Afghanistan vs Vatican statistics compared

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 40th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Afghanistan and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Afghanistan vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Afghanistan

Vatican

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Afghanistan	Vatican
1950	28.2	65.9
1951	28.6	65.3
1952	29	65.7
1953	29.5	66.3
1954	29.7	67.5
1955	30.4	67.8
1956	30.8	67.3
1957	31.3	67.5
1958	31.8	68.7
1959	32.3	69.2
1960	32.8	69.2
1961	33.3	69.8
1962	33.8	69.2
1963	34.2	69.3
1964	34.7	70.3
1965	35.1	70.1
1966	35.6	70.9
1967	36	70.9
1968	36.5	70.7
1969	37	70.7
1970	37.5	71.5
1971	37.9	71.7
1972	38.4	72
1973	39	71.9
1974	39.5	72.7
1975	40	72.6
1976	40.5	72.9
1977	41.1	73.3
1978	40.1	73.7
1979	38.8	74
1980	39.3	74.1
1981	39.4	74.3
1982	36.1	74.8
1983	36.5	74.7
1984	31.5	75.1
1985	32.1	75.5
1986	38.4	75.7
1987	38.8	76.2
1988	43.2	76.4
1989	44.5	76.8
1990	45.1	76.9
1991	45.5	76.9
1992	46.6	77.3
1993	51	77
1994	51	77.7
1995	52.1	77.8
1996	52.8	78.5
1997	53.2	78.2
1998	52.5	78.3
1999	54.5	78.7
2000	55	79.3
2001	55.5	79.9
2002	56.2	80
2003	57.2	79.8
2004	57.8	80.2
2005	58.2	80.6
2006	58.6	81.2
2007	59	81.3
2008	59.7	81.4
2009	60.2	81.3
2010	60.7	81.5
2011	61.3	81.7
2012	61.7	82
2013	62.2	82.5
2014	62.3	82.6
2015	62.3	82.5
2016	62.6	82.9
2017	62.4	82.7
2018	62.4	83.3
2019	62.9	83.6
2020	61.5	83
2021	60.4	82.9
2022	65.6	83.3
2023	66	83
2024	66.3	83.1
2025	66.5	83.3

Afghanistan and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population

Afghanistan

Vatican

Table

Year	Population
	Afghanistan	Vatican
1960	9,035,043	-
1961	9,214,083	-
1962	9,404,406	-
1963	9,604,487	-
1964	9,814,318	-
1965	10,036,008	-
1966	10,266,395	-
1967	10,505,959	-
1968	10,756,922	-
1969	11,017,409	-
1970	11,290,128	-
1971	11,567,667	-
1972	11,853,696	-
1973	12,157,999	-
1974	12,469,127	-
1975	12,773,954	-
1976	13,059,851	-
1977	13,340,756	-
1978	13,611,441	-
1979	13,655,567	-
1980	13,169,311	-
1981	11,937,581	-
1982	10,991,378	-
1983	10,917,982	-
1984	11,190,221	-
1985	11,426,852	-
1986	11,420,074	-
1987	11,387,818	-
1988	11,523,298	-
1989	11,874,088	-
1990	12,045,660	-
1991	12,238,879	-
1992	13,278,974	-
1993	14,943,172	-
1994	16,250,794	-
1995	17,065,836	-
1996	17,763,266	-
1997	18,452,091	-
1998	19,159,996	-
1999	19,887,785	-
2000	20,130,327	880
2001	20,284,307	890
2002	21,378,117	900
2003	22,733,049	911
2004	23,560,654	921
2005	24,404,567	921
2006	25,424,094	932
2007	25,909,852	821
2008	26,482,622	824
2009	27,466,101	826
2010	28,284,089	829
2011	29,347,708	832
2012	30,560,034	836
2013	31,622,704	839
2014	32,792,523	842
2015	33,831,764	1,000
2016	34,700,612	-
2017	35,688,935	1,000
2018	36,743,039	-
2019	37,856,121	1,000
2020	39,068,979	-
2021	40,000,412	-
2022	40,578,842	-
2023	41,454,761	-
2024	42,647,492	-

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