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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Barbados	Afghanistan	Barbados
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Barbados gained 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Barbados' population increased by 3,120 (a 1.12% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Barbados was ranked 174th in 2006 and ranked 175th 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 Barbados will decrease by 6.54% to 264,216 people and rank change from 175th to 177th.