afghanistan 1967 Fifth emergency special

Database: Unemployment rate for world countries

Record Name Country Rate (Percent) Note Source
Unemployment rate for Afghanistan Afghanistan 40.00 2005 est. Wikipedia

Database: World Literacy Rates

Record Name Country Source Total Men Women Year
Afghanistan Literacy Rate Afghanistan UNESCO 36.3 percent 51 percent 20.8 percent 2000

Database: World Wide Wheat Production

Record Name Country Commodity 2007/2008 Production (1000 MT) Source
Wheat Production for Afghanistan Afghanistan Wheat 3,800 US Department of Agriculture

Database: List of countries by train railway track length

Record Name Country Year Reported Transportation Type Railway Length (km) Source
Afghanistan Railway Length Afghanistan 2004 Train 24 Wikipedia

Database: Internet Country Codes

Record Name Country Internet Code
AF Afghanistan Afghanistan AF

Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country

Record Name Country 1975 (liters per year) 1979 (liters per year) 2003 (liters per year) 2004 (liters per year) Source
Average total alchohol consumption per person for Afghanistan Afghanistan n/a n/a 0.01 n/a World Health Organization

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
Afghanistan Afghanistan Kabul 2002 647,500 27,755,775 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country

Record Name Country Source Thousand Metric Tonnes per Capita (per thousand people)
Afghanistan CO2 Carbon Emissions Afghanistan World Resources Institute 915.3 0.0305824

Database: Coastline of world countries

Record Name Country Coastline (KM)
Afghanistan Ocean Coastline Length Afghanistan 0 (Landlocked)

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
Islamic State of Afghanistan (Afghanistan) Afghanistan Kabul Islamic State of Afghanistan AF

Database: Country GDP (2005)

Record Name Country Year Source GDP GDP per Capita Real Growth Rate Inflation
Afghanistan GDP Afghanistan 2005 The World Factbook 2006 $21.5 billion $800 8.0% 16.31%

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