The latest officially reported population of Afghanistan was 42,647,492 in 2024 vs 282,467 people in Barbados in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Afghanistan's population is 44,810,409 people compared to 282,698 in Barbados.
Population statistics:
- Afghanistan's population is 158.5 times bigger than Barbados'.
- Afghanistan is ranked the 36th most populous country in the world, while Barbados is the 175th.
- The countries together account for 0.55% of the world: 0.54% for Afghanistan vs 0.003% for Barbados.
- For the last 10 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +0.16% in Barbados.
- Since 2005, the population of Afghanistan has increased from 24.4M people to 44.8M (83.6% growth), while Barbados has grown from 269K to 283K (5.21% growth).
- Afghanistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 130M people compared to the peak of 283K people in 2028 for Barbados.
Afghanistan vs Barbados: live population counter
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| Current population |
44810409
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282698
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| Population rank | 36/197 | 175/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.54% | 0.003% |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
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2.79 days
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| One birth every |
21.5 seconds
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2.78 hours
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| One death every |
2.19 minutes
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2.92 hours
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| One migration net change every |
11.9 minutes
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5.21 days
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| Annual migration change | -44,089 | -70 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,268 | +0 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,731 | +131 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.88% | +0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 20/197 | 164/197 |
Afghanistan and Barbados: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,035,043 | 230,893 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 | 233,148 | 1.98% | 0.98% |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 | 235,224 | 2.07% | 0.89% |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 | 237,557 | 2.13% | 0.99% |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 | 239,958 | 2.18% | 1.01% |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 | 242,417 | 2.26% | 1.02% |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 | 244,996 | 2.3% | 1.06% |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 | 247,091 | 2.33% | 0.86% |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 | 248,540 | 2.39% | 0.59% |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 | 249,444 | 2.42% | 0.36% |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 | 249,387 | 2.48% | -0.02% |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 | 249,168 | 2.46% | -0.09% |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 | 249,658 | 2.47% | 0.2% |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 | 250,322 | 2.57% | 0.27% |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 | 250,777 | 2.56% | 0.18% |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 | 251,175 | 2.44% | 0.16% |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 | 251,442 | 2.24% | 0.11% |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 | 251,626 | 2.15% | 0.07% |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 | 251,551 | 2.03% | -0.03% |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 | 251,269 | 0.32% | -0.11% |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 | 251,524 | -3.56% | 0.1% |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 | 252,270 | -9.35% | 0.3% |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 | 253,095 | -7.93% | 0.33% |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 | 253,992 | -0.67% | 0.35% |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 | 254,920 | 2.49% | 0.37% |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 | 255,820 | 2.11% | 0.35% |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 | 256,618 | -0.06% | 0.31% |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 | 257,279 | -0.28% | 0.26% |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 | 257,763 | 1.19% | 0.19% |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 | 258,109 | 3.04% | 0.13% |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 | 258,582 | 1.44% | 0.18% |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 | 259,373 | 1.6% | 0.31% |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 | 260,267 | 8.5% | 0.34% |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 | 261,027 | 12.5% | 0.29% |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 | 261,620 | 8.75% | 