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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Canada	Afghanistan	Canada
1960	9,035,043	17,909,356	-	-
1961	9,214,083	18,271,000	1.98%	2.02%
1962	9,404,406	18,614,000	2.07%	1.88%
1963	9,604,487	18,964,000	2.13%	1.88%
1964	9,814,318	19,325,000	2.18%	1.9%
1965	10,036,008	19,678,000	2.26%	1.83%
1966	10,266,395	20,048,000	2.3%	1.88%
1967	10,505,959	20,412,000	2.33%	1.82%
1968	10,756,922	20,744,000	2.39%	1.63%
1969	11,017,409	21,028,000	2.42%	1.37%
1970	11,290,128	21,324,000	2.48%	1.41%
1971	11,567,667	21,962,032	2.46%	2.99%
1972	11,853,696	22,218,463	2.47%	1.17%
1973	12,157,999	22,491,777	2.57%	1.23%
1974	12,469,127	22,807,969	2.56%	1.41%
1975	12,773,954	23,143,275	2.44%	1.47%
1976	13,059,851	23,449,808	2.24%	1.32%
1977	13,340,756	23,725,843	2.15%	1.18%
1978	13,611,441	23,963,203	2.03%	1%
1979	13,655,567	24,201,544	0.32%	0.99%
1980	13,169,311	24,515,667	-3.56%	1.3%
1981	11,937,581	24,819,915	-9.35%	1.24%
1982	10,991,378	25,116,942	-7.93%	1.2%
1983	10,917,982	25,366,451	-0.67%	0.99%
1984	11,190,221	25,607,053	2.49%	0.95%
1985	11,426,852	25,842,116	2.11%	0.92%
1986	11,420,074	26,100,278	-0.06%	1%
1987	11,387,818	26,446,601	-0.28%	1.33%
1988	11,523,298	26,791,747	1.19%	1.31%
1989	11,874,088	27,276,781	3.04%	1.81%
1990	12,045,660	27,691,138	1.44%	1.52%
1991	12,238,879	28,037,420	1.6%	1.25%
1992	13,278,974	28,371,264	8.5%	1.19%
1993	14,943,172	28,684,764	12.5%	1.1%
1994	16,250,794	29,000,663	8.75%	1.1%
1995	17,065,836	29,302,311	5.02%	1.04%
1996	17,763,266	29,610,218	4.09%	1.05%
1997	18,452,091	29,905,948	3.88%	1%
1998	19,159,996	30,155,173	3.84%	0.83%
1999	19,887,785	30,401,286	3.8%	0.82%
2000	20,130,327	30,685,730	1.22%	0.94%
2001	20,284,307	31,020,855	0.76%	1.09%
2002	21,378,117	31,359,199	5.39%	1.09%
2003	22,733,049	31,642,461	6.34%	0.9%
2004	23,560,654	31,938,807	3.64%	0.94%
2005	24,404,567	32,242,732	3.58%	0.95%
2006	25,424,094	32,571,193	4.18%	1.02%
2007	25,909,852	32,888,886	1.91%	0.98%
2008	26,482,622	33,247,298	2.21%	1.09%
2009	27,466,101	33,630,069	3.71%	1.15%
2010	28,284,089	34,005,902	2.98%	1.12%
2011	29,347,708	34,339,221	3.76%	0.98%
2012	30,560,034	34,713,395	4.13%	1.09%
2013	31,622,704	35,080,992	3.48%	1.06%
2014	32,792,523	35,434,066	3.7%	1.01%
2015	33,831,764	35,704,498	3.17%	0.76%
2016	34,700,612	36,110,803	2.57%	1.14%
2017	35,688,935	36,545,075	2.85%	1.2%
2018	36,743,039	37,072,620	2.95%	1.44%
2019	37,856,121	37,618,495	3.03%	1.47%
2020	39,068,979	38,028,638	3.2%	1.09%
2021	40,000,412	38,239,864	2.38%	0.56%
2022	40,578,842	38,935,934	1.45%	1.82%
2023	41,454,761	40,083,484	2.16%	2.95%
2024	42,647,492	41,288,599	2.88%	3.01%
2025	43,844,105	41,687,850	2.81%	0.97%
2026	45,047,056	42,042,113	2.74%	0.85%
2027	46,258,902	42,368,857	2.69%	0.78%
2028	47,470,560	42,683,927	2.62%	0.74%
2029	48,725,707	42,986,030	2.64%	0.71%
2030	50,039,392	43,276,190	2.7%	0.68%
2031	51,375,991	43,559,839	2.67%	0.66%
2032	52,707,835	43,833,228	2.59%	0.63%
2033	54,044,241	44,089,067	2.54%	0.58%
2034	55,359,451	44,336,794	2.43%	0.56%
2035	56,647,220	44,574,481	2.33%	0.54%
2036	57,953,651	44,802,196	2.31%	0.51%
2037	59,279,025	45,029,252	2.29%	0.51%
2038	60,597,829	45,250,482	2.22%	0.49%
2039	61,944,459	45,461,809	2.22%	0.47%
2040	63,347,863	45,661,339	2.27%	0.44%
2041	64,738,834	45,855,081	2.2%	0.42%
2042	66,060,206	46,046,286	2.04%	0.42%
2043	67,375,149	46,232,447	1.99%	0.4%
2044	68,703,950	46,413,908	1.97%	0.39%
2045	70,021,184	46,594,973	1.92%	0.39%
2046	71,384,682	46,768,120	1.95%	0.37%
2047	72,756,288	46,930,946	1.92%	0.35%
2048	74,109,717	47,092,745	1.86%	0.34%
2049	75,515,588	47,246,217	1.9%	0.33%
2050	76,885,118	47,396,788	1.81%	0.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Canada gained 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Canada's population increased by 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Canada was ranked 35th in 2006 and ranked 38th 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 Canada will increase by 12.7% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.