Afghanistan Population Pyramid 2000

Afghanistan
2000
Population: 20,130,327

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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Afghanistan in 2000

As of 2000, Afghanistan counted 20,130,327 inhabitants. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 67.1%, up from 12,045,660 in 1990. With a median age of 15.0 years, Afghanistan had a youth dependency ratio of 104.8 and an old-age dependency ratio of 4.7 per 100 people of working age. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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