Population in Afghanistan compared to Algeria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and Algeria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Algeria	Afghanistan	Algeria
1960	9,035,043	11,424,922	-	-
1961	9,214,083	11,628,883	1.98%	1.79%
1962	9,404,406	11,800,771	2.07%	1.48%
1963	9,604,487	11,982,118	2.13%	1.54%
1964	9,814,318	12,179,813	2.18%	1.65%
1965	10,036,008	12,365,976	2.26%	1.53%
1966	10,266,395	12,590,069	2.3%	1.81%
1967	10,505,959	12,876,118	2.33%	2.27%
1968	10,756,922	13,172,614	2.39%	2.3%
1969	11,017,409	13,475,960	2.42%	2.3%
1970	11,290,128	13,783,719	2.48%	2.28%
1971	11,567,667	14,098,936	2.46%	2.29%
1972	11,853,696	14,427,072	2.47%	2.33%
1973	12,157,999	14,771,147	2.57%	2.38%
1974	12,469,127	15,133,502	2.56%	2.45%
1975	12,773,954	15,678,596	2.44%	3.6%
1976	13,059,851	16,409,170	2.24%	4.66%
1977	13,340,756	17,015,994	2.15%	3.7%
1978	13,611,441	17,506,974	2.03%	2.89%
1979	13,655,567	18,036,655	0.32%	3.03%
1980	13,169,311	18,607,174	-3.56%	3.16%
1981	11,937,581	19,220,704	-9.35%	3.3%
1982	10,991,378	19,872,348	-7.93%	3.39%
1983	10,917,982	20,558,115	-0.67%	3.45%
1984	11,190,221	21,271,969	2.49%	3.47%
1985	11,426,852	22,008,544	2.11%	3.46%
1986	11,420,074	22,745,499	-0.06%	3.35%
1987	11,387,818	23,443,624	-0.28%	3.07%
1988	11,523,298	24,109,536	1.19%	2.84%
1989	11,874,088	24,754,485	3.04%	2.68%
1990	12,045,660	25,375,810	1.44%	2.51%
1991	12,238,879	25,987,928	1.6%	2.41%
1992	13,278,974	26,628,568	8.5%	2.47%
1993	14,943,172	27,277,048	12.5%	2.44%
1994	16,250,794	27,887,279	8.75%	2.24%
1995	17,065,836	28,470,191	5.02%	2.09%
1996	17,763,266	29,033,044	4.09%	1.98%
1997	18,452,091	29,579,301	3.88%	1.88%
1998	19,159,996	30,054,133	3.84%	1.61%
1999	19,887,785	30,474,354	3.8%	1.4%
2000	20,130,327	30,903,893	1.22%	1.41%
2001	20,284,307	31,331,221	0.76%	1.38%
2002	21,378,117	31,750,835	5.39%	1.34%
2003	22,733,049	32,175,818	6.34%	1.34%
2004	23,560,654	32,628,286	3.64%	1.41%
2005	24,404,567	33,109,249	3.58%	1.47%
2006	25,424,094	33,623,506	4.18%	1.55%
2007	25,909,852	34,189,416	1.91%	1.68%
2008	26,482,622	34,816,961	2.21%	1.84%
2009	27,466,101	35,490,445	3.71%	1.93%
2010	28,284,089	36,188,236	2.98%	1.97%
2011	29,347,708	36,903,376	3.76%	1.98%
2012	30,560,034	37,646,166	4.13%	2.01%
2013	31,622,704	38,414,171	3.48%	2.04%
2014	32,792,523	39,205,031	3.7%	2.06%
2015	33,831,764	40,019,529	3.17%	2.08%
2016	34,700,612	40,850,721	2.57%	2.08%
2017	35,688,935	41,689,299	2.85%	2.05%
2018	36,743,039	42,505,035	2.95%	1.96%
2019	37,856,121	43,294,546	3.03%	1.86%
2020	39,068,979	44,042,091	3.2%	1.73%
2021	40,000,412	44,761,099	2.38%	1.63%
2022	40,578,842	45,477,389	1.45%	1.6%
2023	41,454,761	46,164,219	2.16%	1.51%
2024	42,647,492	46,814,308	2.88%	1.41%
2025	43,844,105	47,435,316	2.81%	1.33%
2026	45,047,056	48,028,344	2.74%	1.25%
2027	46,258,902	48,593,419	2.69%	1.18%
2028	47,470,560	49,135,532	2.62%	1.12%
2029	48,725,707	49,655,386	2.64%	1.06%
2030	50,039,392	50,154,168	2.7%	1%
2031	51,375,991	50,637,369	2.67%	0.96%
2032	52,707,835	51,113,505	2.59%	0.94%
2033	54,044,241	51,584,249	2.54%	0.92%
2034	55,359,451	52,048,009	2.43%	0.9%
2035	56,647,220	52,516,794	2.33%	0.9%
2036	57,953,651	52,986,277	2.31%	0.89%
2037	59,279,025	53,452,788	2.29%	0.88%
2038	60,597,829	53,921,847	2.22%	0.88%
2039	61,944,459	54,396,263	2.22%	0.88%
2040	63,347,863	54,873,482	2.27%	0.88%
2041	64,738,834	55,351,998	2.2%	0.87%
2042	66,060,206	55,834,554	2.04%	0.87%
2043	67,375,149	56,319,606	1.99%	0.87%
2044	68,703,950	56,806,185	1.97%	0.86%
2045	70,021,184	57,290,162	1.92%	0.85%
2046	71,384,682	57,767,681	1.95%	0.83%
2047	72,756,288	58,234,183	1.92%	0.81%
2048	74,109,717	58,690,893	1.86%	0.78%
2049	75,515,588	59,136,165	1.9%	0.76%
2050	76,885,118	59,565,558	1.81%	0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Algeria gained 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Algeria's population increased by 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Algeria was ranked 34th in 2006 and ranked 33rd 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 Algeria will increase by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd.