33 Countries of Origin’ Profiles

4 Afghan Population World Population Review During 2017 Afghanistan population is projected to increased by 1,027,761 people and reach 35,070,843 in the beginning of 2018. The natural increase is expected to be positive, as the number of births will exceed the number of deaths by 921,206. If external migration will remain on the previous year level, the population will be increased by 106,555 due to the migration reasons. It means that the number of people who move into Afghanistan (to which they are not native) in order to settle there as permanent residents (immigrants) will prevail over the number of people who leave the country to settle permanently in another country (emigrants). The population of Afghanistan will be increased by 2,816 persons daily in 2017. Life expectancy Life expectancy at birth is one of the most important demographic indicator. It shows the number of years a newborn infant would live assuming that birth and death rates will remain at the same level during the whole lifetime. Total life expectancy (both sexes) at birth for Afghanistan is 45 years. This is below the average life expectancy at birth of the global population which is about 71 years (according to Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations). Male life expectancy at birth is 44.8 years. Female life expectancy at birth is 45.3 years. Literacy of population According to our estimates 7,544,674 persons or 38.39% of adult population (aged 15 years and above) in Afghanistan are able to read and write. Accordingly about 12,106,014 adults are illiterate. Literacy rate for adult male population is 51.99% (5,226,361 persons). 4,825,880 are illiterate. Literacy rate for adult female population is 24.15% (2,318,313 persons). 7,280,134 literacy rates are 69.59% and 46.33% for males and females accordingly. The overall youth literacy rate is 58.21%. Youth literacy rate definition covers the population between the ages of 15 to 24 years. are illiterate. Youth