Afghanistan by the numbers

With all the talk of McChrystal's recent assessment (which has often been severely stretched and twisted by the media), I think it would be good to look at some numbers besides the 20,000 extra American troops that are being asked for.

(From CIA World Factbook, with text in bold done by me for emphasis)
Population of Afghanistan: 28.396 million (July 2009 estimate)
Arable Land: 12.13%
Permanent Crops: 0.21%

Age structure:

0-14 years: 44.5% (male 7,664,670/female 7,300,446)

15-64 years: 53% (male 9,147,846/female 8,679,800)

65 years and over: 2.4% (male 394,572/female 422,603) (2009 est.)

Population Growth Rate: 2.629% (2009 est.)

Net Migration Rate: 21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) (Ranked 2nd in the world) = Brain Drain

Infant Mortality Rate: 151.95 deaths/1,000 live births (ranked 3rd in the world)

Life Expectancy: 44.64 years

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 28.1%

male: 43.1%

female: 12.6% (2000 est.)

School Life expectancy:

total: 8 years

male: 11 years

female: 4 years (2004)

GDP: $22.27 billion (2008 est.) (Purchasing Power Parity)
- Per Capita $700 (2008 est.) (PPP)

Unemployment Rate: 40% (2008 est.)

Population Below Poverty Line: 53% (2003)

% of world's opium produced in Afghanistan: 90%*

American Troops stationed in Afghanistan: 29,950

Total ISAF Troops stationed in Afghanistan: 64,500

Number of Soviet Troops stationed in Afghanistan between 1979-1989: Anywhere from 80,000 -104,000 at one time