- Total Area: 652,230 sq km
- Land Area: 652,230 sq km
- Water Area: 0 sq km
- Climate Description: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
- Terrain Description: mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest
- Arable Land Use: 11.95%
- Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.18%
- Irrigated Land: 32,080 sq km (2003)
- Total Renewable Water Resources: 65.33 cu km (2011)
- Total Freshwater Withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): 20.28 cu km/yr (1%/1%/98%)
- Natural Hazards Description: damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts
- Environmental Current Issues: limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution
- Total Labor Force: 15 million (2004 est.)
- % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 78.6%
- Agricultural Products Description: opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins