Afghanistan vs Russia statistics compared

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 40th vs. 1st).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Afghanistan and Russia: Comparison Charts

Afghanistan and Russia economies compared

GDP

Afghanistan

Russia

Table

Year	GDP
	Afghanistan	Russia
1988	-	$554,828,660,436
1989	-	$506,631,299,735
1990	-	$517,014,446,228
1991	-	$517,962,962,963
1992	-	$460,290,556,901
1993	-	$435,083,713,851
1994	-	$395,077,301,248
1995	-	$395,537,185,735
1996	-	$391,724,890,744
1997	-	$404,928,954,192
1998	-	$270,955,486,862
1999	-	$195,907,128,351
2000	$3,521,418,060	$259,710,142,197
2001	$2,813,571,754	$306,602,070,621
2002	$3,825,701,439	$345,470,494,418
2003	$4,520,946,819	$430,347,420,185
2004	$5,224,896,719	$591,016,690,732
2005	$6,203,256,539	$764,015,973,481
2006	$6,971,758,282	$989,932,071,353
2007	$9,747,886,187	$1,299,703,478,482
2008	$10,109,297,048	$1,660,848,058,303
2009	$12,416,152,732	$1,222,645,900,056
2010	$15,856,668,556	$1,524,916,715,224
2011	$17,805,098,206	$2,045,922,753,398
2012	$19,907,329,778	$2,208,293,553,878
2013	$20,146,416,758	$2,292,470,078,346
2014	$20,497,128,556	$2,059,241,589,895
2015	$19,134,221,645	$1,363,482,182,198
2016	$18,116,572,395	$1,276,786,350,881
2017	$18,753,456,498	$1,574,199,360,089
2018	$18,053,222,687	$1,657,328,773,461
2019	$18,799,444,490	$1,693,115,002,708
2020	$19,955,929,052	$1,493,075,894,362
2021	$14,259,995,441	$1,829,186,719,575
2022	$14,497,243,872	$2,291,612,121,335
2023	$17,152,234,637	$2,071,505,725,031
2024	-	$2,173,835,806,672

Afghanistan and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita

Afghanistan

Russia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Afghanistan	Russia
1988	-	$3,778
1989	-	$3,430
1990	-	$3,494
1991	-	$3,490
1992	-	$3,099
1993	-	$2,931
1994	-	$2,662
1995	-	$2,666
1996	-	$2,644
1997	-	$2,738
1998	-	$1,835
1999	-	$1,331
2000	$174.9	$1,772
2001	$138.7	$2,100
2002	$179	$2,378
2003	$198.9	$2,975
2004	$221.8	$4,102
2005	$254.2	$5,323
2006	$274.2	$6,920
2007	$376	$9,101
2008	$382	$11,635
2009	$452	$8,563
2010	$561	$10,675
2011	$607	$14,305
2012	$651	$15,402
2013	$637	$15,941
2014	$625	$14,277
2015	$566	$9,427
2016	$522	$8,804
2017	$525	$10,835
2018	$491	$11,399
2019	$497	$11,640
2020	$511	$10,280
2021	$356	$12,637
2022	$357	$15,888
2023	$414	$14,403
2024	-	$15,145

Afghanistan vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Afghanistan

Russia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Afghanistan	Russia
1950	28.2	55.5
1951	28.6	55.3
1952	29	57.6
1953	29.5	58.8
1954	29.7	59.9
1955	30.4	62.1
1956	30.8	66.5
1957	31.3	66
1958	31.8	67.7
1959	32.3	67.4
1960	32.8	68.3
1961	33.3	68.6
1962	33.8	68.5
1963	34.2	69.1
1964	34.7	69.5
1965	35.1	69.3
1966	35.6	69.4
1967	36	69.2
1968	36.5	69.1
1969	37	68.6
1970	37.5	68.7
1971	37.9	68.9
1972	38.4	68.8
1973	39	68.9
1974	39.5	68.7
1975	40	68.3
1976	40.5	68.1
1977	41.1	67.9
1978	40.1	67.8
1979	38.8	67.6
1980	39.3	67.5
1981	39.4	67.6
1982	36.1	68.1
1983	36.5	68
1984	31.5	67.6
1985	32.1	68.3
1986	38.4	70
1987	38.8	70.1
1988	43.2	69.9
1989	44.5	69.7
1990	45.1	69.3
1991	45.5	69
1992	46.6	67.8
1993	51	65
1994	51	63.8
1995	52.1	64
1996	52.8	65.4
1997	53.2	66.6
1998	52.5	66.9
1999	54.5	65.6
2000	55	65
2001	55.5	65
2002	56.2	64.7
2003	57.2	64.7
2004	57.8	65.1
2005	58.2	65.2
2006	58.6	66.5
2007	59	67.5
2008	59.7	67.9
2009	60.2	68.7
2010	60.7	68.2
2011	61.3	69.7
2012	61.7	70.1
2013	62.2	70.6
2014	62.3	70.8
2015	62.3	71.3
2016	62.6	71.9
2017	62.4	72.8
2018	62.4	72.9
2019	62.9	73.1
2020	61.5	71.2
2021	60.4	69.8
2022	65.6	72.5
2023	66	73.2
2024	66.3	73.3
2025	66.5	73.5

