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Afghanistan vs Germany statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 83.5M in Germany (ranked 19/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 134,916 sq mi for Germany (ranked 40th vs. 63rd).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800).

Main facts and rankings

Afghanistan Germany
Population
44810409
83039665
Population rank 36/197 19/197
GDP
$17.2B
2023
$4.66T
2024
GDP rank 137/197 3/197
GDP per capita
$414
2023
$55,800
2024
GDP per capita rank 196/197 18/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,202
2023
$72,300
2024
Government debt
$1.42B
2023
$2.98T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
8.25%
2023
65.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$34.2
2023
$35,650
2024
Government debt per person rank 185/185 21/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,632
2025
$39,481
2025
Land area
251,827 sq mi
2025
134,916 sq mi
2025
Population density
169.4 ppl/mi²
2024
619 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.84
2023
1.39
2023
Median age
18.2 years
2024
46.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.5 years
2025
81.7 years
2025

Afghanistan and Germany: Comparison Charts

Afghanistan and Germany economies compared

GDP
Afghanistan

Germany
Year GDP
Afghanistan Germany
1960 - $84,619,845,881
1961 - $96,558,204,043
1962 - $105,895,435,234
1963 - $112,232,503,744
1964 - $123,330,404,665
1965 - $134,774,688,191
1966 - $143,304,275,684
1967 - $145,100,667,773
1968 - $156,527,292,653
1969 - $177,733,486,326
1970 - $216,629,229,947
1971 - $250,900,942,397
1972 - $300,899,944,795
1973 - $399,833,571,167
1974 - $446,934,971,657
1975 - $492,434,094,920
1976 - $521,658,712,133
1977 - $602,698,323,086
1978 - $743,182,891,918
1979 - $884,574,218,333
1980 - $953,772,499,462
1981 - $803,404,797,058
1982 - $779,421,633,755
1983 - $773,507,930,295
1984 - $727,767,760,979
1985 - $735,218,723,093
1986 - $1,050,092,624,516
1987 - $1,302,932,318,825
1988 - $1,406,367,016,372
1989 - $1,404,092,925,205
1990 - $1,778,162,195,860
1991 - $1,875,792,575,133
1992 - $2,141,377,582,968
1993 - $2,078,954,217,438
1994 - $2,215,282,632,277
1995 - $2,593,053,091,306
1996 - $2,506,576,553,158
1997 - $2,218,790,886,533
1998 - $2,247,760,364,566
1999 - $2,213,873,468,587
2000 $3,521,418,060 $1,966,980,701,145
2001 $2,813,571,754 $1,966,381,496,642
2002 $3,825,701,439 $2,102,350,798,306
2003 $4,520,946,819 $2,534,715,518,349
2004 $5,224,896,719 $2,852,317,768,062
2005 $6,203,256,539 $2,893,393,187,362
2006 $6,971,758,282 $3,046,308,753,671
2007 $9,747,886,187 $3,484,056,680,855
2008 $10,109,297,048 $3,808,786,022,313
2009 $12,416,152,732 $3,479,800,820,863
2010 $15,856,668,556 $3,468,154,343,000
2011 $17,805,098,206 $3,824,828,563,521
2012 $19,907,329,778 $3,597,896,500,945
2013 $20,146,416,758 $3,808,086,291,482
2014 $20,497,128,556 $3,965,800,686,310
2015 $19,134,221,645 $3,423,568,450,957
2016 $18,116,572,395 $3,537,784,107,981
2017 $18,753,456,498 $3,763,092,263,753
2018 $18,053,222,687 $4,052,008,447,224
2019 $18,799,444,490 $3,957,208,055,216
2020 $19,955,929,052 $3,940,142,541,354
2021 $14,259,995,441 $4,348,297,440,388
2022 $14,497,243,872 $4,163,596,357,879
2023 $17,152,234,637 $4,525,703,903,628
2024 - $4,659,929,336,891

