Population in Afghanistan compared to Cape Verde: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and Cape Verde: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Cape Verde	Afghanistan	Cape Verde
1960	9,035,043	210,024	-	-
1961	9,214,083	215,087	1.98%	2.41%
1962	9,404,406	221,919	2.07%	3.18%
1963	9,604,487	229,373	2.13%	3.36%
1964	9,814,318	237,006	2.18%	3.33%
1965	10,036,008	244,856	2.26%	3.31%
1966	10,266,395	252,976	2.3%	3.32%
1967	10,505,959	261,404	2.33%	3.33%
1968	10,756,922	270,164	2.39%	3.35%
1969	11,017,409	279,248	2.42%	3.36%
1970	11,290,128	287,885	2.48%	3.09%
1971	11,567,667	294,046	2.46%	2.14%
1972	11,853,696	297,386	2.47%	1.14%
1973	12,157,999	299,881	2.57%	0.84%
1974	12,469,127	302,570	2.56%	0.9%
1975	12,773,954	305,847	2.44%	1.08%
1976	13,059,851	309,455	2.24%	1.18%
1977	13,340,756	312,834	2.15%	1.09%
1978	13,611,441	316,147	2.03%	1.06%
1979	13,655,567	319,480	0.32%	1.05%
1980	13,169,311	323,301	-3.56%	1.2%
1981	11,937,581	327,846	-9.35%	1.41%
1982	10,991,378	332,724	-7.93%	1.49%
1983	10,917,982	337,654	-0.67%	1.48%
1984	11,190,221	342,505	2.49%	1.44%
1985	11,426,852	347,365	2.11%	1.42%
1986	11,420,074	352,312	-0.06%	1.42%
1987	11,387,818	357,302	-0.28%	1.42%
1988	11,523,298	362,329	1.19%	1.41%
1989	11,874,088	367,803	3.04%	1.51%
1990	12,045,660	375,428	1.44%	2.07%
1991	12,238,879	384,586	1.6%	2.44%
1992	13,278,974	393,415	8.5%	2.3%
1993	14,943,172	401,965	12.5%	2.17%
1994	16,250,794	410,228	8.75%	2.06%
1995	17,065,836	418,104	5.02%	1.92%
1996	17,763,266	425,581	4.09%	1.79%
1997	18,452,091	432,798	3.88%	1.7%
1998	19,159,996	439,784	3.84%	1.61%
1999	19,887,785	446,519	3.8%	1.53%
2000	20,130,327	453,317	1.22%	1.52%
2001	20,284,307	460,293	0.76%	1.54%
2002	21,378,117	467,046	5.39%	1.47%
2003	22,733,049	473,383	6.34%	1.36%
2004	23,560,654	479,370	3.64%	1.26%
2005	24,404,567	485,115	3.58%	1.2%
2006	25,424,094	490,728	4.18%	1.16%
2007	25,909,852	496,190	1.91%	1.11%
2008	26,482,622	501,355	2.21%	1.04%
2009	27,466,101	506,141	3.71%	0.95%
2010	28,284,089	509,784	2.98%	0.72%
2011	29,347,708	511,447	3.76%	0.33%
2012	30,560,034	511,955	4.13%	0.1%
2013	31,622,704	512,225	3.48%	0.05%
2014	32,792,523	512,326	3.7%	0.02%
2015	33,831,764	512,394	3.17%	0.01%
2016	34,700,612	512,554	2.57%	0.03%
2017	35,688,935	512,893	2.85%	0.07%
2018	36,743,039	513,415	2.95%	0.1%
2019	37,856,121	514,104	3.03%	0.13%
2020	39,068,979	514,679	3.2%	0.11%
2021	40,000,412	516,649	2.38%	0.38%
2022	40,578,842	519,741	1.45%	0.6%
2023	41,454,761	522,331	2.16%	0.5%
2024	42,647,492	524,877	2.88%	0.49%
2025	43,844,105	527,331	2.81%	0.47%
2026	45,047,056	529,641	2.74%	0.44%
2027	46,258,902	531,874	2.69%	0.42%
2028	47,470,560	534,119	2.62%	0.42%
2029	48,725,707	536,345	2.64%	0.42%
2030	50,039,392	538,617	2.7%	0.42%
2031	51,375,991	540,769	2.67%	0.4%
2032	52,707,835	542,801	2.59%	0.38%
2033	54,044,241	544,769	2.54%	0.36%
2034	55,359,451	546,653	2.43%	0.35%
2035	56,647,220	548,594	2.33%	0.36%
2036	57,953,651	550,481	2.31%	0.34%
2037	59,279,025	552,294	2.29%	0.33%
2038	60,597,829	554,085	2.22%	0.32%
2039	61,944,459	555,802	2.22%	0.31%
2040	63,347,863	557,378	2.27%	0.28%
2041	64,738,834	558,819	2.2%	0.26%
2042	66,060,206	560,139	2.04%	0.24%
2043	67,375,149	561,350	1.99%	0.22%
2044	68,703,950	562,468	1.97%	0.2%
2045	70,021,184	563,484	1.92%	0.18%
2046	71,384,682	564,357	1.95%	0.15%
2047	72,756,288	565,018	1.92%	0.12%
2048	74,109,717	565,511	1.86%	0.09%
2049	75,515,588	565,896	1.9%	0.07%
2050	76,885,118	566,140	1.81%	0.04%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Cape Verde gained 21,826 people (a 4.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Cape Verde's population increased by 17,111 (a 3.34% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Cape Verde was ranked 166th in 2006 and ranked 169th 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 Cape Verde will increase by 6.89% to 566,140 people and rank change from 169th to 167th.