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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Australia	Afghanistan	Australia
1960	9,035,043	10,276,477	-	-
1961	9,214,083	10,483,000	1.98%	2.01%
1962	9,404,406	10,742,000	2.07%	2.47%
1963	9,604,487	10,950,000	2.13%	1.94%
1964	9,814,318	11,167,000	2.18%	1.98%
1965	10,036,008	11,388,000	2.26%	1.98%
1966	10,266,395	11,651,000	2.3%	2.31%
1967	10,505,959	11,799,000	2.33%	1.27%
1968	10,756,922	12,009,000	2.39%	1.78%
1969	11,017,409	12,263,000	2.42%	2.12%
1970	11,290,128	12,507,000	2.48%	1.99%
1971	11,567,667	12,937,000	2.46%	3.44%
1972	11,853,696	13,177,000	2.47%	1.86%
1973	12,157,999	13,380,000	2.57%	1.54%
1974	12,469,127	13,723,000	2.56%	2.56%
1975	12,773,954	13,893,000	2.44%	1.24%
1976	13,059,851	14,033,000	2.24%	1.01%
1977	13,340,756	14,192,000	2.15%	1.13%
1978	13,611,441	14,358,000	2.03%	1.17%
1979	13,655,567	14,514,000	0.32%	1.09%
1980	13,169,311	14,692,000	-3.56%	1.23%
1981	11,937,581	14,923,260	-9.35%	1.57%
1982	10,991,378	15,184,247	-7.93%	1.75%
1983	10,917,982	15,393,472	-0.67%	1.38%
1984	11,190,221	15,579,391	2.49%	1.21%
1985	11,426,852	15,788,312	2.11%	1.34%
1986	11,420,074	16,018,350	-0.06%	1.46%
1987	11,387,818	16,263,874	-0.28%	1.53%
1988	11,523,298	16,532,164	1.19%	1.65%
1989	11,874,088	16,814,416	3.04%	1.71%
1990	12,045,660	17,065,128	1.44%	1.49%
1991	12,238,879	17,284,036	1.6%	1.28%
1992	13,278,974	17,478,635	8.5%	1.13%
1993	14,943,172	17,634,808	12.5%	0.89%
1994	16,250,794	17,805,468	8.75%	0.97%
1995	17,065,836	18,004,882	5.02%	1.12%
1996	17,763,266	18,224,767	4.09%	1.22%
1997	18,452,091	18,423,037	3.88%	1.09%
1998	19,159,996	18,607,584	3.84%	1%
1999	19,887,785	18,812,264	3.8%	1.1%
2000	20,130,327	19,028,802	1.22%	1.15%
2001	20,284,307	19,274,701	0.76%	1.29%
2002	21,378,117	19,495,210	5.39%	1.14%
2003	22,733,049	19,720,737	6.34%	1.16%
2004	23,560,654	19,932,722	3.64%	1.07%
2005	24,404,567	20,176,844	3.58%	1.22%
2006	25,424,094	20,450,966	4.18%	1.36%
2007	25,909,852	20,827,622	1.91%	1.84%
2008	26,482,622	21,249,199	2.21%	2.02%
2009	27,466,101	21,691,653	3.71%	2.08%
2010	28,284,089	22,031,750	2.98%	1.57%
2011	29,347,708	22,340,024	3.76%	1.4%
2012	30,560,034	22,733,465	4.13%	1.76%
2013	31,622,704	23,128,129	3.48%	1.74%
2014	32,792,523	23,475,686	3.7%	1.5%
2015	33,831,764	23,815,995	3.17%	1.45%
2016	34,700,612	24,190,907	2.57%	1.57%
2017	35,688,935	24,592,588	2.85%	1.66%
2018	36,743,039	24,963,258	2.95%	1.51%
2019	37,856,121	25,334,826	3.03%	1.49%
2020	39,068,979	25,649,248	3.2%	1.24%
2021	40,000,412	25,685,412	2.38%	0.14%
2022	40,578,842	26,018,721	1.45%	1.3%
2023	41,454,761	26,659,922	2.16%	2.46%
2024	42,647,492	27,196,812	2.88%	2.01%
2025	43,844,105	27,462,351	2.81%	0.98%
2026	45,047,056	27,720,006	2.74%	0.94%
2027	46,258,902	27,971,653	2.69%	0.91%
2028	47,470,560	28,220,660	2.62%	0.89%
2029	48,725,707	28,462,685	2.64%	0.86%
2030	50,039,392	28,698,853	2.7%	0.83%
2031	51,375,991	28,932,262	2.67%	0.81%
2032	52,707,835	29,160,438	2.59%	0.79%
2033	54,044,241	29,384,107	2.54%	0.77%
2034	55,359,451	29,605,432	2.43%	0.75%
2035	56,647,220	29,826,537	2.33%	0.75%
2036	57,953,651	30,047,917	2.31%	0.74%
2037	59,279,025	30,264,792	2.29%	0.72%
2038	60,597,829	30,480,032	2.22%	0.71%
2039	61,944,459	30,694,219	2.22%	0.7%
2040	63,347,863	30,907,034	2.27%	0.69%
2041	64,738,834	31,123,706	2.2%	0.7%
2042	66,060,206	31,343,677	2.04%	0.71%
2043	67,375,149	31,563,469	1.99%	0.7%
2044	68,703,950	31,781,220	1.97%	0.69%
2045	70,021,184	32,000,146	1.92%	0.69%
2046	71,384,682	32,223,471	1.95%	0.7%
2047	72,756,288	32,443,112	1.92%	0.68%
2048	74,109,717	32,662,412	1.86%	0.68%
2049	75,515,588	32,881,878	1.9%	0.67%
2050	76,885,118	33,095,459	1.81%	0.65%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Australia gained 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Australia's population increased by 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Australia was ranked 54th in 2006 and ranked 55th 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 Australia will increase by 19.4% to 33,095,459 people and rank change from 55th to 59th.