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    Afghanistan has a presidential Islamic republic government led by President Ashraf Ghani. The economy is recovering after decades of conflict but still relies heavily on foreign aid. GDP per capita is around $2,000 and the population is over 34 million, with the majority being Pashtun, Tajik, and Hazara ethnic groups who primarily speak Dari, Pashto, and Uzbek. The population is growing at around 2.37% annually and nearly 99.7% of people are Muslim. Literacy is around 38.2% and the urban population is approximately 25.5% of the total.

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    Afghanistan has a presidential Islamic republic government led by President Ashraf Ghani. The economy is recovering after decades of conflict but still relies heavily on foreign aid. GDP per capita is around $2,000 and the population is over 34 million, with the majority being Pashtun, Tajik, and Hazara ethnic groups who primarily speak Dari, Pashto, and Uzbek. The population is growing at around 2.37% annually and nearly 99.7% of people are Muslim. Literacy is around 38.2% and the urban population is approximately 25.5% of the total.

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    AFGHANISTAN

    GOVERNMENT ECONOMY
    Chief of State Economic Overview
    President of the Islamic Republic of recovering from decades of conflict, living standards still among
    Afghanistan Ashraf GHANI Ahmadzai the lowest in the world, highly dependent on foreign aid, and
    Head of Government suffering from shortages of housing, water, electricity, and jobs
    President of the Islamic Republic of GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
    Afghanistan Ashraf GHANI Ahmadzai $69.45 billion (2017 est.)
    Government Type GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity)
    presidential Islamic republic $2,000 (2017 est.)
    Capital Exports
    Kabul $784 million (2017 est.)
    Legislature partners: India 56.5%, Pakistan 29.6% (2017)
    bicameral National Assembly consists of the Imports
    Meshrano Jirga or House of Elders (102 seats) $7.616 billion (2017 est.)
    and the Wolesi Jirga or House of People (249 partners: China 21%, Iran 20.5%, Pakistan 11.8% Kazakhstan
    seats) 11%, Uzbekistan 6.8%, Malaysia 5.3% (2017)
    Judiciary PEOPLE & SOCIETY
    Supreme Court or Stera Mahkama (chief and 8
    Population
    justices)
    34.9 million (July 2018 est.)
    Ambassador to US
    Population Growth
    Ambassador Roya RAHMANI
    2.37% (2018 est.)
    US Ambassador
    Ethnicity
    Ambassador John BASS
    Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek,
    other (includes smaller numbers
    GEOGRAPHY of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui,
    Area Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz) (2015)
    Total: 652,230 sq km Language
    Land: 652,230 sq km Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 77% (Dari functions as the lingua
    Water: 0 sq km franca), Pashto (official) 48%, Uzbek 11%, English 6%, Turkmen
    Climate 3%, Urdu 3%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1% , Balochi 1%
    arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers (2017 est.)1
    Natural Resources Religion
    natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, Muslim 99.7% (Sunni 84.7 - 89.7%, Shia 10 – 15%), other 0.3%
    talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, (2009 est.)
    precious and semiprecious stones, arable land Urbanization
    urban population: 25.5% of total population (2018)
    rate of urbanization: 3.37% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
    Literacy
    38.2%
    1
    note: percentages total more than 100% because respondents were able
    as of October 2019
    to provide more than one answer

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