Afghanistan vs Yemen statistics compared

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 40th vs. 49th).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

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Afghanistan and Yemen economies compared

GDP

Afghanistan

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP
	Afghanistan	Yemen
1990	-	$12,643,821,569
1991	-	$14,665,445,462
1992	-	$17,959,367,194
1993	-	$21,736,802,664
1994	-	$28,019,483,764
1995	-	$12,796,345,679
1996	-	$6,496,163,616
1997	-	$6,838,298,531
1998	-	$6,322,175,566
1999	-	$7,639,325,296
2000	$3,521,418,060	$9,679,316,770
2001	$2,813,571,754	$9,852,990,693
2002	$3,825,701,439	$10,693,430,511
2003	$4,520,946,819	$11,777,532,662
2004	$5,224,896,719	$13,867,634,371
2005	$6,203,256,539	$16,731,566,717
2006	$6,971,758,282	$19,063,143,370
2007	$9,747,886,187	$21,650,528,674
2008	$10,109,297,048	$26,910,855,807
2009	$12,416,152,732	$25,130,278,213
2010	$15,856,668,556	$30,906,749,533
2011	$17,805,098,206	$32,726,417,878
2012	$19,907,329,778	$35,401,331,609
2013	$20,146,416,758	$40,415,233,436
2014	$20,497,128,556	$43,228,585,321
2015	$19,134,221,645	$42,444,490,074
2016	$18,116,572,395	$31,317,825,274
2017	$18,753,456,498	$26,842,229,045
2018	$18,053,222,687	$21,606,160,663
2019	$18,799,444,490	-
2020	$19,955,929,052	-
2021	$14,259,995,441	-
2022	$14,497,243,872	-
2023	$17,152,234,637	-

Afghanistan and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita

Afghanistan

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Afghanistan	Yemen
1990	-	$910
1991	-	$1,016
1992	-	$1,198
1993	-	$1,397
1994	-	$1,735
1995	-	$764
1996	-	$375
1997	-	$383
1998	-	$343
1999	-	$401
2000	$174.9	$493
2001	$138.7	$487
2002	$179	$513
2003	$198.9	$549
2004	$221.8	$628
2005	$254.2	$734
2006	$274.2	$810
2007	$376	$890
2008	$382	$1,072
2009	$452	$969
2010	$561	$1,155
2011	$607	$1,186
2012	$651	$1,245
2013	$637	$1,379
2014	$625	$1,430
2015	$566	$1,362
2016	$522	$975
2017	$525	$811
2018	$491	$634
2019	$497	-
2020	$511	-
2021	$356	-
2022	$357	-
2023	$414	-

Afghanistan vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Afghanistan

Yemen

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Afghanistan	Yemen
1950	28.2	28.9
1951	28.6	29.3
1952	29	29.6
1953	29.5	30
1954	29.7	30.4
1955	30.4	30.8
1956	30.8	31.3
1957	31.3	31.8
1958	31.8	32.4
1959	32.3	32.9
1960	32.8	33.5
1961	33.3	34.1
1962	33.8	33.7
1963	34.2	33.4
1964	34.7	34.9
1965	35.1	35.6
1966	35.6	36.3
1967	36	37.1
1968	36.5	38
1969	37	39.6
1970	37.5	40.6
1971	37.9	41.8
1972	38.4	42.7
1973	39	43.6
1974	39.5	44.5
1975	40	45.5
1976	40.5	46.4
1977	41.1	47.4
1978	40.1	48.5
1979	38.8	49.5
1980	39.3	50.6
1981	39.4	51.7
1982	36.1	52.4
1983	36.5	53.6
1984	31.5	54.6
1985	32.1	55.4
1986	38.4	54
1987	38.8	56.8
1988	43.2	57.4
1989	44.5	58
1990	45.1	58.5
1991	45.5	58.8
1992	46.6	59.3
1993	51	59.7
1994	51	59.8
1995	52.1	60.5
1996	52.8	60.9
1997	53.2	61.3
1998	52.5	61.8
1999	54.5	62.3
2000	55	62.8
2001	55.5	63.3
2002	56.2	63.8
2003	57.2	64.4
2004	57.8	64.9
2005	58.2	65.4
2006	58.6	65.8
2007	59	66.2
2008	59.7	66.6
2009	60.2	66.9
2010	60.7	67.2
2011	61.3	67.4
2012	61.7	67.6
2013	62.2	68
2014	62.3	68
2015	62.3	66.8
2016	62.6	67.1
2017	62.4	67.1
2018	62.4	65.9
2019	62.9	66.6
2020	61.5	66.4
2021	60.4	66
2022	65.6	68
2023	66	69.3
2024	66.3	69.4
2025	66.5	69.6

