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Asia Internet Stats > Asia Links > Afghanistan

Afghanistan Internet usage, broadband and telecommunications reports Internet Usage Statistics: 1,520,996 Internet users as of June 30, 2012; 5.0% of the population, according to ITU.

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Afghanistan - officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Asia. Generally considered a part of Central Asia, it is sometimes ascribed to a regional bloc in either the Middle East or South Asia, as it has cultural, ethno-linguistic, and geographic links with most of its neighbors. It is bordered by Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People’s Republic of China to the east. The name Afghanistan is derived from Persian, meaning "land of the Afghans".

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Latest Population Estimate:
30,419,928 population for 2012, according to Census Bureau.

Latest GDP Estimate:
GDP per capita was US$ 530 for 2011, according to the International Monetary Fund.

Afghanistan Land Size (Area):
Afghanistan has 652,090 sq km - Population Density is 46 persons per sq km.

Weather in Afghanistan: Weather in Afghanistan.

Travel to Afghanistan: Tourism in Afghanistan.

Internet Usage and Population Statistics:

YEAR	Users	Population	% Pen.	GDP p.c.*	Usage Source
2000	N/A	22,853,500	N/A	N/A	ITU
2006	300,000	27,089,593	1.1 %	US$ 289	ITU
2010	1,000,000	29,121,286	3.4 %	US$ 572	ITU
2011	1,256,470	29,835,392	4.2 %	US$ 530	ITU

Note: Per Capita GDP in US dollars, source: International Monetary Fund.

Afghanistan Statistics
World Bank Statistics and Data for Afghanistan


Search Engines and Directories:
Afghanistan Search Engines

Afghanistan Open Directory

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Afghanistan Profile

Afghanistan in the Wikipedia
Afghanistan history, politics, map, geography, economy,
demography, full information and links.

Afghanistan in the CIA Factbook
Afghanistan information about the economy, geography, government,
population, communications, military and transnational issues.

Afghanistan Profile in BBC
Up to date resume about Afghanistan leaders, history, main events,
map, flag, geography, news, politics and media links by the BBC.

Afghanistan e-Government
The Afghanistan e-portal, with useful links.

Afghanistan News Page
Good Afghan News, with another focus on Afghanistan.

Baktar News Page
Afghanistan news media for agriculture, climate, economy, education, environment, and more topics.


Afghanistan Telecommunications and Broadband Reports

Afghanistan Telecoms Market Overview and Forecasts Report
Afghanistan is building some positive momentum in its effort to put national telecom infrastructure in place and to offer effective telecom service throughout the country. The process involved in achieving, however, this has not been altogether smooth. The 2001 war in Afghanistan destroyed telecommunications infrastructure that had already been suffering serious disrepair due to neglect by the Taliban government. The nation’s network of telephone lines was left barely functioning. There were only 12,000 telephones in the capital city, Kabul, with its population of almost 2 million residents. See summary and table of contents


Asia Mobile, Broadband and Digital Economy Report
Mobile markets in Asia have continued experiencing rapid growth during 2011, despite many countries close to or over the 90% penetration mark. A combined total of close to 3.1 billion mobile subscribers and an average annual growth of over 20% (excluding the highly penetrated markets) has resulted in the Asia region having the fastest growing telecommunications markets in the world. This report includes: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
Read more here.

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Broadband and Consumer E-Commerce in Afghanistan

At present e-Commerce in Afghanistan is not very well established nor intensive.

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Favorite Web Sites in Afghanistan

At present e-Commerce in Afghanistan is not well established nor intensive.

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