0.23% |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 | 262,039 | 5.02% | 0.16% |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 | 262,284 | 4.09% | 0.09% |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 | 262,392 | 3.88% | 0.04% |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 | 262,436 | 3.84% | 0.02% |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 | 262,517 | 3.8% | 0.03% |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 | 262,063 | 1.22% | -0.17% |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 | 262,425 | 0.76% | 0.14% |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 | 264,148 | 5.39% | 0.66% |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 | 265,776 | 6.34% | 0.62% |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 | 267,298 | 3.64% | 0.57% |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 | 268,706 | 3.58% | 0.53% |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 | 270,002 | 4.18% | 0.48% |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 | 271,288 | 1.91% | 0.48% |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 | 272,714 | 2.21% | 0.53% |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 | 274,123 | 3.71% | 0.52% |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 | 275,243 | 2.98% | 0.41% |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 | 276,139 | 3.76% | 0.33% |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 | 276,938 | 4.13% | 0.29% |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 | 277,665 | 3.48% | 0.26% |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 | 278,348 | 3.7% | 0.25% |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 | 278,990 | 3.17% | 0.23% |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 | 279,598 | 2.57% | 0.22% |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 | 280,171 | 2.85% | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 | 280,711 | 2.95% | 0.19% |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 | 281,207 | 3.03% | 0.18% |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 | 281,698 | 3.2% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 | 282,147 | 2.38% | 0.16% |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 | 282,318 | 1.45% | 0.06% |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 | 282,336 | 2.16% | 0.006% |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 | 282,467 | 2.88% | 0.05% |
| 2025 | 43,844,105 | 282,618 | 2.81% | 0.05% |
| 2026 | 45,047,056 | 282,718 | 2.74% | 0.04% |
| 2027 | 46,258,902 | 282,779 | 2.69% | 0.02% |
| 2028 | 47,470,560 | 282,792 | 2.62% | 0.005% |
| 2029 | 48,725,707 | 282,689 | 2.64% | -0.04% |
| 2030 | 50,039,392 | 282,486 | 2.7% | -0.07% |
| 2031 | 51,375,991 | 282,203 | 2.67% | -0.1% |
| 2032 | 52,707,835 | 281,846 | 2.59% | -0.13% |
| 2033 | 54,044,241 | 281,402 | 2.54% | -0.16% |
| 2034 | 55,359,451 | 280,904 | 2.43% | -0.18% |
| 2035 | 56,647,220 | 280,344 | 2.33% | -0.2% |
| 2036 | 57,953,651 | 279,697 | 2.31% | -0.23% |
| 2037 | 59,279,025 | 278,962 | 2.29% | -0.26% |
| 2038 | 60,597,829 | 278,147 | 2.22% | -0.29% |
| 2039 | 61,944,459 | 277,276 | 2.22% | -0.31% |
| 2040 | 63,347,863 | 276,345 | 2.27% | -0.34% |
| 2041 | 64,738,834 | 275,351 | 2.2% | -0.36% |
| 2042 | 66,060,206 | 274,293 | 2.04% | -0.38% |
| 2043 | 67,375,149 | 273,145 | 1.99% | -0.42% |
| 2044 | 68,703,950 | 271,954 | 1.97% | -0.44% |
| 2045 | 70,021,184 | 270,773 | 1.92% | -0.43% |
| 2046 | 71,384,682 | 269,533 | 1.95% | -0.46% |
| 2047 | 72,756,288 | 268,224 | 1.92% | -0.49% |
| 2048 | 74,109,717 | 266,887 | 1.86% | -0.5% |
| 2049 | 75,515,588 | 265,548 | 1.9% | -0.5% |
| 2050 | 76,885,118 | 264,216 | 1.81% | -0.5% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Barbados gained 10,284 people (a 3.83% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Barbados' population increased by 3,708 (a 1.33% growth).
Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Barbados was ranked 174th in 2005 and ranked 175th 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 Barbados will decrease by 6.54% to 264,216 people and rank change from 175th to 177th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kabul | 4.27M |
| Kandahar | 614K |
| Herat | 556K |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | 469K |
| Kunduz | 357K |
| Jalalabad | 263K |
| Lashkargah | 202K |
| Sheberghan | 176K |
| Khost | 160K |
| Ghazni | 143K |
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| City | Population |
| Bridgetown | 110K |
| Holetown | 1.6K |
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Population differences between Afghanistan and Barbados
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| Life expectancy | 66.5 years | 76.5 years |
| Average age | 22.1 years | 40.1 years |
| Median age | 18.2 years | 40.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 47.9:52.1 |
| Fertility rate | 4.84 births per woman | 1.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.4 ppl/mi² | 1,701 ppl/mi² |
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