Afghanistan and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population

Afghanistan

Yemen

Table

Year	Population
	Afghanistan	Yemen
1960	9,035,043	5,532,301
1961	9,214,083	5,655,232
1962	9,404,406	5,782,221
1963	9,604,487	5,911,135
1964	9,814,318	6,048,006
1965	10,036,008	6,195,593
1966	10,266,395	6,351,494
1967	10,505,959	6,516,444
1968	10,756,922	6,690,524
1969	11,017,409	6,875,859
1970	11,290,128	7,065,279
1971	11,567,667	7,257,462
1972	11,853,696	7,460,068
1973	12,157,999	7,672,796
1974	12,469,127	7,896,783
1975	12,773,954	8,133,598
1976	13,059,851	8,384,113
1977	13,340,756	8,648,222
1978	13,611,441	8,926,586
1979	13,655,567	9,224,194
1980	13,169,311	9,543,358
1981	11,937,581	9,882,362
1982	10,991,378	10,241,006
1983	10,917,982	10,621,499
1984	11,190,221	11,025,597
1985	11,426,852	11,453,825
1986	11,420,074	11,901,040
1987	11,387,818	12,369,912
1988	11,523,298	12,859,708
1989	11,874,088	13,364,174
1990	12,045,660	13,887,862
1991	12,238,879	14,430,201
1992	13,278,974	14,989,494
1993	14,943,172	15,563,914
1994	16,250,794	16,149,147
1995	17,065,836	16,740,058
1996	17,763,266	17,313,177
1997	18,452,091	17,873,936
1998	19,159,996	18,446,013
1999	19,887,785	19,029,420
2000	20,130,327	19,624,141
2001	20,284,307	20,226,147
2002	21,378,117	20,835,086
2003	22,733,049	21,456,379
2004	23,560,654	22,095,167
2005	24,404,567	22,790,085
2006	25,424,094	23,543,083
2007	25,909,852	24,318,082
2008	26,482,622	25,111,941
2009	27,466,101	25,927,724
2010	28,284,089	26,754,387
2011	29,347,708	27,582,897
2012	30,560,034	28,433,647
2013	31,622,704	29,312,952
2014	32,792,523	30,226,309
2015	33,831,764	31,159,379
2016	34,700,612	32,109,010
2017	35,688,935	33,090,921
2018	36,743,039	34,085,182
2019	37,856,121	35,111,408
2020	39,068,979	36,134,863
2021	40,000,412	37,140,230
2022	40,578,842	38,222,876
2023	41,454,761	39,390,799
2024	42,647,492	40,583,164

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and Yemen

Fertility rate

Afghanistan

Yemen

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	Yemen
1960	7.28	7.99
1961	7.28	8
1962	7.29	8.01
1963	7.3	8.03
1964	7.3	8.07
1965	7.31	8.1
1966	7.32	8.14
1967	7.34	8.17
1968	7.36	8.19
1969	7.39	8.22
1970	7.4	8.23
1971	7.43	8.26
1972	7.45	8.27
1973	7.49	8.29
1974	7.53	8.33
1975	7.54	8.37
1976	7.56	8.42
1977	7.59	8.47
1978	7.6	8.5
1979	7.61	8.67
1980	7.64	8.71
1981	7.62	8.75
1982	7.6	8.79
1983	7.57	8.83
1984	7.55	8.85
1985	7.55	8.86
1986	7.55	8.86
1987	7.55	8.83
1988	7.55	8.79
1989	7.56	8.71
1990	7.58	8.61
1991	7.63	8.46
1992	7.7	8.27
1993	7.76	8.05
1994	7.77	7.8
1995	7.77	7.53
1996	7.76	7
1997	7.73	6.82
1998	7.69	6.64
1999	7.64	6.49
2000	7.57	6.32
2001	7.45	6.14
2002	7.32	5.97
2003	7.17	5.84
2004	7.02	5.71
2005	6.86	5.56
2006	6.69	5.41
2007	6.51	5.26
2008	6.39	5.11
2009	6.3	5
2010	6.2	4.81
2011	6.09	4.63
2012	5.99	4.63
2013	5.88	4.62
2014	5.77	4.62
2015	5.65	4.62
2016	5.54	4.61
2017	5.43	4.61
2018	5.33	4.61
2019	5.24	4.6
2020	5.15	4.6
2021	5.04	4.6
2022	4.93	4.59
2023	4.84	4.59

Afghanistan and Yemen demographics compared

Median age

Afghanistan

Yemen

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Afghanistan	Yemen
1960	18.9	19.7
1961	18.9	19.6
1962	18.8	19.6
1963	18.7	19.5
1964	18.6	19.4
1965	18.6	19.3
1966	18.5	19.2
1967	18.4	19.1
1968	18.3	18.9
1969	18.2	18.7
1970	18.1	18.4
1971	17.9	18.1
1972	17.8	17.8
1973	17.7	17.6
1974	17.6	17.3
1975	17.5	17
1976	17.4	16.8
1977	17.3	16.6
1978	17.2	16.3
1979	17	16.1
1980	16.9	15.9
1981	16.8	15.7
1982	16.7	15.5
1983	16.6	15.3
1984	16.5	15.1
1985	16.4	15
1986	16.3	14.9
1987	16.3	14.8
1988	16.2	14.7
1989	16.1	14.6
1990	16.1	14.6
1991	16	14.6
1992	15.9	14.6
1993	15.8	14.6
1994	15.7	14.6
1995	15.6	14.7
1996	15.5	14.8
1997	15.3	14.9
1998	15.2	15
1999	15.1	15.2
2000	15	15.4
2001	14.9	15.6
2002	14.9	15.8
2003	14.9	16
2004	14.9	16.2
2005	15	16.4
2006	15.1	16.7
2007	15.2	16.9
2008	15.3	17.2
2009	15.5	17.4
2010	15.7	17.7
2011	15.9	17.9
2012	16	18.1
2013	16.2	18.3
2014	16.4	18.5
2015	16.6	18.7
2016	16.8	18.8
2017	17	18.9
2018	17.1	19
2019	17.3	19.1
2020	17.5	19.1
2021	17.6	19.1
2022	17.8	19.2
2023	18	19.2
2024	18.2	19.3

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