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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Austria	Afghanistan	Austria
1960	9,035,043	7,047,539	-	-
1961	9,214,083	7,086,299	1.98%	0.55%
1962	9,404,406	7,129,864	2.07%	0.61%
1963	9,604,487	7,175,811	2.13%	0.64%
1964	9,814,318	7,223,801	2.18%	0.67%
1965	10,036,008	7,270,889	2.26%	0.65%
1966	10,266,395	7,322,066	2.3%	0.7%
1967	10,505,959	7,376,998	2.33%	0.75%
1968	10,756,922	7,415,403	2.39%	0.52%
1969	11,017,409	7,441,055	2.42%	0.35%
1970	11,290,128	7,467,086	2.48%	0.35%
1971	11,567,667	7,500,482	2.46%	0.45%
1972	11,853,696	7,544,201	2.47%	0.58%
1973	12,157,999	7,586,115	2.57%	0.56%
1974	12,469,127	7,599,038	2.56%	0.17%
1975	12,773,954	7,578,903	2.44%	-0.26%
1976	13,059,851	7,565,525	2.24%	-0.18%
1977	13,340,756	7,568,430	2.15%	0.04%
1978	13,611,441	7,562,305	2.03%	-0.08%
1979	13,655,567	7,549,425	0.32%	-0.17%
1980	13,169,311	7,549,433	-3.56%	0%
1981	11,937,581	7,568,710	-9.35%	0.26%
1982	10,991,378	7,574,140	-7.93%	0.07%
1983	10,917,982	7,561,910	-0.67%	-0.16%
1984	11,190,221	7,561,434	2.49%	-0.006%
1985	11,426,852	7,564,985	2.11%	0.05%
1986	11,420,074	7,569,794	-0.06%	0.06%
1987	11,387,818	7,574,586	-0.28%	0.06%
1988	11,523,298	7,585,317	1.19%	0.14%
1989	11,874,088	7,619,567	3.04%	0.45%
1990	12,045,660	7,677,850	1.44%	0.76%
1991	12,238,879	7,754,891	1.6%	1%
1992	13,278,974	7,840,709	8.5%	1.11%
1993	14,943,172	7,905,633	12.5%	0.83%
1994	16,250,794	7,936,118	8.75%	0.39%
1995	17,065,836	7,948,278	5.02%	0.15%
1996	17,763,266	7,959,017	4.09%	0.14%
1997	18,452,091	7,968,041	3.88%	0.11%
1998	19,159,996	7,976,789	3.84%	0.11%
1999	19,887,785	7,992,324	3.8%	0.19%
2000	20,130,327	8,011,566	1.22%	0.24%
2001	20,284,307	8,042,293	0.76%	0.38%
2002	21,378,117	8,081,957	5.39%	0.49%
2003	22,733,049	8,121,423	6.34%	0.49%
2004	23,560,654	8,171,966	3.64%	0.62%
2005	24,404,567	8,227,829	3.58%	0.68%
2006	25,424,094	8,268,641	4.18%	0.5%
2007	25,909,852	8,295,487	1.91%	0.32%
2008	26,482,622	8,321,496	2.21%	0.31%
2009	27,466,101	8,343,323	3.71%	0.26%
2010	28,284,089	8,363,404	2.98%	0.24%
2011	29,347,708	8,391,643	3.76%	0.34%
2012	30,560,034	8,429,991	4.13%	0.46%
2013	31,622,704	8,479,823	3.48%	0.59%
2014	32,792,523	8,546,356	3.7%	0.78%
2015	33,831,764	8,642,699	3.17%	1.13%
2016	34,700,612	8,736,668	2.57%	1.09%
2017	35,688,935	8,797,566	2.85%	0.7%
2018	36,743,039	8,840,521	2.95%	0.49%
2019	37,856,121	8,879,920	3.03%	0.45%
2020	39,068,979	8,916,864	3.2%	0.42%
2021	40,000,412	8,955,797	2.38%	0.44%
2022	40,578,842	9,041,851	1.45%	0.96%
2023	41,454,761	9,131,761	2.16%	0.99%
2024	42,647,492	9,178,482	2.88%	0.51%
2025	43,844,105	9,171,198	2.81%	-0.08%
2026	45,047,056	9,164,846	2.74%	-0.07%
2027	46,258,902	9,159,036	2.69%	-0.06%
2028	47,470,560	9,153,783	2.62%	-0.06%
2029	48,725,707	9,147,235	2.64%	-0.07%
2030	50,039,392	9,137,754	2.7%	-0.1%
2031	51,375,991	9,126,423	2.67%	-0.12%
2032	52,707,835	9,113,762	2.59%	-0.14%
2033	54,044,241	9,100,660	2.54%	-0.14%
2034	55,359,451	9,086,498	2.43%	-0.16%
2035	56,647,220	9,071,197	2.33%	-0.17%
2036	57,953,651	9,056,140	2.31%	-0.17%
2037	59,279,025	9,039,487	2.29%	-0.18%
2038	60,597,829	9,023,097	2.22%	-0.18%
2039	61,944,459	9,007,376	2.22%	-0.17%
2040	63,347,863	8,990,550	2.27%	-0.19%
2041	64,738,834	8,973,934	2.2%	-0.18%
2042	66,060,206	8,956,944	2.04%	-0.19%
2043	67,375,149	8,939,342	1.99%	-0.2%
2044	68,703,950	8,920,544	1.97%	-0.21%
2045	70,021,184	8,900,652	1.92%	-0.22%
2046	71,384,682	8,879,996	1.95%	-0.23%
2047	72,756,288	8,857,554	1.92%	-0.25%
2048	74,109,717	8,833,340	1.86%	-0.27%
2049	75,515,588	8,807,087	1.9%	-0.3%
2050	76,885,118	8,779,494	1.81%	-0.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Austria gained 414,870 people (a 5.04% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Austria's population increased by 528,499 (a 6.11% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Austria was ranked 91st in 2005 and ranked 99th 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 Austria will decrease by 4.27% to 8,779,494 people and rank change from 99th to 108th.