Afghanistan and Germany economies compared

GDP per capita
Afghanistan

Germany
Year GDP per capita
Afghanistan Germany
1960 - $1,162
1961 - $1,316
1962 - $1,431
1963 - $1,502
1964 - $1,637
1965 - $1,774
1966 - $1,871
1967 - $1,886
1968 - $2,025
1969 - $2,281
1970 - $2,771
1971 - $3,204
1972 - $3,824
1973 - $5,065
1974 - $5,660
1975 - $6,259
1976 - $6,659
1977 - $7,711
1978 - $9,517
1979 - $11,322
1980 - $12,183
1981 - $10,246
1982 - $9,950
1983 - $9,900
1984 - $9,347
1985 - $9,464
1986 - $13,511
1987 - $16,739
1988 - $17,997
1989 - $17,829
1990 - $22,386
1991 - $23,443
1992 - $26,560
1993 - $25,617
1994 - $27,202
1995 - $31,747
1996 - $30,600
1997 - $27,047
1998 - $27,396
1999 - $26,965
2000 $174.9 $23,926
2001 $138.7 $23,878
2002 $179 $25,487
2003 $198.9 $30,711
2004 $221.8 $34,567
2005 $254.2 $35,084
2006 $274.2 $36,980
2007 $376 $42,351
2008 $382 $46,386
2009 $452 $42,487
2010 $561 $42,410
2011 $607 $47,647
2012 $651 $44,736
2013 $637 $47,220
2014 $625 $48,971
2015 $566 $41,911
2016 $522 $42,961
2017 $525 $45,527
2018 $491 $48,875
2019 $497 $47,624
2020 $511 $47,380
2021 $356 $52,266
2022 $357 $49,686
2023 $414 $53,940
2024 - $55,800

Afghanistan vs. Germany life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Afghanistan

Germany
Year Life expectancy, years
Afghanistan Germany
1950 28.2 66.8
1951 28.6 67.1
1952 29 67.5
1953 29.5 67.8
1954 29.7 68.1
1955 30.4 68.3
1956 30.8 68.6
1957 31.3 68.5
1958 31.8 69.2
1959 32.3 69.3
1960 32.8 69.3
1961 33.3 69.8
1962 33.8 70
1963 34.2 70.1
1964 34.7 70.6
1965 35.1 70.6
1966 35.6 70.7
1967 36 71
1968 36.5 70.6
1969 37 70.5
1970 37.5 70.7
1971 37.9 70.9
1972 38.4 71.1
1973 39 71.4
1974 39.5 71.7
1975 40 71.5
1976 40.5 72
1977 41.1 72.6
1978 40.1 72.6
1979 38.8 72.9
1980 39.3 73.1
1981 39.4 73.3
1982 36.1 73.6
1983 36.5 73.9
1984 31.5 74.4
1985 32.1 74.5
1986 38.4 74.7
1987 38.8 75.1
1988 43.2 75.3
1989 44.5 75.5
1990 45.1 75.3
1991 45.5 75.6
1992 46.6 76
1993 51 76.1
1994 51 76.4
1995 52.1 76.6
1996 52.8 76.8
1997 53.2 77.2
1998 52.5 77.6
1999 54.5 77.8
2000 55 78.1
2001 55.5 78.4
2002 56.2 78.5
2003 57.2 78.5
2004 57.8 79.1
2005 58.2 79.3
2006 58.6 79.6
2007 59 79.7
2008 59.7 79.8
2009 60.2 79.9
2010 60.7 80.1
2011 61.3 80.4
2012 61.7 80.5
2013 62.2 80.5
2014 62.3 80.9
2015 62.3 80.6
2016 62.6 80.8
2017 62.4 80.9
2018 62.4 80.9
2019 62.9 81.2
2020 61.5 81
2021 60.4 81.1
2022 65.6 80.6
2023 66 81.4
2024 66.3 81.5
2025 66.5 81.7