Afghanistan and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population

Afghanistan

Russia

Table

Year	Population
	Afghanistan	Russia
1960	9,035,043	119,897,000
1961	9,214,083	121,236,000
1962	9,404,406	122,591,000
1963	9,604,487	123,960,000
1964	9,814,318	125,345,000
1965	10,036,008	126,745,000
1966	10,266,395	127,468,000
1967	10,505,959	128,196,000
1968	10,756,922	128,928,000
1969	11,017,409	129,664,000
1970	11,290,128	130,404,000
1971	11,567,667	131,155,000
1972	11,853,696	131,909,000
1973	12,157,999	132,669,000
1974	12,469,127	133,432,000
1975	12,773,954	134,200,000
1976	13,059,851	135,147,000
1977	13,340,756	136,100,000
1978	13,611,441	137,060,000
1979	13,655,567	138,027,000
1980	13,169,311	139,010,000
1981	11,937,581	139,941,000
1982	10,991,378	140,823,000
1983	10,917,982	141,668,000
1984	11,190,221	142,745,000
1985	11,426,852	143,858,000
1986	11,420,074	144,894,000
1987	11,387,818	145,908,000
1988	11,523,298	146,857,000
1989	11,874,088	147,721,000
1990	12,045,660	147,969,406
1991	12,238,879	148,394,216
1992	13,278,974	148,538,197
1993	14,943,172	148,458,777
1994	16,250,794	148,407,912
1995	17,065,836	148,375,787
1996	17,763,266	148,160,129
1997	18,452,091	147,915,361
1998	19,159,996	147,670,784
1999	19,887,785	147,214,776
2000	20,130,327	146,596,869
2001	20,284,307	145,976,482
2002	21,378,117	145,306,497
2003	22,733,049	144,648,618
2004	23,560,654	144,067,316
2005	24,404,567	143,518,814
2006	25,424,094	143,049,637
2007	25,909,852	142,805,114
2008	26,482,622	142,742,366
2009	27,466,101	142,785,348
2010	28,284,089	142,849,468
2011	29,347,708	143,018,195
2012	30,560,034	143,378,447
2013	31,622,704	143,805,638
2014	32,792,523	144,237,223
2015	33,831,764	144,640,716
2016	34,700,612	145,015,460
2017	35,688,935	145,293,260
2018	36,743,039	145,398,106
2019	37,856,121	145,453,291
2020	39,068,979	145,245,148
2021	40,000,412	144,746,762
2022	40,578,842	144,236,933
2023	41,454,761	143,826,130
2024	42,647,492	143,533,851

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and Russia

Fertility rate

Afghanistan

Russia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	Russia
1960	7.28	2.52
1961	7.28	2.45
1962	7.29	2.36
1963	7.3	2.27
1964	7.3	2.18
1965	7.31	2.13
1966	7.32	2.1
1967	7.34	2.04
1968	7.36	1.99
1969	7.39	1.97
1970	7.4	1.99
1971	7.43	2.03
1972	7.45	2.04
1973	7.49	2.01
1974	7.53	2
1975	7.54	1.98
1976	7.56	1.97
1977	7.59	1.95
1978	7.6	1.92
1979	7.61	1.9
1980	7.64	1.89
1981	7.62	1.91
1982	7.6	2.04
1983	7.57	2.11
1984	7.55	2.06
1985	7.55	2.05
1986	7.55	2.15
1987	7.55	2.22
1988	7.55	2.12
1989	7.56	2.01
1990	7.58	1.89
1991	7.63	1.73
1992	7.7	1.55
1993	7.76	1.39
1994	7.77	1.4
1995	7.77	1.34
1996	7.76	1.27
1997	7.73	1.22
1998	7.69	1.23
1999	7.64	1.16
2000	7.57	1.2
2001	7.45	1.22
2002	7.32	1.29
2003	7.17	1.32
2004	7.02	1.34
2005	6.86	1.29
2006	6.69	1.31
2007	6.51	1.42
2008	6.39	1.5
2009	6.3	1.54
2010	6.2	1.57
2011	6.09	1.58
2012	5.99	1.69
2013	5.88	1.71
2014	5.77	1.75
2015	5.65	1.78
2016	5.54	1.76
2017	5.43	1.62
2018	5.33	1.58
2019	5.24	1.5
2020	5.15	1.51
2021	5.04	1.51
2022	4.93	1.42
2023	4.84	1.41

Afghanistan and Russia demographics compared

Median age

Afghanistan

Russia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Afghanistan	Russia
1960	18.9	27.1
1961	18.9	27.4
1962	18.8	27.7
1963	18.7	28.1
1964	18.6	28.3
1965	18.6	28.6
1966	18.5	28.9
1967	18.4	29.2
1968	18.3	29.8
1969	18.2	30.3
1970	18.1	30.7
1971	17.9	31
1972	17.8	31.1
1973	17.7	31.1
1974	17.6	30.9
1975	17.5	30.7
1976	17.4	30.6
1977	17.3	30.9
1978	17.2	31
1979	17	31.1
1980	16.9	31.3
1981	16.8	31.4
1982	16.7	31.6
1983	16.6	31.7
1984	16.5	31.8
1985	16.4	32
1986	16.3	32.2
1987	16.3	32.4
1988	16.2	32.6
1989	16.1	32.9
1990	16.1	33.2
1991	16	33.6
1992	15.9	33.9
1993	15.8	34.4
1994	15.7	34.7
1995	15.6	35
1996	15.5	35.3
1997	15.3	35.7
1998	15.2	36
1999	15.1	36.3
2000	15	36.6
2001	14.9	36.8
2002	14.9	36.9
2003	14.9	37
2004	14.9	37.2
2005	15	37.4
2006	15.1	37.6
2007	15.2	37.7
2008	15.3	37.8
2009	15.5	37.9
2010	15.7	38
2011	15.9	38.1
2012	16	38.3
2013	16.2	38.4
2014	16.4	38.6
2015	16.6	38.7
2016	16.8	38.8
2017	17	39
2018	17.1	39.2
2019	17.3	39.4
2020	17.5	39.7
2021	17.6	39.9
2022	17.8	40.1
2023	18	40.5
2024	18.2	40.9

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