Ethnic groups in Afghanistan
The population of Afghanistan was estimated in 2017 at 29.2 million. Of this, 15 million are males and 14.2 million females. About 22% of them are urbanite and the remaining 78% live in rural areas. An additional 3 million or so Afghans are temporarily housed in neighboring Pakistan and Iran, most of whom were born and raised in those two countries. This makes the total Afghan population at around 33,332,025, and its current growth rate is 2.34%.
Demographics of Afghanistan
"0–14 years:" 42.3% (male 6,464,070/female 6,149,468)
"15–64 years:" 55.3% (male 8,460,486/female 8,031,968)
"65 years and over:" 2.4% (male 349,349/female 380,051) (2011 est.)