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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Brunei	Afghanistan	Brunei
1960	9,035,043	88,347	-	-
1961	9,214,083	92,517	1.98%	4.72%
1962	9,404,406	96,719	2.07%	4.54%
1963	9,604,487	101,159	2.13%	4.59%
1964	9,814,318	105,922	2.18%	4.71%
1965	10,036,008	110,838	2.26%	4.64%
1966	10,266,395	115,874	2.3%	4.54%
1967	10,505,959	121,017	2.33%	4.44%
1968	10,756,922	126,222	2.39%	4.3%
1969	11,017,409	131,446	2.42%	4.14%
1970	11,290,128	135,138	2.48%	2.81%
1971	11,567,667	137,921	2.46%	2.06%
1972	11,853,696	142,189	2.47%	3.09%
1973	12,157,999	147,369	2.57%	3.64%
1974	12,469,127	152,656	2.56%	3.59%
1975	12,773,954	158,070	2.44%	3.55%
1976	13,059,851	163,607	2.24%	3.5%
1977	13,340,756	169,277	2.15%	3.47%
1978	13,611,441	174,884	2.03%	3.31%
1979	13,655,567	180,422	0.32%	3.17%
1980	13,169,311	186,111	-3.56%	3.15%
1981	11,937,581	191,977	-9.35%	3.15%
1982	10,991,378	198,165	-7.93%	3.22%
1983	10,917,982	204,741	-0.67%	3.32%
1984	11,190,221	211,661	2.49%	3.38%
1985	11,426,852	218,919	2.11%	3.43%
1986	11,420,074	226,495	-0.06%	3.46%
1987	11,387,818	233,860	-0.28%	3.25%
1988	11,523,298	240,913	1.19%	3.02%
1989	11,874,088	248,064	3.04%	2.97%
1990	12,045,660	255,292	1.44%	2.91%
1991	12,238,879	262,596	1.6%	2.86%
1992	13,278,974	269,839	8.5%	2.76%
1993	14,943,172	276,971	12.5%	2.64%
1994	16,250,794	284,091	8.75%	2.57%
1995	17,065,836	291,195	5.02%	2.5%
1996	17,763,266	298,276	4.09%	2.43%
1997	18,452,091	305,341	3.88%	2.37%
1998	19,159,996	312,385	3.84%	2.31%
1999	19,887,785	319,411	3.8%	2.25%
2000	20,130,327	326,424	1.22%	2.2%
2001	20,284,307	333,345	0.76%	2.12%
2002	21,378,117	340,099	5.39%	2.03%
2003	22,733,049	346,637	6.34%	1.92%
2004	23,560,654	352,911	3.64%	1.81%
2005	24,404,567	358,916	3.58%	1.7%
2006	25,424,094	364,663	4.18%	1.6%
2007	25,909,852	370,873	1.91%	1.7%
2008	26,482,622	377,793	2.21%	1.87%
2009	27,466,101	384,952	3.71%	1.89%
2010	28,284,089	392,332	2.98%	1.92%
2011	29,347,708	399,389	3.76%	1.8%
2012	30,560,034	405,557	4.13%	1.54%
2013	31,622,704	411,202	3.48%	1.39%
2014	32,792,523	416,750	3.7%	1.35%
2015	33,831,764	422,212	3.17%	1.31%
2016	34,700,612	427,564	2.57%	1.27%
2017	35,688,935	432,772	2.85%	1.22%
2018	36,743,039	437,810	2.95%	1.16%
2019	37,856,121	442,680	3.03%	1.11%
2020	39,068,979	447,404	3.2%	1.07%
2021	40,000,412	451,721	2.38%	0.96%
2022	40,578,842	455,370	1.45%	0.81%
2023	41,454,761	458,949	2.16%	0.79%
2024	42,647,492	462,721	2.88%	0.82%
2025	43,844,105	466,324	2.81%	0.78%
2026	45,047,056	469,766	2.74%	0.74%
2027	46,258,902	473,148	2.69%	0.72%
2028	47,470,560	476,428	2.62%	0.69%
2029	48,725,707	479,491	2.64%	0.64%
2030	50,039,392	482,438	2.7%	0.61%
2031	51,375,991	485,308	2.67%	0.59%
2032	52,707,835	487,943	2.59%	0.54%
2033	54,044,241	490,424	2.54%	0.51%
2034	55,359,451	492,887	2.43%	0.5%
2035	56,647,220	495,286	2.33%	0.49%
2036	57,953,651	497,544	2.31%	0.46%
2037	59,279,025	499,693	2.29%	0.43%
2038	60,597,829	501,910	2.22%	0.44%
2039	61,944,459	504,061	2.22%	0.43%
2040	63,347,863	505,968	2.27%	0.38%
2041	64,738,834	507,800	2.2%	0.36%
2042	66,060,206	509,531	2.04%	0.34%
2043	67,375,149	511,124	1.99%	0.31%
2044	68,703,950	512,586	1.97%	0.29%
2045	70,021,184	514,047	1.92%	0.29%
2046	71,384,682	515,409	1.95%	0.26%
2047	72,756,288	516,596	1.92%	0.23%
2048	74,109,717	517,693	1.86%	0.21%
2049	75,515,588	518,684	1.9%	0.19%
2050	76,885,118	519,542	1.81%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Brunei gained 62,901 people (a 17.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Brunei's population increased by 42,238 (a 9.88% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Brunei was ranked 169th in 2006 and ranked 170th 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 Brunei will increase by 10.6% to 519,542 people and rank change from 170th to 171st.