Afghanistan
Population growth
Population growth captures demographic momentum. It affects potential output, housing demand, fiscal pressure, and long-run labor-force capacity.
Population growth - Afghanistan
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The reading right now
As of January 2024, Population growth for Afghanistan stood at 2.84%. That is up 0.7 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 2.48%, ranging from a low of 1.44% in January 2022 to a high of 3.15% in January 2020. The current reading sits 0.12 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 2.72%.
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