The latest officially reported population of Afghanistan was 42,647,492 in 2024 vs 2,377,128 people in Albania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Afghanistan's population is 45,060,300 people compared to 2,342,445 in Albania.
Population statistics:
- Afghanistan's population is 19.2 times bigger than Albania's.
- Afghanistan is ranked the 36th most populous country in the world, while Albania is the 145th.
- The countries together account for 0.57% of the world: 0.54% for Afghanistan vs 0.03% for Albania.
- For the last 10 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs -1.53% in Albania.
- Since 2006, the population of Afghanistan has increased from 25.4M people to 45.1M (77.2% growth), while Albania has declined from 2.99M to 2.34M (21.7% decline).
- Afghanistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 130M people, while Albania's population already peaked in 1990 at 3.29M people and is projected to decrease to 1.01M people by 2100.
Afghanistan vs Albania: live population counter
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| Current population |
45060300
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2342445
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| Population rank | 36/197 | 145/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.54% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
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14.2 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.5 seconds
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21.3 minutes
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| One death every |
2.19 minutes
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26.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.9 minutes
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21.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -44,089 | -24,472 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,268 | -101 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,731 | -36,967 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.88% | -1.53% |
| Population growth rate rank | 20/197 | 194/197 |
Afghanistan and Albania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,035,043 | 1,608,800 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 | 1,659,800 | 1.98% | 3.17% |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 | 1,711,319 | 2.07% | 3.1% |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 | 1,762,621 | 2.13% | 3% |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 | 1,814,135 | 2.18% | 2.92% |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 | 1,864,791 | 2.26% | 2.79% |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 | 1,914,573 | 2.3% | 2.67% |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 | 1,965,598 | 2.33% | 2.67% |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 | 2,022,272 | 2.39% | 2.88% |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 | 2,081,695 | 2.42% | 2.94% |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 | 2,135,479 | 2.48% | 2.58% |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 | 2,187,853 | 2.46% | 2.45% |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 | 2,243,126 | 2.47% | 2.53% |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 | 2,296,752 | 2.57% | 2.39% |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 | 2,350,124 | 2.56% | 2.32% |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 | 2,404,831 | 2.44% | 2.33% |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 | 2,458,526 | 2.24% | 2.23% |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 | 2,513,546 | 2.15% | 2.24% |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 | 2,566,266 | 2.03% | 2.1% |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 | 2,617,832 | 0.32% | 2.01% |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 | 2,671,997 | -3.56% | 2.07% |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 | 2,726,056 | -9.35% | 2.02% |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 | 2,784,278 | -7.93% | 2.14% |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 | 2,843,960 | -0.67% | 2.14% |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 | 2,904,429 | 2.49% | 2.13% |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 | 2,964,762 | 2.11% | 2.08% |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 | 3,022,635 | -0.06% | 1.95% |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 | 3,083,605 | -0.28% | 2.02% |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 | 3,142,336 | 1.19% | 1.9% |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 | 3,227,943 | 3.04% | 2.72% |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 | 3,286,542 | 1.44% | 1.82% |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 | 3,266,790 | 1.6% | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 | 3,247,039 | 8.5% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 | 3,227,287 | 12.5% | -0.61% |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 | 3,207,536 | 8.75% | -0.61% |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 | 3,187,784 | 5.02% | -0.62% |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 | 3,168,033 | 4.09% | -0.62% |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 | 3,148,281 | 3.88% | -0.62% |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 | 3,128,530 | 3.84% | -0.63% |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 | 3,108,778 | 3.8% | -0.63% |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 | 3,089,027 | 1.22% | -0.64% |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 | 3,060,173 | 0.76% | -0.93% |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 | 3,051,010 | 5.39% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 | 3,039,616 | 6.34% | -0.37% |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 | 3,026,939 | 3.64% | -0.42% |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 | 3,011,487 | 3.58% | -0.51% |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 | 2,992,547 | 4.18% | -0.63% |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 | 2,970,017 | 1.91% | -0.75% |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 | 2,947,314 | 2.21% | -0.76% |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 | 2,927,519 | 3.71% | -0.67% |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 | 2,913,021 | 2.98% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 | 2,905,195 | 3.76% | -0.27% |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 | 2,860,708 | 4.13% | -1.53% |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 | 2,816,902 | 3.48% | -1.53% |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 | 2,773,767 | 3.7% | -1.53% |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 | 2,731,293 | 3.17% | -1.53% |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 | 2,689,469 | 2.57% | -1.53% |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 | 2,648,285 | 2.85% | -1.53% |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 | 2,607,733 | 2.95% | -1.53% |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 | 2,567,801 | 3.03% | -1.53% |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 | 2,528,480 | 3.2% | -1.53% |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 | 2,489,762 | 2.38% | -1.53% |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 | 2,451,636 | 1.45% | -1.53% |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 | 2,414,095 | 2.16% | -1.53% |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 | 2,377,128 | 2.88% | -1.53% |
| 2025 | 43,844,105 | 2,359,884 | 2.81% | -0.73% |
| 2026 | 45,047,056 | 2,342,445 | 2.74% | -0.74% |
| 2027 | 46,258,902 | 2,325,583 | 2.69% | -0.72% |
| 2028 | 47,470,560 | 2,308,931 | 2.62% | -0.72% |
| 2029 | 48,725,707 | 2,292,108 | 2.64% | -0.73% |
| 2030 | 50,039,392 | 2,275,057 | 2.7% | -0.74% |
| 2031 | 51,375,991 | 2,258,025 | 2.67% | -0.75% |
| 2032 | 52,707,835 | 2,241,237 | 2.59% | -0.74% |
| 2033 | 54,044,241 | 2,224,113 | 2.54% | -0.76% |
| 2034 | 55,359,451 | 2,206,455 | 2.43% | -0.79% |
| 2035 | 56,647,220 | 2,188,805 | 2.33% | -0.8% |
| 2036 | 57,953,651 | 2,171,011 | 2.31% | -0.81% |
| 2037 | 59,279,025 | 2,152,744 | 2.29% | -0.84% |
| 2038 | 60,597,829 | 2,134,317 | 2.22% | -0.86% |
| 2039 | 61,944,459 | 2,115,391 | 2.22% | -0.89% |
| 2040 | 63,347,863 | 2,096,231 | 2.27% | -0.91% |
| 2041 | 64,738,834 | 2,077,210 | 2.2% | -0.91% |
| 2042 | 66,060,206 | 2,058,255 | 2.04% | -0.91% |
| 2043 | 67,375,149 | 2,039,438 | 1.99% | -0.91% |
| 2044 | 68,703,950 | 2,020,787 | 1.97% | -0.91% |
| 2045 | 70,021,184 | 2,002,071 | 1.92% | -0.93% |
| 2046 | 71,384,682 | 1,983,055 | 1.95% | -0.95% |
| 2047 | 72,756,288 | 1,964,257 | 1.92% | -0.95% |
| 2048 | 74,109,717 | 1,945,501 | 1.86% | -0.95% |
| 2049 | 75,515,588 | 1,926,519 | 1.9% | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 76,885,118 | 1,907,462 | 1.81% | -0.99% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Albania lost 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Albania's population decreased by -347,024 (a 12.9% decline).
Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Albania was ranked 133rd in 2006 and ranked 145th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Afghanistan's population will grow by 70.6% to 76,885,118 people with a rank change from 36th to 25th. The population of Albania will decrease by 18.6% to 1,907,462 people and rank change from 145th to 148th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kabul | 4.27M |
| Kandahar | 614K |
| Herat | 556K |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | 469K |
| Kunduz | 357K |
| Jalalabad | 263K |
| Lashkargah | 202K |
| Sheberghan | 176K |
| Khost | 160K |
| Ghazni | 143K |
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Population differences between Afghanistan and Albania
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| Life expectancy | 66.8 years | 80.1 years |
| Average age | 22.1 years | 39.9 years |
| Median age | 18.2 years | 37.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 4.84 births per woman | 1.35 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.4 ppl/mi² | 224.7 ppl/mi² |
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