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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Bahrain	Afghanistan	Bahrain
1960	9,035,043	165,477	-	-
1961	9,214,083	172,346	1.98%	4.15%
1962	9,404,406	179,349	2.07%	4.06%
1963	9,604,487	186,501	2.13%	3.99%
1964	9,814,318	193,816	2.18%	3.92%
1965	10,036,008	200,866	2.26%	3.64%
1966	10,266,395	207,543	2.3%	3.32%
1967	10,505,959	214,189	2.33%	3.2%
1968	10,756,922	219,337	2.39%	2.4%
1969	11,017,409	222,469	2.42%	1.43%
1970	11,290,128	224,809	2.48%	1.05%
1971	11,567,667	230,733	2.46%	2.64%
1972	11,853,696	242,113	2.47%	4.93%
1973	12,157,999	255,320	2.57%	5.45%
1974	12,469,127	269,038	2.56%	5.37%
1975	12,773,954	283,243	2.44%	5.28%
1976	13,059,851	297,863	2.24%	5.16%
1977	13,340,756	312,823	2.15%	5.02%
1978	13,611,441	328,046	2.03%	4.87%
1979	13,655,567	343,457	0.32%	4.7%
1980	13,169,311	358,978	-3.56%	4.52%
1981	11,937,581	373,524	-9.35%	4.05%
1982	10,991,378	386,983	-7.93%	3.6%
1983	10,917,982	400,707	-0.67%	3.55%
1984	11,190,221	415,154	2.49%	3.61%
1985	11,426,852	430,358	2.11%	3.66%
1986	11,420,074	446,286	-0.06%	3.7%
1987	11,387,818	462,854	-0.28%	3.71%
1988	11,523,298	479,929	1.19%	3.69%
1989	11,874,088	497,327	3.04%	3.63%
1990	12,045,660	514,797	1.44%	3.51%
1991	12,238,879	503,052	1.6%	-2.28%
1992	13,278,974	516,458	8.5%	2.66%
1993	14,943,172	530,225	12.5%	2.67%
1994	16,250,794	544,366	8.75%	2.67%
1995	17,065,836	558,879	5.02%	2.67%
1996	17,763,266	573,792	4.09%	2.67%
1997	18,452,091	589,115	3.88%	2.67%
1998	19,159,996	604,842	3.84%	2.67%
1999	19,887,785	620,989	3.8%	2.67%
2000	20,130,327	637,582	1.22%	2.67%
2001	20,284,307	661,316	0.76%	3.72%
2002	21,378,117	710,553	5.39%	7.45%
2003	22,733,049	764,517	6.34%	7.59%
2004	23,560,654	823,741	3.64%	7.75%
2005	24,404,567	888,822	3.58%	7.9%
2006	25,424,094	960,424	4.18%	8.06%
2007	25,909,852	1,039,295	1.91%	8.21%
2008	26,482,622	1,103,496	2.21%	6.18%
2009	27,466,101	1,178,415	3.71%	6.79%
2010	28,284,089	1,228,543	2.98%	4.25%
2011	29,347,708	1,195,020	3.76%	-2.73%
2012	30,560,034	1,208,964	4.13%	1.17%
2013	31,622,704	1,253,191	3.48%	3.66%
2014	32,792,523	1,314,562	3.7%	4.9%
2015	33,831,764	1,370,322	3.17%	4.24%
2016	34,700,612	1,423,726	2.57%	3.9%
2017	35,688,935	1,501,116	2.85%	5.44%
2018	36,743,039	1,503,091	2.95%	0.13%
2019	37,856,121	1,483,756	3.03%	-1.29%
2020	39,068,979	1,472,204	3.2%	-0.78%
2021	40,000,412	1,504,365	2.38%	2.18%
2022	40,578,842	1,524,693	1.45%	1.35%
2023	41,454,761	1,577,059	2.16%	3.43%
2024	42,647,492	1,588,670	2.88%	0.74%
2025	43,844,105	1,624,531	2.81%	2.26%
2026	45,047,056	1,656,397	2.74%	1.96%
2027	46,258,902	1,683,692	2.69%	1.65%
2028	47,470,560	1,706,754	2.62%	1.37%
2029	48,725,707	1,726,868	2.64%	1.18%
2030	50,039,392	1,745,013	2.7%	1.05%
2031	51,375,991	1,762,760	2.67%	1.02%
2032	52,707,835	1,780,658	2.59%	1.02%
2033	54,044,241	1,798,708	2.54%	1.01%
2034	55,359,451	1,816,921	2.43%	1.01%
2035	56,647,220	1,835,293	2.33%	1.01%
2036	57,953,651	1,853,822	2.31%	1.01%
2037	59,279,025	1,872,468	2.29%	1.01%
2038	60,597,829	1,891,215	2.22%	1%
2039	61,944,459	1,910,026	2.22%	0.99%
2040	63,347,863	1,928,909	2.27%	0.99%
2041	64,738,834	1,947,825	2.2%	0.98%
2042	66,060,206	1,966,723	2.04%	0.97%
2043	67,375,149	1,985,577	1.99%	0.96%
2044	68,703,950	2,004,365	1.97%	0.95%
2045	70,021,184	2,023,058	1.92%	0.93%
2046	71,384,682	2,041,627	1.95%	0.92%
2047	72,756,288	2,060,095	1.92%	0.9%
2048	74,109,717	2,078,453	1.86%	0.89%
2049	75,515,588	2,096,741	1.9%	0.88%
2050	76,885,118	2,114,988	1.81%	0.87%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Bahrain gained 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Bahrain's population increased by 279,806 (a 20.4% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Bahrain was ranked 156th in 2005 and ranked 151st 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 Bahrain will increase by 28.2% to 2,114,988 people and rank change from 151st to 147th.