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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Benin	Afghanistan	Benin
1960	9,035,043	2,517,286	-	-
1961	9,214,083	2,559,223	1.98%	1.67%
1962	9,404,406	2,604,659	2.07%	1.78%
1963	9,604,487	2,652,908	2.13%	1.85%
1964	9,814,318	2,704,003	2.18%	1.93%
1965	10,036,008	2,757,936	2.26%	1.99%
1966	10,266,395	2,814,317	2.3%	2.04%
1967	10,505,959	2,872,997	2.33%	2.09%
1968	10,756,922	2,934,257	2.39%	2.13%
1969	11,017,409	2,998,222	2.42%	2.18%
1970	11,290,128	3,065,057	2.48%	2.23%
1971	11,567,667	3,134,767	2.46%	2.27%
1972	11,853,696	3,207,543	2.47%	2.32%
1973	12,157,999	3,283,496	2.57%	2.37%
1974	12,469,127	3,362,633	2.56%	2.41%
1975	12,773,954	3,445,407	2.44%	2.46%
1976	13,059,851	3,532,196	2.24%	2.52%
1977	13,340,756	3,623,202	2.15%	2.58%
1978	13,611,441	3,718,305	2.03%	2.62%
1979	13,655,567	3,818,528	0.32%	2.7%
1980	13,169,311	3,925,251	-3.56%	2.79%
1981	11,937,581	4,038,307	-9.35%	2.88%
1982	10,991,378	4,156,596	-7.93%	2.93%
1983	10,917,982	4,278,978	-0.67%	2.94%
1984	11,190,221	4,405,895	2.49%	2.97%
1985	11,426,852	4,538,012	2.11%	3%
1986	11,420,074	4,675,420	-0.06%	3.03%
1987	11,387,818	4,818,486	-0.28%	3.06%
1988	11,523,298	4,967,341	1.19%	3.09%
1989	11,874,088	5,121,657	3.04%	3.11%
1990	12,045,660	5,281,479	1.44%	3.12%
1991	12,238,879	5,446,932	1.6%	3.13%
1992	13,278,974	5,617,844	8.5%	3.14%
1993	14,943,172	5,872,706	12.5%	4.54%
1994	16,250,794	6,096,506	8.75%	3.81%
1995	17,065,836	6,226,773	5.02%	2.14%
1996	17,763,266	6,391,858	4.09%	2.65%
1997	18,452,091	6,583,365	3.88%	3%
1998	19,159,996	6,789,489	3.84%	3.13%
1999	19,887,785	7,002,818	3.8%	3.14%
2000	20,130,327	7,221,619	1.22%	3.12%
2001	20,284,307	7,445,596	0.76%	3.1%
2002	21,378,117	7,675,426	5.39%	3.09%
2003	22,733,049	7,913,070	6.34%	3.1%
2004	23,560,654	8,159,094	3.64%	3.11%
2005	24,404,567	8,426,144	3.58%	3.27%
2006	25,424,094	8,693,242	4.18%	3.17%
2007	25,909,852	8,953,969	1.91%	3%
2008	26,482,622	9,228,466	2.21%	3.07%
2009	27,466,101	9,509,423	3.71%	3.04%
2010	28,284,089	9,797,484	2.98%	3.03%
2011	29,347,708	10,093,623	3.76%	3.02%
2012	30,560,034	10,397,657	4.13%	3.01%
2013	31,622,704	10,708,834	3.48%	2.99%
2014	32,792,523	11,030,004	3.7%	3%
2015	33,831,764	11,360,681	3.17%	3%
2016	34,700,612	11,697,842	2.57%	2.97%
2017	35,688,935	12,039,780	2.85%	2.92%
2018	36,743,039	12,383,347	2.95%	2.85%
2019	37,856,121	12,726,755	3.03%	2.77%
2020	39,068,979	13,070,169	3.2%	2.7%
2021	40,000,412	13,413,417	2.38%	2.63%
2022	40,578,842	13,759,501	1.45%	2.58%
2023	41,454,761	14,111,034	2.16%	2.55%
2024	42,647,492	14,462,724	2.88%	2.49%
2025	43,844,105	14,814,463	2.81%	2.43%
2026	45,047,056	15,170,422	2.74%	2.4%
2027	46,258,902	15,529,420	2.69%	2.37%
2028	47,470,560	15,890,289	2.62%	2.32%
2029	48,725,707	16,253,927	2.64%	2.29%
2030	50,039,392	16,618,827	2.7%	2.24%
2031	51,375,991	16,985,939	2.67%	2.21%
2032	52,707,835	17,357,069	2.59%	2.18%
2033	54,044,241	17,731,448	2.54%	2.16%
2034	55,359,451	18,109,922	2.43%	2.13%
2035	56,647,220	18,492,634	2.33%	2.11%
2036	57,953,651	18,878,049	2.31%	2.08%
2037	59,279,025	19,264,504	2.29%	2.05%
2038	60,597,829	19,655,285	2.22%	2.03%
2039	61,944,459	20,049,973	2.22%	2.01%
2040	63,347,863	20,445,765	2.27%	1.97%
2041	64,738,834	20,843,268	2.2%	1.94%
2042	66,060,206	21,242,984	2.04%	1.92%
2043	67,375,149	21,643,647	1.99%	1.89%
2044	68,703,950	22,042,581	1.97%	1.84%
2045	70,021,184	22,443,653	1.92%	1.82%
2046	71,384,682	22,846,199	1.95%	1.79%
2047	72,756,288	23,245,147	1.92%	1.75%
2048	74,109,717	23,642,198	1.86%	1.71%
2049	75,515,588	24,038,614	1.9%	1.68%
2050	76,885,118	24,433,817	1.81%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Benin gained 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Benin's population increased by 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Benin was ranked 89th in 2006 and ranked 76th 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 Benin will increase by 61% to 24,433,817 people and rank change from 76th to 68th.