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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Bangladesh	Afghanistan	Bangladesh
1960	9,035,043	51,828,660	-	-
1961	9,214,083	53,310,348	1.98%	2.86%
1962	9,404,406	54,881,146	2.07%	2.95%
1963	9,604,487	56,504,402	2.13%	2.96%
1964	9,814,318	58,178,374	2.18%	2.96%
1965	10,036,008	59,902,519	2.26%	2.96%
1966	10,266,395	61,669,806	2.3%	2.95%
1967	10,505,959	63,510,929	2.33%	2.99%
1968	10,756,922	65,408,276	2.39%	2.99%
1969	11,017,409	67,294,133	2.42%	2.88%
1970	11,290,128	69,058,894	2.48%	2.62%
1971	11,567,667	70,276,758	2.46%	1.76%
1972	11,853,696	71,641,519	2.47%	1.94%
1973	12,157,999	73,722,294	2.57%	2.9%
1974	12,469,127	75,839,348	2.56%	2.87%
1975	12,773,954	77,854,351	2.44%	2.66%
1976	13,059,851	79,855,318	2.24%	2.57%
1977	13,340,756	81,867,264	2.15%	2.52%
1978	13,611,441	83,889,655	2.03%	2.47%
1979	13,655,567	85,935,072	0.32%	2.44%
1980	13,169,311	88,016,432	-3.56%	2.42%
1981	11,937,581	90,303,105	-9.35%	2.6%
1982	10,991,378	92,814,507	-7.93%	2.78%
1983	10,917,982	95,335,155	-0.67%	2.72%
1984	11,190,221	97,814,966	2.49%	2.6%
1985	11,426,852	100,253,825	2.11%	2.49%
1986	11,420,074	102,635,572	-0.06%	2.38%
1987	11,387,818	104,959,291	-0.28%	2.26%
1988	11,523,298	107,216,008	1.19%	2.15%
1989	11,874,088	109,433,799	3.04%	2.07%
1990	12,045,660	111,633,717	1.44%	2.01%
1991	12,238,879	113,787,109	1.6%	1.93%
1992	13,278,974	115,952,192	8.5%	1.9%
1993	14,943,172	118,132,360	12.5%	1.88%
1994	16,250,794	120,343,179	8.75%	1.87%
1995	17,065,836	122,600,370	5.02%	1.88%
1996	17,763,266	124,862,179	4.09%	1.84%
1997	18,452,091	127,198,069	3.88%	1.87%
1998	19,159,996	129,622,332	3.84%	1.91%
1999	19,887,785	132,108,065	3.8%	1.92%
2000	20,130,327	134,544,304	1.22%	1.84%
2001	20,284,307	136,805,810	0.76%	1.68%
2002	21,378,117	138,933,658	5.39%	1.56%
2003	22,733,049	140,970,351	6.34%	1.47%
2004	23,560,654	142,902,856	3.64%	1.37%
2005	24,404,567	144,715,786	3.58%	1.27%
2006	25,424,094	146,405,973	4.18%	1.17%
2007	25,909,852	147,989,278	1.91%	1.08%
2008	26,482,622	149,474,264	2.21%	1%
2009	27,466,101	150,873,714	3.71%	0.94%
2010	28,284,089	152,201,981	2.98%	0.88%
2011	29,347,708	153,591,076	3.76%	0.91%
2012	30,560,034	155,070,101	4.13%	0.96%
2013	31,622,704	156,532,141	3.48%	0.94%
2014	32,792,523	157,964,929	3.7%	0.92%
2015	33,831,764	159,383,179	3.17%	0.9%
2016	34,700,612	160,811,932	2.57%	0.9%
2017	35,688,935	162,186,147	2.85%	0.85%
2018	36,743,039	163,523,103	2.95%	0.82%
2019	37,856,121	164,913,055	3.03%	0.85%
2020	39,068,979	166,298,024	3.2%	0.84%
2021	40,000,412	167,658,854	2.38%	0.82%
2022	40,578,842	169,384,897	1.45%	1.03%
2023	41,454,761	171,466,990	2.16%	1.23%
2024	42,647,492	173,562,364	2.88%	1.22%
2025	43,844,105	175,686,900	2.81%	1.22%
2026	45,047,056	177,818,035	2.74%	1.21%
2027	46,258,902	179,930,171	2.69%	1.19%
2028	47,470,560	182,014,767	2.62%	1.16%
2029	48,725,707	184,064,616	2.64%	1.13%
2030	50,039,392	186,072,398	2.7%	1.09%
2031	51,375,991	188,025,193	2.67%	1.05%
2032	52,707,835	189,904,568	2.59%	1%
2033	54,044,241	191,717,183	2.54%	0.95%
2034	55,359,451	193,461,162	2.43%	0.91%
2035	56,647,220	195,130,366	2.33%	0.86%
2036	57,953,651	196,740,575	2.31%	0.83%
2037	59,279,025	198,288,195	2.29%	0.79%
2038	60,597,829	199,776,950	2.22%	0.75%
2039	61,944,459	201,208,770	2.22%	0.72%
2040	63,347,863	202,589,424	2.27%	0.69%
2041	64,738,834	203,939,081	2.2%	0.67%
2042	66,060,206	205,259,485	2.04%	0.65%
2043	67,375,149	206,545,478	1.99%	0.63%
2044	68,703,950	207,801,049	1.97%	0.61%
2045	70,021,184	209,029,592	1.92%	0.59%
2046	71,384,682	210,231,183	1.95%	0.57%
2047	72,756,288	211,402,167	1.92%	0.56%
2048	74,109,717	212,537,925	1.86%	0.54%
2049	75,515,588	213,638,535	1.9%	0.52%
2050	76,885,118	214,709,094	1.81%	0.5%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Bangladesh gained 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Bangladesh's population increased by 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Bangladesh was ranked 8th in 2005 and still ranked 8th 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 Bangladesh will increase by 21% to 214,709,094 people and rank change from 8th to 10th.