unifem afghanistan fact sheet 2009 Fact Sheet

Population

  • Out of 23.9 million people in Afghanistan, 48.8% are female (2009) [CSO]
  • Females make up 49% of the population ages 0-19 and 43% of the population 60 years and over [MoWA]
  • Afghanistan ranked 174 out of 178 countries in the 2005 Human Development Index (HDI) [NHDR 07]
  • The 2005 Gender Development Index for Afghanistan is the lowest in South Asia at 0.310 [HDR 07]
  • The average woman had 6.3 children in 2003 [UNICEF]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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