This timeline shows the age structure in Afghanistan from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, approximately 43.23 percent of Afghanistan's population was aged 0 to 14 years, 54.4 percent was aged between 15 and 64, and 2.38 percent of people were 65 years and older.

This scatter chart displays population (people) against median age (year) and is filtered where the country is Afghanistan. The data is about countries per year.

Afghanistan Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data was reported at 4.374 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.395 % for 2022. Afghanistan Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data is updated yearly, averaging 4.779 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.101 % in 1960 and a record low of 4.374 % in 2023. Afghanistan Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.;World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.;Weighted average;

Afghanistan Population: Male: Ages 20-24: % of Male Population data was reported at 10.139 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 10.127 % for 2022. Afghanistan Population: Male: Ages 20-24: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 8.678 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.139 % in 2023 and a record low of 8.276 % in 1974. Afghanistan Population: Male: Ages 20-24: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 20 to 24 as a percentage of the total male population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;;

This scatter chart displays self-employed workers (% of total employment) against median age (year) and is filtered where the country is Afghanistan and the date is 2023. The data is about countries per year.

The life expectancy experiences significant growth in all gender groups in 2022. Comparing the two different gender groups for the year 2022, the 'life expectancy of women at birth' leads the ranking with 66.21 years. Contrastingly, 'life expectancy of men at birth' is ranked last, with 59.77 years. Their difference, compared to life expectancy of women at birth, lies at 6.44 years. Life expectancy at birth refers to the number of years the average newborn is expected to live, providing that mortality patterns at the time of birth do not change thereafter.Find further similar statistics for other countries or regions like Eritrea and Thailand.

Afghanistan Population: Male: Ages 45-49: % of Male Population data was reported at 3.232 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.206 % for 2021. Afghanistan Population: Male: Ages 45-49: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 3.236 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.019 % in 1960 and a record low of 2.676 % in 2008. Afghanistan Population: Male: Ages 45-49: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 45 to 49 as a percentage of the total male population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.;;

This dataset is about countries in Afghanistan per year, featuring 4 columns: country, date, electricity production from coal sources, and median age. The preview is ordered by date (descending).

Life expectancy in Afghanistan remained below thirty in the nineteenth century, and it was not until the mid-1900s that life expectancy increased at a significantly higher rate, and by 2020, Afghanistan's life expectancy is expected to be just over 64 years. A noticeable drop in life expectancy appeared between 1915 and 1920, as the Spanish Flu epidemic that swept the globe impacted the population of Afghanistan severely. (A second drop can be observed in the early 1950s, however this is due to contrasting sources, as more recent data from the UN becomes available). Despite continuous war in the country since the late 1970s, medical advancements have brought Afghanistan's life expectancy closer to the global average in recent decades.

The total fertility rate in Afghanistan decreased to 4.52 children per woman compared to the previous year. This marks the lowest fertility rate during the observed period. The total fertility rate is the average number of children that a woman of childbearing age (generally considered 15 to 44 years) is expected to have throughout her reproductive years. Unlike birth rates, which are based on the actual number of live births in a given population, fertility rates are estimates (similar to life expectancy) that apply to a hypothetical woman, as they assume that current patterns in age-specific fertility will remain constant throughout her reproductive years.Find more statistics on other topics about Afghanistan with key insights such as total life expectancy at birth, death rate, and infant mortality rate.

Afghanistan Population: Female: Ages 0-4: % of Female Population data was reported at 15.857 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.026 % for 2022. Afghanistan Population: Female: Ages 0-4: % of Female Population data is updated yearly, averaging 18.747 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.582 % in 1997 and a record low of 15.857 % in 2023. Afghanistan Population: Female: Ages 0-4: % of Female Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population between the ages 0 to 4 as a percentage of the total female population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;;

Ce graphique montre l'âge médian de la population résidente au Afghanistan de 1950 à 2050. En 2015, l'âge médian de la population afghane était d'environ 17 ans.

Afghanistan Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data was reported at 43.707 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 44.001 % for 2021. Afghanistan Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data is updated yearly, averaging 46.722 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 50.823 % in 2003 and a record low of 40.304 % in 1960. Afghanistan Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.;Weighted average;

Chart and table of the Afghanistan birth rate from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

Afghanistan Gross Intake Ratio in First Grade of Primary Education: % of Relevant Age Group data was reported at 110.775 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 108.475 % for 2015. Afghanistan Gross Intake Ratio in First Grade of Primary Education: % of Relevant Age Group data is updated yearly, averaging 97.434 % from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2018, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 187.763 % in 2003 and a record low of 17.311 % in 1982. Afghanistan Gross Intake Ratio in First Grade of Primary Education: % of Relevant Age Group data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics. Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.;UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of February 2020.;Weighted average;

In 2023, approximately 42.8 percent of the population in Afghanistan were aged up to 14 years old. In comparison, just over 11.2 percent of the population in South Korea were children below the age of 14 that year.

