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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Argentina	Afghanistan	Argentina
1960	9,035,043	20,386,045	-	-
1961	9,214,083	20,726,276	1.98%	1.67%
1962	9,404,406	21,072,538	2.07%	1.67%
1963	9,604,487	21,421,705	2.13%	1.66%
1964	9,814,318	21,769,453	2.18%	1.62%
1965	10,036,008	22,112,629	2.26%	1.58%
1966	10,266,395	22,453,893	2.3%	1.54%
1967	10,505,959	22,799,059	2.33%	1.54%
1968	10,756,922	23,150,583	2.39%	1.54%
1969	11,017,409	23,508,711	2.42%	1.55%
1970	11,290,128	23,878,327	2.48%	1.57%
1971	11,567,667	24,257,208	2.46%	1.59%
1972	11,853,696	24,644,328	2.47%	1.6%
1973	12,157,999	25,046,005	2.57%	1.63%
1974	12,469,127	25,461,351	2.56%	1.66%
1975	12,773,954	25,874,107	2.44%	1.62%
1976	13,059,851	26,282,283	2.24%	1.58%
1977	13,340,756	26,701,805	2.15%	1.6%
1978	13,611,441	27,132,158	2.03%	1.61%
1979	13,655,567	27,568,895	0.32%	1.61%
1980	13,169,311	28,011,596	-3.56%	1.61%
1981	11,937,581	28,463,959	-9.35%	1.61%
1982	10,991,378	28,924,262	-7.93%	1.62%
1983	10,917,982	29,391,332	-0.67%	1.61%
1984	11,190,221	29,863,093	2.49%	1.61%
1985	11,426,852	30,336,441	2.11%	1.59%
1986	11,420,074	30,811,980	-0.06%	1.57%
1987	11,387,818	31,291,762	-0.28%	1.56%
1988	11,523,298	31,780,532	1.19%	1.56%
1989	11,874,088	32,270,948	3.04%	1.54%
1990	12,045,660	32,755,901	1.44%	1.5%
1991	12,238,879	33,230,294	1.6%	1.45%
1992	13,278,974	33,693,527	8.5%	1.39%
1993	14,943,172	34,152,717	12.5%	1.36%
1994	16,250,794	34,613,491	8.75%	1.35%
1995	17,065,836	35,070,020	5.02%	1.32%
1996	17,763,266	35,513,793	4.09%	1.27%
1997	18,452,091	35,947,791	3.88%	1.22%
1998	19,159,996	36,372,860	3.84%	1.18%
1999	19,887,785	36,794,682	3.8%	1.16%
2000	20,130,327	37,213,984	1.22%	1.14%
2001	20,284,307	37,624,825	0.76%	1.1%
2002	21,378,117	38,029,349	5.39%	1.08%
2003	22,733,049	38,424,282	6.34%	1.04%
2004	23,560,654	38,815,916	3.64%	1.02%
2005	24,404,567	39,216,789	3.58%	1.03%
2006	25,424,094	39,622,115	4.18%	1.03%
2007	25,909,852	40,016,763	1.91%	1%
2008	26,482,622	40,424,148	2.21%	1.02%
2009	27,466,101	40,854,831	3.71%	1.07%
2010	28,284,089	41,288,694	2.98%	1.06%
2011	29,347,708	41,730,660	3.76%	1.07%
2012	30,560,034	42,161,721	4.13%	1.03%
2013	31,622,704	42,582,455	3.48%	1%
2014	32,792,523	43,024,071	3.7%	1.04%
2015	33,831,764	43,477,012	3.17%	1.05%
2016	34,700,612	43,900,313	2.57%	0.97%
2017	35,688,935	44,288,894	2.85%	0.89%
2018	36,743,039	44,654,882	2.95%	0.83%
2019	37,856,121	44,973,465	3.03%	0.71%
2020	39,068,979	45,191,965	3.2%	0.49%
2021	40,000,412	45,312,281	2.38%	0.27%
2022	40,578,842	45,407,904	1.45%	0.21%
2023	41,454,761	45,538,401	2.16%	0.29%
2024	42,647,492	45,696,159	2.88%	0.35%
2025	43,844,105	45,851,384	2.81%	0.34%
2026	45,047,056	46,003,737	2.74%	0.33%
2027	46,258,902	46,153,348	2.69%	0.33%
2028	47,470,560	46,299,948	2.62%	0.32%
2029	48,725,707	46,443,774	2.64%	0.31%
2030	50,039,392	46,585,029	2.7%	0.3%
2031	51,375,991	46,723,742	2.67%	0.3%
2032	52,707,835	46,859,882	2.59%	0.29%
2033	54,044,241	46,993,528	2.54%	0.29%
2034	55,359,451	47,124,543	2.43%	0.28%
2035	56,647,220	47,251,997	2.33%	0.27%
2036	57,953,651	47,375,364	2.31%	0.26%
2037	59,279,025	47,494,519	2.29%	0.25%
2038	60,597,829	47,608,792	2.22%	0.24%
2039	61,944,459	47,716,834	2.22%	0.23%
2040	63,347,863	47,817,648	2.27%	0.21%
2041	64,738,834	47,910,494	2.2%	0.19%
2042	66,060,206	47,994,515	2.04%	0.18%
2043	67,375,149	48,069,559	1.99%	0.16%
2044	68,703,950	48,135,530	1.97%	0.14%
2045	70,021,184	48,191,844	1.92%	0.12%
2046	71,384,682	48,237,681	1.95%	0.1%
2047	72,756,288	48,272,493	1.92%	0.07%
2048	74,109,717	48,296,034	1.86%	0.05%
2049	75,515,588	48,308,275	1.9%	0.03%
2050	76,885,118	48,308,953	1.81%	0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Argentina gained 4,260,223 people (a 10.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Argentina's population increased by 2,496,753 (a 5.74% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Argentina was ranked 30th in 2005 and ranked 35th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Afghanistan's population will grow by 71.6% to 76,885,118 people with a rank change from 36th to 25th. The population of Argentina will increase by 5.08% to 48,308,953 people and rank change from 35th to 44th.