Afghanistan vs Namibia statistics compared

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 3.03M in Namibia (ranked 136/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 317,874 sq mi for Namibia (ranked 40th vs. 33rd).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413).

Afghanistan and Namibia: Comparison Charts

Afghanistan and Namibia economies compared

GDP

Afghanistan

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP
	Afghanistan	Namibia
1980	-	$2,421,990,338
1981	-	$2,249,908,578
1982	-	$2,118,710,248
1983	-	$2,297,400,688
1984	-	$1,951,260,038
1985	-	$1,608,237,350
1986	-	$1,809,048,527
1987	-	$2,300,068,217
1988	-	$2,495,094,746
1989	-	$2,535,135,798
1990	-	$2,789,921,854
1991	-	$2,996,869,281
1992	-	$3,429,521,699
1993	-	$3,251,188,833
1994	-	$3,666,503,530
1995	-	$3,978,514,206
1996	-	$3,989,163,197
1997	-	$4,154,989,950
1998	-	$3,873,109,866
1999	-	$3,868,551,730
2000	$3,521,418,060	$3,922,232,165
2001	$2,813,571,754	$3,557,341,215
2002	$3,825,701,439	$3,349,169,826
2003	$4,520,946,819	$4,926,439,384
2004	$5,224,896,719	$6,609,205,995
2005	$6,203,256,539	$7,248,374,838
2006	$6,971,758,282	$8,001,779,551
2007	$9,747,886,187	$8,839,536,476
2008	$10,109,297,048	$8,607,431,497
2009	$12,416,152,732	$8,938,847,189
2010	$15,856,668,556	$11,431,412,421
2011	$17,805,098,206	$12,523,359,441
2012	$19,907,329,778	$13,042,053,592
2013	$20,146,416,758	$12,043,307,277
2014	$20,497,128,556	$12,435,430,970
2015	$19,134,221,645	$11,335,161,084
2016	$18,116,572,395	$10,722,018,732
2017	$18,753,456,498	$12,895,153,371
2018	$18,053,222,687	$13,682,019,076
2019	$18,799,444,490	$12,541,928,303
2020	$19,955,929,052	$10,583,748,542
2021	$14,259,995,441	$12,402,486,184
2022	$14,497,243,872	$12,569,449,123
2023	$17,152,234,637	$12,408,271,448
2024	-	$13,372,354,269

Afghanistan and Namibia economies compared

GDP per capita

Afghanistan

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Afghanistan	Namibia
1980	-	$2,468
1981	-	$2,267
1982	-	$2,097
1983	-	$2,214
1984	-	$1,830
1985	-	$1,466
1986	-	$1,599
1987	-	$1,969
1988	-	$2,063
1989	-	$1,967
1990	-	$2,037
1991	-	$2,117
1992	-	$2,347
1993	-	$2,155
1994	-	$2,356
1995	-	$2,483
1996	-	$2,423
1997	-	$2,460
1998	-	$2,235
1999	-	$2,178
2000	$174.9	$2,157
2001	$138.7	$1,916
2002	$179	$1,772
2003	$198.9	$2,569
2004	$221.8	$3,403
2005	$254.2	$3,686
2006	$274.2	$4,017
2007	$376	$4,379
2008	$382	$4,205
2009	$452	$4,303
2010	$561	$5,418
2011	$607	$5,835
2012	$651	$5,943
2013	$637	$5,347
2014	$625	$5,378
2015	$566	$4,774
2016	$522	$4,396
2017	$525	$5,144
2018	$491	$5,309
2019	$497	$4,732
2020	$511	$3,879
2021	$356	$4,413
2022	$357	$4,350
2023	$414	$4,188
2024	-	$4,413

Afghanistan vs. Namibia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Afghanistan

Namibia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Afghanistan	Namibia
1950	28.2	41.9
1951	28.6	42.5
1952	29	43.1
1953	29.5	43.8
1954	29.7	44.4
1955	30.4	45
1956	30.8	45.7
1957	31.3	46.4
1958	31.8	47.1
1959	32.3	47.8
1960	32.8	48.5
1961	33.3	49.2
1962	33.8	50
1963	34.2	50.6
1964	34.7	51.3
1965	35.1	52
1966	35.6	52.3
1967	36	52.9
1968	36.5	53.6
1969	37	54.1
1970	37.5	54.7
1971	37.9	55.3
1972	38.4	55.8
1973	39	56.4
1974	39.5	56.9
1975	40	57.6
1976	40.5	58
1977	41.1	58.6
1978	40.1	59.1
1979	38.8	59.5
1980	39.3	56.6
1981	39.4	56.9
1982	36.1	57.3
1983	36.5	57.6
1984	31.5	58.1
1985	32.1	58.5
1986	38.4	58.7
1987	38.8	59.1
1988	43.2	59
1989	44.5	60.8
1990	45.1	61.4
1991	45.5	60.8
1992	46.6	60.2
1993	51	59.3
1994	51	58.4
1995	52.1	57.5
1996	52.8	56.6
1997	53.2	55.8
1998	52.5	54.8
1999	54.5	54
2000	55	52.9
2001	55.5	52
2002	56.2	52
2003	57.2	51.9
2004	57.8	52.2
2005	58.2	52.6
2006	58.6	53.2
2007	59	54
2008	59.7	54.7
2009	60.2	55.3
2010	60.7	56.1
2011	61.3	56.6
2012	61.7	57.7
2013	62.2	58.5
2014	62.3	59.3
2015	62.3	60
2016	62.6	60.8
2017	62.4	61.7
2018	62.4	62.6
2019	62.9	63.5
2020	61.5	64.1
2021	60.4	60.8
2022	65.6	64.2
2023	66	67.4
2024	66.3	67.5
2025	66.5	67.7

Afghanistan and Namibia population clocks and comparison

Population

Afghanistan

Namibia

Table

Year	Population
	Afghanistan	Namibia
1960	9,035,043	591,465
1961	9,214,083	603,067
1962	9,404,406	615,759
1963	9,604,487	629,589
1964	9,814,318	644,530
1965	10,036,008	660,558
1966	10,266,395	677,655
1967	10,505,959	696,045
1968	10,756,922	715,542
1969	11,017,409	736,120
1970	11,290,128	757,868
1971	11,567,667	780,584
1972	11,853,696	804,399
1973	12,157,999	828,928
1974	12,469,127	854,320
1975	12,773,954	881,032
1976	13,059,851	906,566
1977	13,340,756	931,104
1978	13,611,441	947,269
1979	13,655,567	962,825
1980	13,169,311	981,434
1981	11,937,581	992,500
1982	10,991,378	1,010,308
1983	10,917,982	1,037,511
1984	11,190,221	1,065,989
1985	11,426,852	1,096,890
1986	11,420,074	1,131,081
1987	11,387,818	1,167,889
1988	11,523,298	1,209,696
1989	11,874,088	1,288,947
1990	12,045,660	1,369,303
1991	12,238,879	1,415,684
1992	13,278,974	1,461,322
1993	14,943,172	1,508,697
1994	16,250,794	1,556,304
1995	17,065,836	1,602,170
1996	17,763,266	1,646,103
1997	18,452,091	1,689,264
1998	19,159,996	1,732,745
1999	19,887,785	1,776,368
2000	20,130,327	1,818,647
2001	20,284,307	1,857,048
2002	21,378,117	1,889,970
2003	22,733,049	1,917,464
2004	23,560,654	1,942,082
2005	24,404,567	1,966,582
2006	25,424,094	1,991,888
2007	25,909,852	2,018,600
2008	26,482,622	2,047,056
2009	27,466,101	2,077,394
2010	28,284,089	2,109,811
2011	29,347,708	2,146,325
2012	30,560,034	2,194,654
2013	31,622,704	2,252,508
2014	32,792,523	2,312,139
2015	33,831,764	2,374,300
2016	34,700,612	2,439,213
2017	35,688,935	2,506,853
2018	36,743,039	2,577,327
2019	37,856,121	2,650,494
2020	39,068,979	2,728,762
2021	40,000,412	2,810,548
2022	40,578,842	2,889,662
2023	41,454,761	2,963,095
2024	42,647,492	3,030,131

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and Namibia

Fertility rate

Afghanistan

Namibia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	Namibia
1960	7.28	6.24
1961	7.28	6.29
1962	7.29	6.35
1963	7.3	6.41
1964	7.3	6.43
1965	7.31	6.45
1966	7.32	6.47
1967	7.34	6.49
1968	7.36	6.5
1969	7.39	6.51
1970	7.4	6.52
1971	7.43	6.52
1972	7.45	6.53
1973	7.49	6.54
1974	7.53	6.55
1975	7.54	6.53
1976	7.56	6.49
1977	7.59	6.44
1978	7.6	6.38
1979	7.61	6.31
1980	7.64	6.24
1981	7.62	6.16
1982	7.6	6.08
1983	7.57	6
1984	7.55	5.94
1985	7.55	5.88
1986	7.55	5.79
1987	7.55	5.7
1988	7.55	5.61
1989	7.56	5.52
1990	7.58	5.4
1991	7.63	5.29
1992	7.7	5.11
1993	7.76	4.91
1994	7.77	4.68
1995	7.77	4.42
1996	7.76	4.2
1997	7.73	4.17
1998	7.69	4.18
1999	7.64	4.14
2000	7.57	3.99
2001	7.45	3.83
2002	7.32	3.69
2003	7.17	3.58
2004	7.02	3.55
2005	6.86	3.57
2006	6.69	3.6
2007	6.51	3.61
2008	6.39	3.62
2009	6.3	3.63
2010	6.2	3.66
2011	6.09	3.66
2012	5.99	3.68
2013	5.88	3.65
2014	5.77	3.64
2015	5.65	3.6
2016	5.54	3.57
2017	5.43	3.51
2018	5.33	3.46
2019	5.24	3.4
2020	5.15	3.35
2021	5.04	3.3
2022	4.93	3.25
2023	4.84	3.21

Afghanistan and Namibia demographics compared

Median age

Afghanistan

Namibia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Afghanistan	Namibia
1960	18.9	18.9
1961	18.9	18.7
1962	18.8	18.6
1963	18.7	18.5
1964	18.6	18.4
1965	18.6	18.4
1966	18.5	18.3
1967	18.4	18.3
1968	18.3	18.2
1969	18.2	18.1
1970	18.1	18.1
1971	17.9	18
1972	17.8	17.9
1973	17.7	17.8
1974	17.6	17.7
1975	17.5	17.6
1976	17.4	17.5
1977	17.3	17.3
1978	17.2	17
1979	17	16.8
1980	16.9	16.6
1981	16.8	16.4
1982	16.7	16.3
1983	16.6	16.4
1984	16.5	16.5
1985	16.4	16.7
1986	16.3	16.9
1987	16.3	17
1988	16.2	17.3
1989	16.1	17.8
1990	16.1	18.3
1991	16	18.4
1992	15.9	18.4
1993	15.8	18.5
1994	15.7	18.5
1995	15.6	18.6
1996	15.5	18.7
1997	15.3	18.8
1998	15.2	18.9
1999	15.1	18.9
2000	15	19
2001	14.9	19.1
2002	14.9	19.2
2003	14.9	19.3
2004	14.9	19.4
2005	15	19.6
2006	15.1	19.7
2007	15.2	19.9
2008	15.3	20
2009	15.5	20.3
2010	15.7	20.5
2011	15.9	20.7
2012	16	20.9
2013	16.2	21.1
2014	16.4	21.3
2015	16.6	21.4
2016	16.8	21.5
2017	17	21.6
2018	17.1	21.7
2019	17.3	21.8
2020	17.5	21.8
2021	17.6	21.8
2022	17.8	21.8
2023	18	21.9
2024	18.2	22.1

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