Afghanistan Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 15-64 data was reported at 54.204 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 53.836 % for 2022. Afghanistan Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 15-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 50.901 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 56.435 % in 1960 and a record low of 46.744 % in 2002. Afghanistan Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 15-64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;Weighted average;

Abstract

This study provides an update on measures of educational attainment for a broad cross section of countries. In our previous work (Barro and Lee, 1993), we constructed estimates of educational attainment by sex for persons aged 25 and over. The values applied to 129 countries over a five-year intervals from 1960 to 1985.

The present study adds census information for 1985 and 1990 and updates the estimates of educational attainment to 1990. We also have been able to add a few countries, notably China, which were previously omitted because of missing data.

Dataset:

Educational attainment at various levels for the male and female population. The data set includes estimates of educational attainment for the population by age - over age 15 and over age 25 - for 126 countries in the world. (see Barro, Robert and J.W. Lee, "International Measures of Schooling Years and Schooling Quality, AER, Papers and Proceedings, 86(2), pp. 218-223 and also see "International Data on Education", manuscipt.) Data are presented quinquennially for the years 1960-1990;

Educational quality across countries. Table 1 presents data on measures of schooling inputs at five-year intervals from 1960 to 1990. Table 2 contains the data on average test scores for the students of the different age groups for the various subjects.Please see Jong-Wha Lee and Robert J. Barro, "Schooling Quality in a Cross-Section of Countries," (NBER Working Paper No.w6198, September 1997) for more detailed explanation and sources of data.

Geographic coverage

The data set cobvers the following countries: - Afghanistan - Albania - Algeria - Angola - Argentina - Australia - Austria - Bahamas, The - Bahrain - Bangladesh - Barbados - Belgium - Benin - Bolivia - Botswana - Brazil - Bulgaria - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Canada - Cape verde - Central African Rep. - Chad - Chile - China - Colombia - Comoros - Congo - Costa Rica - Cote d'Ivoire - Cuba - Cyprus - Czechoslovakia - Denmark - Dominica - Dominican Rep. - Ecuador - Egypt - El Salvador - Ethiopia - Fiji - Finland - France - Gabon - Gambia - Germany, East - Germany, West - Ghana - Greece - Grenada - Guatemala - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Guyana - Haiti - Honduras - Hong Kong - Hungary - Iceland - India - Indonesia - Iran, I.R. of - Iraq - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Jamaica - Japan - Jordan - Kenya - Korea - Kuwait - Lesotho - Liberia - Luxembourg - Madagascar - Malawi - Malaysia - Mali - Malta - Mauritania - Mauritius - Mexico - Morocco - Mozambique - Myanmar (Burma) - Nepal - Netherlands - New Zealand - Nicaragua - Niger - Nigeria - Norway - Oman - Pakistan - Panama - Papua New Guinea - Paraguay - Peru - Philippines - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Rwanda - Saudi Arabia - Senegal - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Singapore - Solomon Islands - Somalia - South africa - Spain - Sri Lanka - St.Lucia - St.Vincent & Grens. - Sudan - Suriname - Swaziland - Sweden - Switzerland - Syria - Taiwan - Tanzania - Thailand - Togo - Tonga - Trinidad & Tobago - Tunisia - Turkey - U.S.S.R. - Uganda - United Arab Emirates - United Kingdom - United States - Uruguay - Vanuatu - Venezuela - Western Samoa - Yemen, N.Arab - Yugoslavia - Zaire - Zambia - Zimbabwe

Niger had the highest birth rate in the world in 2024, with a birth rate of 46.6 births per 1,000 inhabitants. Angola, Benin, Mali, and Uganda followed. Except for Afghanistan, all the 20 countries with the highest birth rates in the world were located in Sub-Saharan Africa. High infant mortality The reasons behind the high birth rates in many Sub-Saharan African countries are manyfold, but a major reason is that infant mortality remains high on the continent, despite decreasing steadily over the past decades, resulting in high birth rates to counter death rates. Moreover, many nations in Sub-Saharan Africa are highly reliant on small-scale farming, meaning that more hands are of importance. Additionally, polygamy is not uncommon in the region, and having many children is often seen as a symbol of status. Fastest growing populations As the high fertility rates coincide with decreasing death rates, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest population growth rates in the world. As a result, with Africa's population forecast to increase from 1.4 billion in 2022 to over 3.9 billion by 2100.

Afghanistan Population: Male: Ages 70-74: % of Male Population data was reported at 0.570 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.566 % for 2022. Afghanistan Population: Male: Ages 70-74: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.617 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.881 % in 1960 and a record low of 0.566 % in 2022. Afghanistan Population: Male: Ages 70-74: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 70 to 74 as a percentage of the total male population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;;