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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Afghanistan was 42,647,492 in 2024 vs 417,072 people in Belize in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Afghanistan's population is 44,810,409 people compared to 427,523 in Belize.

Population statistics:

  • Afghanistan's population is 104.8 times bigger than Belize's.
  • Afghanistan is ranked the 36th most populous country in the world, while Belize is the 171st.
  • The countries together account for 0.55% of the world: 0.54% for Afghanistan vs 0.005% for Belize.
  • For the last 10 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +1.83% in Belize.
  • Since 2005, the population of Afghanistan has increased from 24.4M people to 44.8M (83.6% growth), while Belize has grown from 280K to 428K (52.8% growth).
  • Afghanistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 130M people compared to the peak of 528K people in 2063 for Belize.

Afghanistan vs Belize: live population counter

Afghanistan Belize
Current population
44810409
427523
Population rank 36/197 171/197
Percent of world population 0.54% 0.005%
One net population change
26.4 seconds
1.47 hours
One birth every
21.5 seconds
1.18 hours
One death every
2.19 minutes
4.33 hours
One migration net change every
11.9 minutes
17.9 hours
Annual migration change -44,089 +490
Daily growth/decline +3,268 +16
Annual growth/decline +1,192,731 +5,966
Annual growth/decline rate +2.88% +1.45%
Population growth rate rank 20/197 75/197

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

Afghanistan
Population

Growth rate
Belize
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Afghanistan Belize Afghanistan Belize
1960 9,035,043 91,318 - -
1961 9,214,083 93,632 1.98% 2.53%
1962 9,404,406 96,042 2.07% 2.57%
1963 9,604,487 98,704 2.13% 2.77%
1964 9,814,318 101,603 2.18% 2.94%
1965 10,036,008 104,675 2.26% 3.02%
1966 10,266,395 107,906 2.3% 3.09%
1967 10,505,959 111,272 2.33% 3.12%
1968 10,756,922 114,713 2.39% 3.09%
1969 11,017,409 118,040 2.42% 2.9%
1970 11,290,128 120,736 2.48% 2.28%
1971 11,567,667 122,805 2.46% 1.71%
1972 11,853,696 124,676 2.47% 1.52%
1973 12,157,999 126,445 2.57% 1.42%
1974 12,469,127 128,185 2.56% 1.38%
1975 12,773,954 130,387 2.44% 1.72%
1976 13,059,851 133,099 2.24% 2.08%
1977 13,340,756 135,887 2.15% 2.09%
1978 13,611,441 138,713 2.03% 2.08%
1979 13,655,567 141,678 0.32% 2.14%
1980 13,169,311 145,062 -3.56% 2.39%
1981 11,937,581 148,786 -9.35% 2.57%
1982 10,991,378 152,548 -7.93% 2.53%
1983 10,917,982 156,297 -0.67% 2.46%
1984 11,190,221 160,044 2.49% 2.4%
1985 11,426,852 163,796 2.11% 2.34%
1986 11,420,074 167,554 -0.06% 2.29%
1987 11,387,818 171,338 -0.28% 2.26%
1988 11,523,298 175,180 1.19% 2.24%
1989 11,874,088 179,107 3.04% 2.24%
1990 12,045,660 183,076 1.44% 2.22%
1991 12,238,879 187,040 1.6% 2.17%
1992 13,278,974 190,983 8.5% 2.11%
1993 14,943,172 194,902 12.5% 2.05%
1994 16,250,794 199,097 8.75% 2.15%
1995 17,065,836 204,146 5.02% 2.54%
1996 17,763,266 210,310 4.09% 3.02%
1997 18,452,091 217,446 3.88% 3.39%
1998 19,159,996 225,173 3.84% 3.55%
1999 19,887,785 233,059 3.8% 3.5%
2000 20,130,327 240,799 1.22% 3.32%
2001 20,284,307 248,379 0.76% 3.15%
2002 21,378,117 256,009 5.39% 3.07%
2003 22,733,049 263,780 6.34% 3.04%
2004 23,560,654 271,688 3.64% 3%
2005 24,404,567 279,731 3.58% 2.96%
2006 25,424,094 287,878 4.18% 2.91%
2007 25,909,852 296,100 1.91% 2.86%
2008 26,482,622 304,361 2.21% 2.79%
2009 27,466,101 312,614 3.71% 2.71%
2010 28,284,089 320,245 2.98% 2.44%
2011 29,347,708 327,298 3.76% 2.2%
2012 30,560,034 334,414 4.13% 2.17%
2013 31,622,704 341,627 3.48% 2.16%
2014 32,792,523 348,923 3.7% 2.14%
2015 33,831,764 356,333 3.17% 2.12%
2016 34,700,612 364,705 2.57% 2.35%
2017 35,688,935 373,202 2.85% 2.33%
2018 36,743,039 380,226 2.95% 1.88%
2019 37,856,121 385,829 3.03% 1.47%
2020 39,068,979 390,812 3.2% 1.29%
2021 40,000,412 395,346 2.38% 1.16%
2022 40,578,842 402,733 1.45% 1.87%
2023 41,454,761 411,106 2.16% 2.08%
2024 42,647,492 417,072 2.88% 1.45%
2025 43,844,105 422,922 2.81% 1.4%
2026 45,047,056 428,651 2.74% 1.35%
2027 46,258,902 434,214 2.69% 1.3%
2028 47,470,560 439,588 2.62% 1.24%
2029 48,725,707 444,794 2.64% 1.18%
2030 50,039,392 449,845 2.7% 1.14%
2031 51,375,991 454,733 2.67% 1.09%
2032 52,707,835 459,517 2.59% 1.05%
2033 54,044,241 464,203 2.54% 1.02%
2034 55,359,451 468,777 2.43% 0.99%
2035 56,647,220 473,126 2.33% 0.93%
2036 57,953,651 477,230 2.31% 0.87%
2037 59,279,025 481,157 2.29% 0.82%
2038 60,597,829 484,877 2.22% 0.77%
2039 61,944,459 488,334 2.22% 0.71%
2040 63,347,863 491,592 2.27% 0.67%
2041 64,738,834 494,725 2.2% 0.64%
2042 66,060,206 497,695 2.04% 0.6%
2043 67,375,149 500,514 1.99% 0.57%
2044 68,703,950 503,171 1.97% 0.53%
2045 70,021,184 505,692 1.92% 0.5%
2046 71,384,682 508,116 1.95% 0.48%
2047 72,756,288 510,423 1.92% 0.45%
2048 74,109,717 512,657 1.86% 0.44%
2049 75,515,588 514,721 1.9% 0.4%
2050 76,885,118 516,621 1.81% 0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Belize gained 76,602 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Belize's population increased by 71,190 (a 20% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Belize was ranked 173rd in 2005 and ranked 171st 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 Belize will increase by 20.8% to 516,621 people and rank change from 171st to 172nd.

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