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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Cameroon	Afghanistan	Cameroon
1960	9,035,043	5,159,057	-	-
1961	9,214,083	5,239,273	1.98%	1.55%
1962	9,404,406	5,338,620	2.07%	1.9%
1963	9,604,487	5,456,623	2.13%	2.21%
1964	9,814,318	5,578,257	2.18%	2.23%
1965	10,036,008	5,704,686	2.26%	2.27%
1966	10,266,395	5,837,295	2.3%	2.32%
1967	10,505,959	5,977,318	2.33%	2.4%
1968	10,756,922	6,125,863	2.39%	2.49%
1969	11,017,409	6,283,462	2.42%	2.57%
1970	11,290,128	6,449,793	2.48%	2.65%
1971	11,567,667	6,624,408	2.46%	2.71%
1972	11,853,696	6,806,872	2.47%	2.75%
1973	12,157,999	6,996,660	2.57%	2.79%
1974	12,469,127	7,193,583	2.56%	2.81%
1975	12,773,954	7,397,120	2.44%	2.83%
1976	13,059,851	7,597,962	2.24%	2.72%
1977	13,340,756	7,796,501	2.15%	2.61%
1978	13,611,441	8,011,921	2.03%	2.76%
1979	13,655,567	8,239,641	0.32%	2.84%
1980	13,169,311	8,512,219	-3.56%	3.31%
1981	11,937,581	8,816,377	-9.35%	3.57%
1982	10,991,378	9,028,678	-7.93%	2.41%
1983	10,917,982	9,215,397	-0.67%	2.07%
1984	11,190,221	9,475,078	2.49%	2.82%
1985	11,426,852	9,761,730	2.11%	3.03%
1986	11,420,074	10,060,342	-0.06%	3.06%
1987	11,387,818	10,370,749	-0.28%	3.09%
1988	11,523,298	10,684,968	1.19%	3.03%
1989	11,874,088	11,002,745	3.04%	2.97%
1990	12,045,660	11,331,821	1.44%	2.99%
1991	12,238,879	11,667,180	1.6%	2.96%
1992	13,278,974	12,006,353	8.5%	2.91%
1993	14,943,172	12,353,131	12.5%	2.89%
1994	16,250,794	12,704,903	8.75%	2.85%
1995	17,065,836	13,058,516	5.02%	2.78%
1996	17,763,266	13,414,757	4.09%	2.73%
1997	18,452,091	13,775,214	3.88%	2.69%
1998	19,159,996	14,144,860	3.84%	2.68%
1999	19,887,785	14,525,140	3.8%	2.69%
2000	20,130,327	14,912,631	1.22%	2.67%
2001	20,284,307	15,309,490	0.76%	2.66%
2002	21,378,117	15,725,528	5.39%	2.72%
2003	22,733,049	16,160,340	6.34%	2.77%
2004	23,560,654	16,610,487	3.64%	2.79%
2005	24,404,567	17,074,594	3.58%	2.79%
2006	25,424,094	17,550,407	4.18%	2.79%
2007	25,909,852	18,049,896	1.91%	2.85%
2008	26,482,622	18,574,056	2.21%	2.9%
2009	27,466,101	19,113,974	3.71%	2.91%
2010	28,284,089	19,668,066	2.98%	2.9%
2011	29,347,708	20,232,304	3.76%	2.87%
2012	30,560,034	20,809,529	4.13%	2.85%
2013	31,622,704	21,402,376	3.48%	2.85%
2014	32,792,523	22,059,893	3.7%	3.07%
2015	33,831,764	22,763,414	3.17%	3.19%
2016	34,700,612	23,454,161	2.57%	3.03%
2017	35,688,935	24,128,601	2.85%	2.88%
2018	36,743,039	24,806,383	2.95%	2.81%
2019	37,856,121	25,506,095	3.03%	2.82%
2020	39,068,979	26,210,558	3.2%	2.76%
2021	40,000,412	26,915,758	2.38%	2.69%
2022	40,578,842	27,632,771	1.45%	2.66%
2023	41,454,761	28,372,687	2.16%	2.68%
2024	42,647,492	29,123,744	2.88%	2.65%
2025	43,844,105	29,879,335	2.81%	2.59%
2026	45,047,056	30,640,810	2.74%	2.55%
2027	46,258,902	31,410,378	2.69%	2.51%
2028	47,470,560	32,190,667	2.62%	2.48%
2029	48,725,707	32,979,275	2.64%	2.45%
2030	50,039,392	33,777,182	2.7%	2.42%
2031	51,375,991	34,584,118	2.67%	2.39%
2032	52,707,835	35,399,666	2.59%	2.36%
2033	54,044,241	36,223,480	2.54%	2.33%
2034	55,359,451	37,054,803	2.43%	2.29%
2035	56,647,220	37,893,817	2.33%	2.26%
2036	57,953,651	38,742,461	2.31%	2.24%
2037	59,279,025	39,600,369	2.29%	2.21%
2038	60,597,829	40,463,007	2.22%	2.18%
2039	61,944,459	41,332,840	2.22%	2.15%
2040	63,347,863	42,207,999	2.27%	2.12%
2041	64,738,834	43,089,974	2.2%	2.09%
2042	66,060,206	43,976,014	2.04%	2.06%
2043	67,375,149	44,857,795	1.99%	2.01%
2044	68,703,950	45,741,469	1.97%	1.97%
2045	70,021,184	46,629,033	1.92%	1.94%
2046	71,384,682	47,519,028	1.95%	1.91%
2047	72,756,288	48,413,775	1.92%	1.88%
2048	74,109,717	49,308,762	1.86%	1.85%
2049	75,515,588	50,203,267	1.9%	1.81%
2050	76,885,118	51,096,315	1.81%	1.78%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Cameroon gained 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Cameroon's population increased by 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Cameroon was ranked 59th in 2006 and ranked 51st 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 Cameroon will increase by 66.7% to 51,096,315 people and rank change from 51st to 41st.