Afghanistan vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 40th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Afghanistan and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Afghanistan and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Afghanistan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Afghanistan	United Kingdom
1960	-	$73,233,967,692
1961	-	$77,741,965,703
1962	-	$81,247,564,157
1963	-	$86,561,961,812
1964	-	$94,407,558,351
1965	-	$101,824,755,079
1966	-	$108,572,752,102
1967	-	$113,116,888,211
1968	-	$107,759,910,068
1969	-	$116,464,702,803
1970	-	$130,671,946,244
1971	-	$148,113,896,325
1972	-	$169,965,034,965
1973	-	$192,537,971,583
1974	-	$206,131,369,799
1975	-	$241,756,637,168
1976	-	$232,614,555,256
1977	-	$263,066,457,352
1978	-	$335,883,029,722
1979	-	$438,994,070,309
1980	-	$564,947,710,899
1981	-	$540,765,675,241
1982	-	$515,048,916,841
1983	-	$489,618,008,186
1984	-	$461,487,097,632
1985	-	$489,285,164,271
1986	-	$601,452,653,181
1987	-	$745,162,608,269
1988	-	$910,122,732,124
1989	-	$926,884,816,754
1990	-	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	-	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	-	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	-	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	-	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	-	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	-	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	-	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	-	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	-	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$3,521,418,060	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$2,813,571,754	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$3,825,701,439	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$4,520,946,819	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$5,224,896,719	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$6,203,256,539	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$6,971,758,282	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$9,747,886,187	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$10,109,297,048	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$12,416,152,732	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$15,856,668,556	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$17,805,098,206	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$19,907,329,778	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$20,146,416,758	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$20,497,128,556	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$19,134,221,645	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$18,116,572,395	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$18,753,456,498	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$18,053,222,687	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$18,799,444,490	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$19,955,929,052	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$14,259,995,441	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$14,497,243,872	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$17,152,234,637	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	-	$3,643,834,188,783

Afghanistan and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Afghanistan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Afghanistan	United Kingdom
1960	-	$1,398
1961	-	$1,472
1962	-	$1,526
1963	-	$1,613
1964	-	$1,748
1965	-	$1,874
1966	-	$1,987
1967	-	$2,059
1968	-	$1,952
1969	-	$2,101
1970	-	$2,348
1971	-	$2,650
1972	-	$3,030
1973	-	$3,426
1974	-	$3,666
1975	-	$4,300
1976	-	$4,138
1977	-	$4,681
1978	-	$5,977
1979	-	$7,805
1980	-	$10,032
1981	-	$9,599
1982	-	$9,146
1983	-	$8,692
1984	-	$8,179
1985	-	$8,652
1986	-	$10,611
1987	-	$13,119
1988	-	$15,987
1989	-	$16,239
1990	-	$19,095
1991	-	$19,901
1992	-	$20,487
1993	-	$18,389
1994	-	$19,709
1995	-	$23,169
1996	-	$24,406
1997	-	$26,766
1998	-	$28,275
1999	-	$28,762
2000	$174.9	$28,281
2001	$138.7	$27,907
2002	$179	$30,078
2003	$198.9	$34,443
2004	$221.8	$40,367
2005	$254.2	$42,105
2006	$274.2	$44,512
2007	$376	$50,398
2008	$382	$47,396
2009	$452	$38,744
2010	$561	$39,599
2011	$607	$42,110
2012	$651	$42,490
2013	$637	$43,419
2014	$625	$47,427
2015	$566	$44,984
2016	$522	$40,988
2017	$525	$40,629
2018	$491	$43,315
2019	$497	$42,794
2020	$511	$40,405
2021	$356	$46,926
2022	$357	$46,063
2023	$414	$49,201
2024	-	$52,637

