Population in Afghanistan compared to the Bahamas: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and the Bahamas: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Bahamas	Afghanistan	Bahamas
1960	9,035,043	116,317	-	-
1961	9,214,083	122,197	1.98%	5.06%
1962	9,404,406	128,493	2.07%	5.15%
1963	9,604,487	135,087	2.13%	5.13%
1964	9,814,318	141,528	2.18%	4.77%
1965	10,036,008	147,952	2.26%	4.54%
1966	10,266,395	154,874	2.3%	4.68%
1967	10,505,959	162,267	2.33%	4.77%
1968	10,756,922	170,089	2.39%	4.82%
1969	11,017,409	177,981	2.42%	4.64%
1970	11,290,128	184,982	2.48%	3.93%
1971	11,567,667	190,857	2.46%	3.18%
1972	11,853,696	196,055	2.47%	2.72%
1973	12,157,999	200,791	2.57%	2.42%
1974	12,469,127	205,342	2.56%	2.27%
1975	12,773,954	209,886	2.44%	2.21%
1976	13,059,851	214,501	2.24%	2.2%
1977	13,340,756	219,157	2.15%	2.17%
1978	13,611,441	223,761	2.03%	2.1%
1979	13,655,567	228,230	0.32%	2%
1980	13,169,311	232,526	-3.56%	1.88%
1981	11,937,581	236,614	-9.35%	1.76%
1982	10,991,378	240,614	-7.93%	1.69%
1983	10,917,982	244,698	-0.67%	1.7%
1984	11,190,221	248,863	2.49%	1.7%
1985	11,426,852	253,154	2.11%	1.72%
1986	11,420,074	257,536	-0.06%	1.73%
1987	11,387,818	261,935	-0.28%	1.71%
1988	11,523,298	266,448	1.19%	1.72%
1989	11,874,088	271,178	3.04%	1.78%
1990	12,045,660	275,945	1.44%	1.76%
1991	12,238,879	280,731	1.6%	1.73%
1992	13,278,974	285,927	8.5%	1.85%
1993	14,943,172	291,339	12.5%	1.89%
1994	16,250,794	296,509	8.75%	1.77%
1995	17,065,836	301,461	5.02%	1.67%
1996	17,763,266	306,268	4.09%	1.59%
1997	18,452,091	310,904	3.88%	1.51%
1998	19,159,996	315,368	3.84%	1.44%
1999	19,887,785	319,614	3.8%	1.35%
2000	20,130,327	323,835	1.22%	1.32%
2001	20,284,307	327,836	0.76%	1.24%
2002	21,378,117	331,614	5.39%	1.15%
2003	22,733,049	335,618	6.34%	1.21%
2004	23,560,654	339,782	3.64%	1.24%
2005	24,404,567	343,894	3.58%	1.21%
2006	25,424,094	348,375	4.18%	1.3%
2007	25,909,852	353,334	1.91%	1.42%
2008	26,482,622	358,120	2.21%	1.35%
2009	27,466,101	362,810	3.71%	1.31%
2010	28,284,089	367,478	2.98%	1.29%
2011	29,347,708	371,729	3.76%	1.16%
2012	30,560,034	375,469	4.13%	1.01%
2013	31,622,704	378,953	3.48%	0.93%
2014	32,792,523	382,298	3.7%	0.88%
2015	33,831,764	385,346	3.17%	0.8%
2016	34,700,612	388,055	2.57%	0.7%
2017	35,688,935	390,485	2.85%	0.63%
2018	36,743,039	392,717	2.95%	0.57%
2019	37,856,121	394,675	3.03%	0.5%
2020	39,068,979	395,863	3.2%	0.3%
2021	40,000,412	396,373	2.38%	0.13%
2022	40,578,842	397,538	1.45%	0.29%
2023	41,454,761	399,440	2.16%	0.48%
2024	42,647,492	401,283	2.88%	0.46%
2025	43,844,105	403,042	2.81%	0.44%
2026	45,047,056	404,635	2.74%	0.4%
2027	46,258,902	406,126	2.69%	0.37%
2028	47,470,560	407,560	2.62%	0.35%
2029	48,725,707	408,950	2.64%	0.34%
2030	50,039,392	410,269	2.7%	0.32%
2031	51,375,991	411,543	2.67%	0.31%
2032	52,707,835	412,724	2.59%	0.29%
2033	54,044,241	413,846	2.54%	0.27%
2034	55,359,451	414,942	2.43%	0.26%
2035	56,647,220	415,982	2.33%	0.25%
2036	57,953,651	416,939	2.31%	0.23%
2037	59,279,025	417,847	2.29%	0.22%
2038	60,597,829	418,753	2.22%	0.22%
2039	61,944,459	419,595	2.22%	0.2%
2040	63,347,863	420,348	2.27%	0.18%
2041	64,738,834	421,079	2.2%	0.17%
2042	66,060,206	421,746	2.04%	0.16%
2043	67,375,149	422,343	1.99%	0.14%
2044	68,703,950	422,831	1.97%	0.12%
2045	70,021,184	423,269	1.92%	0.1%
2046	71,384,682	423,679	1.95%	0.1%
2047	72,756,288	423,952	1.92%	0.06%
2048	74,109,717	424,123	1.86%	0.04%
2049	75,515,588	424,251	1.9%	0.03%
2050	76,885,118	424,273	1.81%	0.005%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while the Bahamas gained 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while the Bahamas' population increased by 16,596 (a 4.28% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. The Bahamas was ranked 170th in 2006 and ranked 172nd 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 the Bahamas will increase by 4.85% to 424,273 people and rank change from 172nd to 174th.