Afghanistan and Germany population clocks and comparison

Population
Afghanistan

Germany
Year Population
Afghanistan Germany
1960 9,035,043 72,814,900
1961 9,214,083 73,377,632
1962 9,404,406 74,025,784
1963 9,604,487 74,714,353
1964 9,814,318 75,318,337
1965 10,036,008 75,963,695
1966 10,266,395 76,600,311
1967 10,505,959 76,951,336
1968 10,756,922 77,294,314
1969 11,017,409 77,909,682
1970 11,290,128 78,169,289
1971 11,567,667 78,312,842
1972 11,853,696 78,688,452
1973 12,157,999 78,936,666
1974 12,469,127 78,967,433
1975 12,773,954 78,673,554
1976 13,059,851 78,336,950
1977 13,340,756 78,159,814
1978 13,611,441 78,091,820
1979 13,655,567 78,126,350
1980 13,169,311 78,288,576
1981 11,937,581 78,407,907
1982 10,991,378 78,333,366
1983 10,917,982 78,128,282
1984 11,190,221 77,858,685
1985 11,426,852 77,684,873
1986 11,420,074 77,720,436
1987 11,387,818 77,839,920
1988 11,523,298 78,144,619
1989 11,874,088 78,751,283
1990 12,045,660 79,433,029
1991 12,238,879 80,013,896
1992 13,278,974 80,624,598
1993 14,943,172 81,156,363
1994 16,250,794 81,438,348
1995 17,065,836 81,678,051
1996 17,763,266 81,914,831
1997 18,452,091 82,034,771
1998 19,159,996 82,047,195
1999 19,887,785 82,100,243
2000 20,130,327 82,211,508
2001 20,284,307 82,349,925
2002 21,378,117 82,488,495
2003 22,733,049 82,534,176
2004 23,560,654 82,516,260
2005 24,404,567 82,469,422
2006 25,424,094 82,376,451
2007 25,909,852 82,266,372
2008 26,482,622 82,110,097
2009 27,466,101 81,902,307
2010 28,284,089 81,776,930
2011 29,347,708 80,274,983
2012 30,560,034 80,425,823
2013 31,622,704 80,645,605
2014 32,792,523 80,982,500
2015 33,831,764 81,686,611
2016 34,700,612 82,348,669
2017 35,688,935 82,657,002
2018 36,743,039 82,905,782
2019 37,856,121 83,092,962
2020 39,068,979 83,160,871
2021 40,000,412 83,196,078
2022 40,578,842 83,797,985
2023 41,454,761 83,901,923
2024 42,647,492 83,510,950

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and Germany

Fertility rate
Afghanistan

Germany
Year Fertility rate
Afghanistan Germany
1960 7.28 2.37
1961 7.28 2.45
1962 7.29 2.44
1963 7.3 2.51
1964 7.3 2.54
1965 7.31 2.5
1966 7.32 2.53
1967 7.34 2.48
1968 7.36 2.38
1969 7.39 2.21
1970 7.4 2.03
1971 7.43 1.92
1972 7.45 1.71
1973 7.49 1.54
1974 7.53 1.51
1975 7.54 1.45
1976 7.56 1.45
1977 7.59 1.4
1978 7.6 1.38
1979 7.61 1.38
1980 7.64 1.44
1981 7.62 1.43
1982 7.6 1.41
1983 7.57 1.33
1984 7.55 1.29
1985 7.55 1.37
1986 7.55 1.43
1987 7.55 1.43
1988 7.55 1.46
1989 7.56 1.42
1990 7.58 1.45
1991 7.63 1.33
1992 7.7 1.29
1993 7.76 1.28
1994 7.77 1.24
1995 7.77 1.25
1996 7.76 1.3
1997 7.73 1.35
1998 7.69 1.36
1999 7.64 1.36
2000 7.57 1.38
2001 7.45 1.35
2002 7.32 1.34
2003 7.17 1.34
2004 7.02 1.36
2005 6.86 1.34
2006 6.69 1.33
2007 6.51 1.37
2008 6.39 1.38
2009 6.3 1.36
2010 6.2 1.39
2011 6.09 1.39
2012 5.99 1.41
2013 5.88 1.42
2014 5.77 1.47
2015 5.65 1.5
2016 5.54 1.6
2017 5.43 1.57
2018 5.33 1.57
2019 5.24 1.54
2020 5.15 1.53
2021 5.04 1.58
2022 4.93 1.46
2023 4.84 1.39