Afghanistan vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Afghanistan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Afghanistan	United Kingdom
1950	28.2	68.6
1951	28.6	68.2
1952	29	69.5
1953	29.5	69.8
1954	29.7	70.2
1955	30.4	70.1
1956	30.8	70.4
1957	31.3	70.5
1958	31.8	70.7
1959	32.3	70.8
1960	32.8	71
1961	33.3	70.8
1962	33.8	70.9
1963	34.2	70.8
1964	34.7	71.5
1965	35.1	71.5
1966	35.6	71.4
1967	36	72.1
1968	36.5	71.7
1969	37	71.7
1970	37.5	71.9
1971	37.9	72.2
1972	38.4	72
1973	39	72.2
1974	39.5	72.4
1975	40	72.7
1976	40.5	72.6
1977	41.1	73.1
1978	40.1	73
1979	38.8	73.2
1980	39.3	73.6
1981	39.4	73.9
1982	36.1	74
1983	36.5	74.3
1984	31.5	74.7
1985	32.1	74.5
1986	38.4	74.8
1987	38.8	75.1
1988	43.2	75.3
1989	44.5	75.4
1990	45.1	75.7
1991	45.5	75.9
1992	46.6	76.3
1993	51	76.2
1994	51	76.7
1995	52.1	76.6
1996	52.8	76.9
1997	53.2	77.1
1998	52.5	77.3
1999	54.5	77.4
2000	55	77.8
2001	55.5	78.1
2002	56.2	78.2
2003	57.2	78.3
2004	57.8	78.9
2005	58.2	79.1
2006	58.6	79.3
2007	59	79.5
2008	59.7	79.7
2009	60.2	80.2
2010	60.7	80.4
2011	61.3	80.8
2012	61.7	80.9
2013	62.2	80.9
2014	62.3	81.2
2015	62.3	80.9
2016	62.6	81.1
2017	62.4	81.2
2018	62.4	81.1
2019	62.9	81.4
2020	61.5	80.4
2021	60.4	80.7
2022	65.6	81.1
2023	66	81.3
2024	66.3	81.4
2025	66.5	81.6

