Head of state: Hamid Karzai
Head of government: Hamid Karzai
Type of state: Islamic Republic
Land area: 652,100 km2
Capital: Kabul
Population: 30.6m
Ethnic groups: 40% Pashtun, 25% Tajik, 19% Hazara, 8% Uzbek, 8% Turkmen and others
Languages: 50% Dari, 40% Pashtu, 5% Uzbek and others
Religions: 80% Sunni, 19% Shi’a, 1% other
Currency: Afghani (AFA)
Gross domestic product (GDP) 2008: USD 11.76 bn
Change over previous year: +3.4%
Per capita GDP: USD 405
Swiss colony: 83 persons
Swiss exports 2010: CHF 5.49 millions
Change over previous year: -41.4%
Swiss imports 2009: CHF 0.61 million
Change over previous year: +709.8%