Population in Afghanistan compared to the Cayman Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and the Cayman Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Cayman Islands	Afghanistan	Cayman Islands
1960	9,035,043	8,428	-	-
1961	9,214,083	8,601	1.98%	2.05%
1962	9,404,406	8,781	2.07%	2.09%
1963	9,604,487	8,970	2.13%	2.15%
1964	9,814,318	9,166	2.18%	2.19%
1965	10,036,008	9,361	2.26%	2.13%
1966	10,266,395	9,560	2.3%	2.13%
1967	10,505,959	9,769	2.33%	2.19%
1968	10,756,922	9,971	2.39%	2.07%
1969	11,017,409	10,165	2.42%	1.95%
1970	11,290,128	10,517	2.48%	3.46%
1971	11,567,667	11,098	2.46%	5.52%
1972	11,853,696	11,764	2.47%	6%
1973	12,157,999	12,438	2.57%	5.73%
1974	12,469,127	13,114	2.56%	5.43%
1975	12,773,954	13,788	2.44%	5.14%
1976	13,059,851	14,454	2.24%	4.83%
1977	13,340,756	15,105	2.15%	4.5%
1978	13,611,441	15,727	2.03%	4.12%
1979	13,655,567	16,351	0.32%	3.97%
1980	13,169,311	17,079	-3.56%	4.45%
1981	11,937,581	17,905	-9.35%	4.84%
1982	10,991,378	18,750	-7.93%	4.72%
1983	10,917,982	19,598	-0.67%	4.52%
1984	11,190,221	20,454	2.49%	4.37%
1985	11,426,852	21,324	2.11%	4.25%
1986	11,420,074	22,197	-0.06%	4.09%
1987	11,387,818	23,073	-0.28%	3.95%
1988	11,523,298	23,951	1.19%	3.81%
1989	11,874,088	24,874	3.04%	3.85%
1990	12,045,660	25,999	1.44%	4.52%
1991	12,238,879	27,294	1.6%	4.98%
1992	13,278,974	28,621	8.5%	4.86%
1993	14,943,172	29,976	12.5%	4.73%
1994	16,250,794	31,352	8.75%	4.59%
1995	17,065,836	32,743	5.02%	4.44%
1996	17,763,266	34,143	4.09%	4.28%
1997	18,452,091	35,543	3.88%	4.1%
1998	19,159,996	36,922	3.84%	3.88%
1999	19,887,785	38,284	3.8%	3.69%
2000	20,130,327	39,674	1.22%	3.63%
2001	20,284,307	41,089	0.76%	3.57%
2002	21,378,117	42,514	5.39%	3.47%
2003	22,733,049	43,934	6.34%	3.34%
2004	23,560,654	45,352	3.64%	3.23%
2005	24,404,567	46,788	3.58%	3.17%
2006	25,424,094	48,232	4.18%	3.09%
2007	25,909,852	49,687	1.91%	3.02%
2008	26,482,622	51,151	2.21%	2.95%
2009	27,466,101	52,618	3.71%	2.87%
2010	28,284,089	54,099	2.98%	2.81%
2011	29,347,708	55,606	3.76%	2.79%
2012	30,560,034	57,136	4.13%	2.75%
2013	31,622,704	58,655	3.48%	2.66%
2014	32,792,523	60,160	3.7%	2.57%
2015	33,831,764	61,642	3.17%	2.46%
2016	34,700,612	63,100	2.57%	2.37%
2017	35,688,935	64,535	2.85%	2.27%
2018	36,743,039	65,941	2.95%	2.18%
2019	37,856,121	67,327	3.03%	2.1%
2020	39,068,979	68,684	3.2%	2.02%
2021	40,000,412	70,108	2.38%	2.07%
2022	40,578,842	71,591	1.45%	2.12%
2023	41,454,761	73,038	2.16%	2.02%
2024	42,647,492	74,457	2.88%	1.94%
2025	43,844,105	75,842	2.81%	1.86%
2026	45,047,056	77,197	2.74%	1.79%
2027	46,258,902	78,532	2.69%	1.73%
2028	47,470,560	79,852	2.62%	1.68%
2029	48,725,707	81,146	2.64%	1.62%
2030	50,039,392	82,412	2.7%	1.56%
2031	51,375,991	83,676	2.67%	1.53%
2032	52,707,835	84,915	2.59%	1.48%
2033	54,044,241	86,125	2.54%	1.42%
2034	55,359,451	87,319	2.43%	1.39%
2035	56,647,220	88,457	2.33%	1.3%
2036	57,953,651	89,597	2.31%	1.29%
2037	59,279,025	90,741	2.29%	1.28%
2038	60,597,829	91,867	2.22%	1.24%
2039	61,944,459	92,983	2.22%	1.21%
2040	63,347,863	94,101	2.27%	1.2%
2041	64,738,834	95,206	2.2%	1.17%
2042	66,060,206	96,287	2.04%	1.14%
2043	67,375,149	97,352	1.99%	1.11%
2044	68,703,950	98,386	1.97%	1.06%
2045	70,021,184	99,371	1.92%	1%
2046	71,384,682	100,330	1.95%	0.96%
2047	72,756,288	101,257	1.92%	0.92%
2048	74,109,717	102,188	1.86%	0.92%
2049	75,515,588	103,075	1.9%	0.87%
2050	76,885,118	103,943	1.81%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 15,288 (a 24.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th in 2005 and ranked 187th 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 the Cayman Islands will increase by 35.1% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.