Afghanistan and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Afghanistan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Afghanistan	United Kingdom
1960	9,035,043	52,400,000
1961	9,214,083	52,800,000
1962	9,404,406	53,250,000
1963	9,604,487	53,650,000
1964	9,814,318	54,000,000
1965	10,036,008	54,348,050
1966	10,266,395	54,648,500
1967	10,505,959	54,943,600
1968	10,756,922	55,211,700
1969	11,017,409	55,441,750
1970	11,290,128	55,663,250
1971	11,567,667	55,896,223
1972	11,853,696	56,086,065
1973	12,157,999	56,194,527
1974	12,469,127	56,229,974
1975	12,773,954	56,225,800
1976	13,059,851	56,211,968
1977	13,340,756	56,193,492
1978	13,611,441	56,196,504
1979	13,655,567	56,246,951
1980	13,169,311	56,314,216
1981	11,937,581	56,333,829
1982	10,991,378	56,313,641
1983	10,917,982	56,332,848
1984	11,190,221	56,422,072
1985	11,426,852	56,550,268
1986	11,420,074	56,681,396
1987	11,387,818	56,802,050
1988	11,523,298	56,928,327
1989	11,874,088	57,076,711
1990	12,045,660	57,247,586
1991	12,238,879	57,424,897
1992	13,278,974	57,580,402
1993	14,943,172	57,718,614
1994	16,250,794	57,865,745
1995	17,065,836	58,019,030
1996	17,763,266	58,166,950
1997	18,452,091	58,316,954
1998	19,159,996	58,487,141
1999	19,887,785	58,682,466
2000	20,130,327	58,892,514
2001	20,284,307	59,119,673
2002	21,378,117	59,370,479
2003	22,733,049	59,647,577
2004	23,560,654	59,987,905
2005	24,404,567	60,401,206
2006	25,424,094	60,846,820
2007	25,909,852	61,322,463
2008	26,482,622	61,806,995
2009	27,466,101	62,276,270
2010	28,284,089	62,766,365
2011	29,347,708	63,258,810
2012	30,560,034	63,711,000
2013	31,622,704	64,139,000
2014	32,792,523	64,620,000
2015	33,831,764	65,088,000
2016	34,700,612	65,607,000
2017	35,688,935	65,966,000
2018	36,743,039	66,289,000
2019	37,856,121	66,631,000
2020	39,068,979	66,744,000
2021	40,000,412	66,984,000
2022	40,578,842	67,604,000
2023	41,454,761	68,492,000
2024	42,647,492	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Afghanistan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	United Kingdom
1960	7.28	2.69
1961	7.28	2.78
1962	7.29	2.86
1963	7.3	2.88
1964	7.3	2.93
1965	7.31	2.86
1966	7.32	2.78
1967	7.34	2.68
1968	7.36	2.6
1969	7.39	2.51
1970	7.4	2.44
1971	7.43	2.41
1972	7.45	2.2
1973	7.49	2.04
1974	7.53	1.92
1975	7.54	1.81
1976	7.56	1.74
1977	7.59	1.69
1978	7.6	1.75
1979	7.61	1.86
1980	7.64	1.9
1981	7.62	1.82
1982	7.6	1.78
1983	7.57	1.77
1984	7.55	1.77
1985	7.55	1.79
1986	7.55	1.78
1987	7.55	1.81
1988	7.55	1.82
1989	7.56	1.79
1990	7.58	1.83
1991	7.63	1.82
1992	7.7	1.79
1993	7.76	1.76
1994	7.77	1.74
1995	7.77	1.71
1996	7.76	1.73
1997	7.73	1.72
1998	7.69	1.71
1999	7.64	1.68
2000	7.57	1.64
2001	7.45	1.63
2002	7.32	1.63
2003	7.17	1.7
2004	7.02	1.75
2005	6.86	1.76
2006	6.69	1.82
2007	6.51	1.86
2008	6.39	1.91
2009	6.3	1.89
2010	6.2	1.92
2011	6.09	1.91
2012	5.99	1.92
2013	5.88	1.83
2014	5.77	1.81
2015	5.65	1.8
2016	5.54	1.79
2017	5.43	1.74
2018	5.33	1.68
2019	5.24	1.63
2020	5.15	1.57
2021	5.04	1.58
2022	4.93	1.56
2023	4.84	1.56

Afghanistan and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Afghanistan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Afghanistan	United Kingdom
1960	18.9	35.5
1961	18.9	35.4
1962	18.8	35.3
1963	18.7	35.3
1964	18.6	35.2
1965	18.6	35.1
1966	18.5	34.9
1967	18.4	34.8
1968	18.3	34.6
1969	18.2	34.4
1970	18.1	34.2
1971	17.9	34.1
1972	17.8	34
1973	17.7	34
1974	17.6	34
1975	17.5	34
1976	17.4	34
1977	17.3	34.1
1978	17.2	34.2
1979	17	34.3
1980	16.9	34.4
1981	16.8	34.5
1982	16.7	34.8
1983	16.6	35
1984	16.5	35.2
1985	16.4	35.3
1986	16.3	35.4
1987	16.3	35.4
1988	16.2	35.7
1989	16.1	35.9
1990	16.1	36
1991	16	36.1
1992	15.9	36.2
1993	15.8	36.3
1994	15.7	36.5
1995	15.6	36.6
1996	15.5	36.8
1997	15.3	37
1998	15.2	37.2
1999	15.1	37.4
2000	15	37.7
2001	14.9	37.9
2002	14.9	38.1
2003	14.9	38.2
2004	14.9	38.4
2005	15	38.5
2006	15.1	38.6
2007	15.2	38.8
2008	15.3	38.9
2009	15.5	39
2010	15.7	39.2
2011	15.9	39.3
2012	16	39.5
2013	16.2	39.6
2014	16.4	39.7
2015	16.6	39.8
2016	16.8	39.8
2017	17	39.9
2018	17.1	40
2019	17.3	40.1
2020	17.5	40.2
2021	17.6	40.3
2022	17.8	40.5
2023	18	40.8
2024	18.2	41

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