Afghanistan

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
36,373,176 1
Urban
25.50% 1
Rural
74.50% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.2% 2
Level of Public Corruption
169 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
4.65 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
9.10% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
61 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
31.74% 6
Internet Users
6% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$680 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
200
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
40
Priests
4
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
8
Catholics per Priest
50
Parishes
1