!!!Afghanistan: People & Society ||Population|33,332,025 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Afghan(s) \\ ''adjective'': Afghan \\ ||Ethnic groups|Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz) \\ ''__note__'': current statistical data on the sensitive subject of ethnicity in Afghanistan is not available, and ethnicity data from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai (2015) \\ ||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 \\ ||Religions|Muslim 99.7% (Sunni 84.7 - 89.7%, Shia 10 - 15%), other 0.3% (2009 est.) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 41.03% (male 6,947,939/female 6,728,983) \\ ''15-24 years'': 22.49% (male 3,816,369/female 3,678,657) \\ ''25-54 years'': 30.01% (male 5,095,905/female 4,907,019) \\ ''55-64 years'': 3.9% (male 640,813/female 660,121) \\ ''65 years and over'': 2.57% (male 396,124/female 460,095) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 87% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 82.3% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 4.6% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 21.7% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 18.6 years \\ ''male'': 18.5 years \\ ''female'': 18.6 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|2.34% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|38.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|13.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|populations tend to cluster in the foothills and periphery of the rugged Hindu Kush range; smaller groups are found in many of the country's interior valleys; in general, the east is more densely settled while the south is sparsely populated ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 26.7% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 3.96% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|KABUL (capital) 4.635 million (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.03 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.97 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.86 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1.03 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|20.1 \\ ''__note__'': median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|396 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 112.8 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 120.3 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 105 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 51.3 years \\ ''male'': 49.9 years \\ ''female'': 52.7 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|5.22 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|21.2% (2010/11) ||Health expenditures|8.2% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|0.27 physicians/1,000 population (2013) ||Hospital bed density|0.5 beds/1,000 population (2012) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 78.2% of population \\ rural: 47% of population \\ total: 55.3% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 21.8% of population \\ rural: 53% of population \\ total: 44.7% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 45.1% of population \\ rural: 27% of population \\ total: 31.9% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 54.9% of population \\ rural: 73% of population \\ total: 68.1% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.04% (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|6,900 (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|300 (2015 est.) ||Major infectious diseases|''degree of risk'': intermediate \\ ''food or waterborne diseases'': bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever \\ ''vectorborne diseases'': malaria (2016) \\ ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|2.4% (2014) ||Education expenditures|3.4% of GDP (2015) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 38.2% \\ ''male'': 52% \\ ''female'': 24.2% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 11 years \\ ''male'': 13 years \\ ''female'': 8 years (2014) \\ ||Child labor - children ages 5-14|''total number'': 2,082,722 \\ ''percentage'': 25.3% \\ \\ ''__note__'': data on child labor in Afghanistan is uncertain and may be higher than the estimated 25.3% of children ages 5-14 derived from 2010-11 survey results; UNICEF estimated that 30% of children ages 5-14 in 2011 were engaged in child labor (2010/11 est.) \\