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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Brazil	Afghanistan	Brazil
1960	9,035,043	72,388,126	-	-
1961	9,214,083	74,605,447	1.98%	3.06%
1962	9,404,406	76,865,323	2.07%	3.03%
1963	9,604,487	79,164,235	2.13%	2.99%
1964	9,814,318	81,488,595	2.18%	2.94%
1965	10,036,008	83,817,583	2.26%	2.86%
1966	10,266,395	86,139,359	2.3%	2.77%
1967	10,505,959	88,446,124	2.33%	2.68%
1968	10,756,922	90,741,240	2.39%	2.59%
1969	11,017,409	93,045,777	2.42%	2.54%
1970	11,290,128	95,375,651	2.48%	2.5%
1971	11,567,667	97,739,273	2.46%	2.48%
1972	11,853,696	100,146,797	2.47%	2.46%
1973	12,157,999	102,600,976	2.57%	2.45%
1974	12,469,127	105,089,675	2.56%	2.43%
1975	12,773,954	107,619,565	2.44%	2.41%
1976	13,059,851	110,213,349	2.24%	2.41%
1977	13,340,756	112,875,292	2.15%	2.42%
1978	13,611,441	115,600,942	2.03%	2.41%
1979	13,655,567	118,380,821	0.32%	2.4%
1980	13,169,311	121,207,461	-3.56%	2.39%
1981	11,937,581	124,063,109	-9.35%	2.36%
1982	10,991,378	126,923,155	-7.93%	2.31%
1983	10,917,982	129,790,077	-0.67%	2.26%
1984	11,190,221	132,658,864	2.49%	2.21%
1985	11,426,852	135,515,595	2.11%	2.15%
1986	11,420,074	138,336,370	-0.06%	2.08%
1987	11,387,818	141,104,944	-0.28%	2%
1988	11,523,298	143,826,357	1.19%	1.93%
1989	11,874,088	146,502,972	3.04%	1.86%
1990	12,045,660	149,143,223	1.44%	1.8%
1991	12,238,879	151,724,256	1.6%	1.73%
1992	13,278,974	154,275,079	8.5%	1.68%
1993	14,943,172	156,794,577	12.5%	1.63%
1994	16,250,794	159,265,006	8.75%	1.58%
1995	17,065,836	161,735,073	5.02%	1.55%
1996	17,763,266	164,202,549	4.09%	1.53%
1997	18,452,091	166,661,659	3.88%	1.5%
1998	19,159,996	169,159,655	3.84%	1.5%
1999	19,887,785	171,641,543	3.8%	1.47%
2000	20,130,327	174,018,282	1.22%	1.38%
2001	20,284,307	176,301,203	0.76%	1.31%
2002	21,378,117	178,503,484	5.39%	1.25%
2003	22,733,049	180,622,688	6.34%	1.19%
2004	23,560,654	182,675,143	3.64%	1.14%
2005	24,404,567	184,688,101	3.58%	1.1%
2006	25,424,094	186,653,106	4.18%	1.06%
2007	25,909,852	188,552,320	1.91%	1.02%
2008	26,482,622	190,367,302	2.21%	0.96%
2009	27,466,101	192,079,951	3.71%	0.9%
2010	28,284,089	193,701,929	2.98%	0.84%
2011	29,347,708	195,284,734	3.76%	0.82%
2012	30,560,034	196,876,111	4.13%	0.81%
2013	31,622,704	198,478,299	3.48%	0.81%
2014	32,792,523	200,085,127	3.7%	0.81%
2015	33,831,764	201,675,532	3.17%	0.79%
2016	34,700,612	203,218,114	2.57%	0.76%
2017	35,688,935	204,703,445	2.85%	0.73%
2018	36,743,039	206,107,261	2.95%	0.69%
2019	37,856,121	207,455,459	3.03%	0.65%
2020	39,068,979	208,660,842	3.2%	0.58%
2021	40,000,412	209,550,294	2.38%	0.43%
2022	40,578,842	210,306,415	1.45%	0.36%
2023	41,454,761	211,140,729	2.16%	0.4%
2024	42,647,492	211,998,573	2.88%	0.41%
2025	43,844,105	212,812,405	2.81%	0.38%
2026	45,047,056	213,562,674	2.74%	0.35%
2027	46,258,902	214,261,037	2.69%	0.33%
2028	47,470,560	214,911,388	2.62%	0.3%
2029	48,725,707	215,515,178	2.64%	0.28%
2030	50,039,392	216,074,424	2.7%	0.26%
2031	51,375,991	216,587,355	2.67%	0.24%
2032	52,707,835	217,055,392	2.59%	0.22%
2033	54,044,241	217,479,394	2.54%	0.2%
2034	55,359,451	217,860,892	2.43%	0.18%
2035	56,647,220	218,199,715	2.33%	0.16%
2036	57,953,651	218,495,215	2.31%	0.14%
2037	59,279,025	218,747,246	2.29%	0.12%
2038	60,597,829	218,955,573	2.22%	0.1%
2039	61,944,459	219,118,385	2.22%	0.07%
2040	63,347,863	219,237,085	2.27%	0.05%
2041	64,738,834	219,307,158	2.2%	0.03%
2042	66,060,206	219,319,771	2.04%	0.006%
2043	67,375,149	219,276,528	1.99%	-0.02%
2044	68,703,950	219,179,002	1.97%	-0.04%
2045	70,021,184	219,026,208	1.92%	-0.07%
2046	71,384,682	218,821,045	1.95%	-0.09%
2047	72,756,288	218,565,379	1.92%	-0.12%
2048	74,109,717	218,258,225	1.86%	-0.14%
2049	75,515,588	217,897,833	1.9%	-0.17%
2050	76,885,118	217,489,309	1.81%	-0.19%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Brazil gained 16,565,008 people (a 8.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Brazil's population increased by 10,352,192 (a 5.09% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Brazil was ranked 5th in 2006 and ranked 7th 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 Brazil will increase by 1.83% to 217,489,309 people and rank change from 7th to 9th.