Asia · Southern Asia
Capital: Kabul
Afghanistan
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Afghanistan in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #115
Afghanistan's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
43.8M
#36 of 196
82nd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$17.78B
#137 of 196
30th percentile
2024 · World Bank WDI
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$278.3M
#120 of 196
39th percentile
2021 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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Data unavailable
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Manufacturing Output
$1.50B
#130 of 196
34th percentile
2024 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Kabul
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Country code
- AFG
Three interesting facts
Afghanistan shares land borders with 6 countries: Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China.
Afghanistan spans roughly 652,230 square kilometers, placing it around 40th by area in this factbook.
The country’s linguistic landscape includes Pushto, Uzbek, and Turkmen, reflecting a notably diverse cultural history.
Geography
Afghanistan on the map
Afghanistan is located in Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran. Its terrain is mostly rugged mountains, plains in north and southwest. The climate is arid to semiarid, cold winters and hot summers. In area, the country is almost six times the size of Virginia, slightly smaller than Texas.
Economy
Economic profile
Afghanistan's economy is characterized by low-income South Asian economy, economy stable after major contraction due to Taliban takeover, but recovery remains fragile, widespread poverty and obstacles to human development, import-reliant for food, fuel, and machinery, ongoing sanctions, suspended development aid, and frozen reserve assets. Major industries include small-scale production of bricks, textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, apparel, food products, non-alcoholic beverages, mineral water, cement, handwoven carpets, natural gas, coal, copper. Important agricultural products include wheat, milk, grapes, watermelons, potatoes, cantaloupes/melons, vegetables, rice, onions, maize (2023). Notable exports include coal, grapes, tropical fruits, gum resins, other nuts (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Afghanistan has an estimated population of 43,844,000. Language and cultural traditions vary across Afghanistan. The population includes current, reliable statistical data on ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available, Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution cited Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pashaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, and Brahwui ethnicities, Afghanistan has dozens of other small ethnic groups. The urban population represents 26.9% of total population (2023).
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