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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Chad	Afghanistan	Chad
1960	9,035,043	3,049,838	-	-
1961	9,214,083	3,111,947	1.98%	2.04%
1962	9,404,406	3,175,598	2.07%	2.05%
1963	9,604,487	3,240,905	2.13%	2.06%
1964	9,814,318	3,307,479	2.18%	2.05%
1965	10,036,008	3,374,220	2.26%	2.02%
1966	10,266,395	3,440,903	2.3%	1.98%
1967	10,505,959	3,508,512	2.33%	1.96%
1968	10,756,922	3,578,231	2.39%	1.99%
1969	11,017,409	3,651,113	2.42%	2.04%
1970	11,290,128	3,727,828	2.48%	2.1%
1971	11,567,667	3,807,316	2.46%	2.13%
1972	11,853,696	3,893,252	2.47%	2.26%
1973	12,157,999	3,985,909	2.57%	2.38%
1974	12,469,127	4,078,356	2.56%	2.32%
1975	12,773,954	4,167,234	2.44%	2.18%
1976	13,059,851	4,251,297	2.24%	2.02%
1977	13,340,756	4,331,667	2.15%	1.89%
1978	13,611,441	4,411,366	2.03%	1.84%
1979	13,655,567	4,505,384	0.32%	2.13%
1980	13,169,311	4,515,453	-3.56%	0.22%
1981	11,937,581	4,520,959	-9.35%	0.12%
1982	10,991,378	4,738,483	-7.93%	4.81%
1983	10,917,982	4,979,130	-0.67%	5.08%
1984	11,190,221	5,045,145	2.49%	1.33%
1985	11,426,852	5,096,269	2.11%	1.01%
1986	11,420,074	5,251,069	-0.06%	3.04%
1987	11,387,818	5,438,309	-0.28%	3.57%
1988	11,523,298	5,625,602	1.19%	3.44%
1989	11,874,088	5,819,586	3.04%	3.45%
1990	12,045,660	5,982,833	1.44%	2.81%
1991	12,238,879	6,205,676	1.6%	3.72%
1992	13,278,974	6,474,656	8.5%	4.33%
1993	14,943,172	6,629,146	12.5%	2.39%
1994	16,250,794	6,783,450	8.75%	2.33%
1995	17,065,836	7,089,064	5.02%	4.51%
1996	17,763,266	7,410,108	4.09%	4.53%
1997	18,452,091	7,670,366	3.88%	3.51%
1998	19,159,996	7,938,840	3.84%	3.5%
1999	19,887,785	8,222,705	3.8%	3.58%
2000	20,130,327	8,512,093	1.22%	3.52%
2001	20,284,307	8,804,124	0.76%	3.43%
2002	21,378,117	9,116,192	5.39%	3.54%
2003	22,733,049	9,487,833	6.34%	4.08%
2004	23,560,654	9,920,036	3.64%	4.56%
2005	24,404,567	10,328,092	3.58%	4.11%
2006	25,424,094	10,706,424	4.18%	3.66%
2007	25,909,852	11,081,660	1.91%	3.5%
2008	26,482,622	11,476,296	2.21%	3.56%
2009	27,466,101	11,893,754	3.71%	3.64%
2010	28,284,089	12,312,575	2.98%	3.52%
2011	29,347,708	12,754,997	3.76%	3.59%
2012	30,560,034	13,210,998	4.13%	3.58%
2013	31,622,704	13,691,079	3.48%	3.63%
2014	32,792,523	14,188,678	3.7%	3.63%
2015	33,831,764	14,647,621	3.17%	3.23%
2016	34,700,612	15,114,655	2.57%	3.19%
2017	35,688,935	15,622,759	2.85%	3.36%
2018	36,743,039	16,156,531	2.95%	3.42%
2019	37,856,121	16,685,223	3.03%	3.27%
2020	39,068,979	17,224,679	3.2%	3.23%
2021	40,000,412	17,828,273	2.38%	3.5%
2022	40,578,842	18,455,316	1.45%	3.52%
2023	41,454,761	19,319,064	2.16%	4.68%
2024	42,647,492	20,299,123	2.88%	5.07%
2025	43,844,105	21,003,694	2.81%	3.47%
2026	45,047,056	21,560,377	2.74%	2.65%
2027	46,258,902	22,175,373	2.69%	2.85%
2028	47,470,560	22,847,740	2.62%	3.03%
2029	48,725,707	23,526,035	2.64%	2.97%
2030	50,039,392	24,207,481	2.7%	2.9%
2031	51,375,991	24,897,231	2.67%	2.85%
2032	52,707,835	25,596,224	2.59%	2.81%
2033	54,044,241	26,297,830	2.54%	2.74%
2034	55,359,451	26,997,395	2.43%	2.66%
2035	56,647,220	27,697,268	2.33%	2.59%
2036	57,953,651	28,410,489	2.31%	2.58%
2037	59,279,025	29,132,961	2.29%	2.54%
2038	60,597,829	29,856,451	2.22%	2.48%
2039	61,944,459	30,584,696	2.22%	2.44%
2040	63,347,863	31,307,329	2.27%	2.36%
2041	64,738,834	32,035,111	2.2%	2.32%
2042	66,060,206	32,777,662	2.04%	2.32%
2043	67,375,149	33,525,238	1.99%	2.28%
2044	68,703,950	34,272,313	1.97%	2.23%
2045	70,021,184	35,026,384	1.92%	2.2%
2046	71,384,682	35,788,056	1.95%	2.17%
2047	72,756,288	36,546,910	1.92%	2.12%
2048	74,109,717	37,317,460	1.86%	2.11%
2049	75,515,588	38,088,916	1.9%	2.07%
2050	76,885,118	38,857,671	1.81%	2.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Chad gained 4,408,231 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Chad's population increased by 6,452,443 (a 42.7% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Chad was ranked 76th in 2006 and ranked 64th 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 Chad will increase by 80.2% to 38,857,671 people and rank change from 64th to 52nd.