Afghanistan : a demographic profile / by Frank B. Horrs.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: ; (CIR staff paper ; No. 34)Publication details: Washington D.C. : Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania branch center for International Research ; Bureau of the Census ; U.S. Department of Commerce, 1988.Description: ix, 68, [3] p. : charts ; 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • Pamphlet HB 3636.6 .H57 1988
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Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.

“January 1988”.

Contents: Summary—Preface—Introduction—Sources and quality of data—Estimates and projections—Urban population—Marital status—Education—Health.

Summary: “Afghanistan, with a current population of 14,184,000 is one of only a handful of countries in the world with a smaller population in 1987 than in 1980. This situation has occurred because of the extremely high volume of refugee movement from Afghanistan to Iran and Pakistan. More persons (over 4 million) fled Afghanistan during the 1979 to 1986 period than the total population of Norway…”—(p. i).

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