Country scorecard
Afghanistan
Asia · 41M people
ALPS
1.54
languages per person
#91 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
2%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.5 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Afghanistan is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Dari99%
- Pashto50%
- English5%
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