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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Cambodia	Afghanistan	Cambodia
1960	9,035,043	5,449,966	-	-
1961	9,214,083	5,571,168	1.98%	2.22%
1962	9,404,406	5,697,558	2.07%	2.27%
1963	9,604,487	5,823,010	2.13%	2.2%
1964	9,814,318	5,946,178	2.18%	2.12%
1965	10,036,008	6,072,289	2.26%	2.12%
1966	10,266,395	6,201,232	2.3%	2.12%
1967	10,505,959	6,332,944	2.33%	2.12%
1968	10,756,922	6,467,324	2.39%	2.12%
1969	11,017,409	6,604,725	2.42%	2.12%
1970	11,290,128	6,639,182	2.48%	0.52%
1971	11,567,667	6,620,880	2.46%	-0.28%
1972	11,853,696	6,673,886	2.47%	0.8%
1973	12,157,999	6,739,726	2.57%	0.99%
1974	12,469,127	6,783,240	2.56%	0.65%
1975	12,773,954	6,581,371	2.44%	-2.98%
1976	13,059,851	6,134,991	2.24%	-6.78%
1977	13,340,756	5,668,551	2.15%	-7.6%
1978	13,611,441	5,211,653	2.03%	-8.06%
1979	13,655,567	5,088,808	0.32%	-2.36%
1980	13,169,311	5,199,872	-3.56%	2.18%
1981	11,937,581	5,284,495	-9.35%	1.63%
1982	10,991,378	5,436,432	-7.93%	2.88%
1983	10,917,982	5,636,203	-0.67%	3.67%
1984	11,190,221	5,845,117	2.49%	3.71%
1985	11,426,852	6,043,783	2.11%	3.4%
1986	11,420,074	6,285,693	-0.06%	4%
1987	11,387,818	6,557,970	-0.28%	4.33%
1988	11,523,298	6,812,014	1.19%	3.87%
1989	11,874,088	7,073,473	3.04%	3.84%
1990	12,045,660	7,374,752	1.44%	4.26%
1991	12,238,879	7,686,850	1.6%	4.23%
1992	13,278,974	8,113,083	8.5%	5.54%
1993	14,943,172	8,616,381	12.5%	6.2%
1994	16,250,794	9,239,162	8.75%	7.23%
1995	17,065,836	10,018,497	5.02%	8.44%
1996	17,763,266	10,801,270	4.09%	7.81%
1997	18,452,091	11,570,982	3.88%	7.13%
1998	19,159,996	12,058,173	3.84%	4.21%
1999	19,887,785	12,265,731	3.8%	1.72%
2000	20,130,327	12,462,336	1.22%	1.6%
2001	20,284,307	12,658,484	0.76%	1.57%
2002	21,378,117	12,855,241	5.39%	1.55%
2003	22,733,049	13,050,968	6.34%	1.52%
2004	23,560,654	13,244,731	3.64%	1.48%
2005	24,404,567	13,439,202	3.58%	1.47%
2006	25,424,094	13,639,028	4.18%	1.49%
2007	25,909,852	13,841,770	1.91%	1.49%
2008	26,482,622	14,053,479	2.21%	1.53%
2009	27,466,101	14,276,810	3.71%	1.59%
2010	28,284,089	14,500,726	2.98%	1.57%
2011	29,347,708	14,722,584	3.76%	1.53%
2012	30,560,034	14,945,085	4.13%	1.51%
2013	31,622,704	15,170,208	3.48%	1.51%
2014	32,792,523	15,396,772	3.7%	1.49%
2015	33,831,764	15,623,251	3.17%	1.47%
2016	34,700,612	15,852,803	2.57%	1.47%
2017	35,688,935	16,073,372	2.85%	1.39%
2018	36,743,039	16,274,522	2.95%	1.25%
2019	37,856,121	16,481,304	3.03%	1.27%
2020	39,068,979	16,725,474	3.2%	1.48%
2021	40,000,412	16,974,305	2.38%	1.49%
2022	40,578,842	17,201,724	1.45%	1.34%
2023	41,454,761	17,423,880	2.16%	1.29%
2024	42,647,492	17,638,801	2.88%	1.23%
2025	43,844,105	17,847,976	2.81%	1.19%
2026	45,047,056	18,051,214	2.74%	1.14%
2027	46,258,902	18,250,137	2.69%	1.1%
2028	47,470,560	18,446,768	2.62%	1.08%
2029	48,725,707	18,639,395	2.64%	1.04%
2030	50,039,392	18,827,380	2.7%	1.01%
2031	51,375,991	19,012,049	2.67%	0.98%
2032	52,707,835	19,193,347	2.59%	0.95%
2033	54,044,241	19,371,575	2.54%	0.93%
2034	55,359,451	19,546,868	2.43%	0.9%
2035	56,647,220	19,720,135	2.33%	0.89%
2036	57,953,651	19,889,525	2.31%	0.86%
2037	59,279,025	20,055,496	2.29%	0.83%
2038	60,597,829	20,220,797	2.22%	0.82%
2039	61,944,459	20,382,857	2.22%	0.8%
2040	63,347,863	20,540,677	2.27%	0.77%
2041	64,738,834	20,695,378	2.2%	0.75%
2042	66,060,206	20,848,368	2.04%	0.74%
2043	67,375,149	20,998,535	1.99%	0.72%
2044	68,703,950	21,144,573	1.97%	0.7%
2045	70,021,184	21,286,229	1.92%	0.67%
2046	71,384,682	21,424,338	1.95%	0.65%
2047	72,756,288	21,558,214	1.92%	0.62%
2048	74,109,717	21,687,184	1.86%	0.6%
2049	75,515,588	21,812,182	1.9%	0.58%
2050	76,885,118	21,931,449	1.81%	0.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Cambodia gained 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Cambodia's population increased by 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Cambodia was ranked 67th in 2005 and ranked 73rd 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 Cambodia will increase by 21.8% to 21,931,449 people and will still be ranked 73rd.