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Southern Asia · sovereign state

Afghanistan

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Capital
Kabul
Languages
Dari, Pashto, Turkmen
Currency
Afghan afghani
People
43.8 million (2025)
Neighbours
6
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Afghanistan

  • Lowest fixed broadband download speed 16 Mbps · #1 of 197 · 2026
  • Least happy (self-rated) 1.45 · #1 of 163 · 2025
  • 3rd lowest price level (US = 100) 19% · #3 of 198 · 2024

Surprising facts about Afghanistan

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Afghanistan’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Afghanistan among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Afghanistan sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Afghanistan across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

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Countries sharing a land border. Tap one to compare. Equal-area map centred on Afghanistan.

Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people