Afghanistan
Indicator 1990 2000

Population
    Number (thousands) 13 675 21 765
    Rate of natural increase per 1,000 populationa 25.5 25.6
    Rate of growth per 1,000 populationa 66.5 26.4

Migration stockb
    Number (thousands) 28 36
    Per cent of population 0.2 0.2

Refugeesc
    Number (thousands) 0.1 —
    Per cent of migrant stock 0.2 —

Net migrationa
    Number (thousands) 663 16
    Rate per 1,000 population 40.5 0.8
    Number per 100 births 84 2

Workers' remittancesd
    Total (millions of US dollars) .. ..
    Per cent of gross domestic product .. ..
    Per capita (US dollars) .. ..

Government positions concerning migration
    Immigration levels
        View Satisfactory Satisfactory
        Policy Maintain Maintain

    Emigration levels
        View Too high Too high
        Policy Lower Lower

Parties to United Nations Instruments (year ratified)
    1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Not ratified
    1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees Not ratified
    1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
      Migrant Workers and Members of their Families		 Not ratified
    2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
      Especially Women and Childrene		 Not ratified
    2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Aire Not ratified

Projected population in 2050 (thousands)f

 72 267

Projected population in 2050 assuming zero migration after 2000g

 65 500

a  Estimates represent annual averages for 1990-1995 and 1995-2000.

b  Imputed mid-year number of migrants with the addition of refugees.

c  Data are compiled by UNHCR and refer to the end of the year.

d  Based on data compiled by IMF.

e  Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

f  United Nations medium variant projection.

g  United Nations medium variant projection modified with zero migration after 2000.