Afghanistan and Germany demographics compared

Median age
Afghanistan

Germany
Year Median age, years
Afghanistan Germany
1960 18.9 34.7
1961 18.9 34.7
1962 18.8 34.7
1963 18.7 34.6
1964 18.6 34.5
1965 18.6 34.4
1966 18.5 34.4
1967 18.4 34.3
1968 18.3 34.2
1969 18.2 34.1
1970 18.1 34.3
1971 17.9 34.4
1972 17.8 34.6
1973 17.7 34.7
1974 17.6 35
1975 17.5 35.5
1976 17.4 35.8
1977 17.3 36.1
1978 17.2 36.3
1979 17 36.4
1980 16.9 36.5
1981 16.8 36.5
1982 16.7 36.6
1983 16.6 36.7
1984 16.5 37
1985 16.4 37.1
1986 16.3 37.2
1987 16.3 37.4
1988 16.2 37.6
1989 16.1 37.6
1990 16.1 37.6
1991 16 37.7
1992 15.9 37.8
1993 15.8 37.9
1994 15.7 38.1
1995 15.6 38.4
1996 15.5 38.6
1997 15.3 38.9
1998 15.2 39.3
1999 15.1 39.7
2000 15 40
2001 14.9 40.4
2002 14.9 40.8
2003 14.9 41.2
2004 14.9 41.6
2005 15 42
2006 15.1 42.5
2007 15.2 43.1
2008 15.3 43.5
2009 15.5 43.9
2010 15.7 44.2
2011 15.9 44.6
2012 16 45.1
2013 16.2 45.5
2014 16.4 45.7
2015 16.6 45.7
2016 16.8 45.7
2017 17 45.8
2018 17.1 45.8
2019 17.3 45.8
2020 17.5 45.8
2021 17.6 45.9
2022 17.8 46
2023 18 46.2
2024 18.2 46.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Afghanistan Germany
GNI, Atlas method
$15.5B
2023
$4.59T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
17%
2023
49.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.34%
2017
5.24%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.83%
2021
1.52%
2023
Armed forces personnel
165,000
2020
183,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.36%
2023
-2.95%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.68%
2021
3.37%
2024
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2023
63.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.4%
2023
25.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
53
2021
71.6
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
25%
2020
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.9%
2020
Number of millionaires n/a
2,820,819
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
4.14%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
171
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0003%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
435
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.04T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$9.75B
2020
$378B
2024
Personal remittances received
$320M
2024
$21.2B
2024
International tourist arrivals n/a
12,449,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
5.08%
2020
3.47%
2019
Banked people share
9.65%
2021
98.3%
2024

Energy

Afghanistan Germany
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
2,907 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$23.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
8.71 megatons
2023
583 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.21 tons
2023
6.95 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
77.6%
2023
Renewable energy use share
20%
2022
17.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
9.15%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
70.5%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
5,904 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
78.2%
2021
39.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
71.7%
2021
4.95%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
1.41%
2023
Electricity access
85.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Afghanistan Germany
% of world population
0.52%
2024
1.03%
2024
Annual migration change
-44,089
2024
+36,954
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
77.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.53 ft
2025
5.92 ft
2025
Average female height
5.12 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
12.4
2025
91.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
17
2024
75
2024
Higher education index
19
2025
93
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.02
2021
0.82
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
15.9
2019
3.8
2019
Visa free countries
38
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
37.3%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
6%
2023
56.3%
2023
People using the Internet
17.7%
2023
93.5%
2024

Health

Afghanistan Germany
Government health expenditure per capita
$80.7
2022
$6,233
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$62.9
2022
$703
2023
Life expectancy
66.5 years
2025
81.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
21.3%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.25
2020
4.52
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.9 years
2025
29.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
521
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
55.5
2023
3.7
2023
Obesity rate
19.6%
2022
21%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.7%
2024
7.8%
2024
Air quality index
3
2025
76
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
22.7%
2022
21.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.01 liters
2020
11.8 liters
2020

Territory

Afghanistan Germany
% of world land
0.44%
2025
0.23%
2025
Land area per capita
5,905 sq mi
2024
1,616 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
147,167 sq mi
2025
64,039 sq mi
2025
Forest area
4,666 sq mi
2025
44,089 sq mi
2025
Roads length
21,688 mi
2021
515,738 mi
2022

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