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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Chile	Afghanistan	Chile
1960	9,035,043	8,153,350	-	-
1961	9,214,083	8,324,802	1.98%	2.1%
1962	9,404,406	8,497,059	2.07%	2.07%
1963	9,604,487	8,670,144	2.13%	2.04%
1964	9,814,318	8,842,525	2.18%	1.99%
1965	10,036,008	9,012,938	2.26%	1.93%
1966	10,266,395	9,181,722	2.3%	1.87%
1967	10,505,959	9,348,939	2.33%	1.82%
1968	10,756,922	9,514,716	2.39%	1.77%
1969	11,017,409	9,680,282	2.42%	1.74%
1970	11,290,128	9,845,344	2.48%	1.71%
1971	11,567,667	10,009,701	2.46%	1.67%
1972	11,853,696	10,174,678	2.47%	1.65%
1973	12,157,999	10,340,362	2.57%	1.63%
1974	12,469,127	10,505,817	2.56%	1.6%
1975	12,773,954	10,671,559	2.44%	1.58%
1976	13,059,851	10,838,251	2.24%	1.56%
1977	13,340,756	11,005,519	2.15%	1.54%
1978	13,611,441	11,172,695	2.03%	1.52%
1979	13,655,567	11,339,779	0.32%	1.5%
1980	13,169,311	11,508,550	-3.56%	1.49%
1981	11,937,581	11,678,717	-9.35%	1.48%
1982	10,991,378	11,850,214	-7.93%	1.47%
1983	10,917,982	12,026,138	-0.67%	1.48%
1984	11,190,221	12,207,733	2.49%	1.51%
1985	11,426,852	12,395,274	2.11%	1.54%
1986	11,420,074	12,588,914	-0.06%	1.56%
1987	11,387,818	12,790,150	-0.28%	1.6%
1988	11,523,298	12,999,424	1.19%	1.64%
1989	11,874,088	13,215,005	3.04%	1.66%
1990	12,045,660	13,437,176	1.44%	1.68%
1991	12,238,879	13,662,491	1.6%	1.68%
1992	13,278,974	13,884,577	8.5%	1.63%
1993	14,943,172	14,102,276	12.5%	1.57%
1994	16,250,794	14,316,256	8.75%	1.52%
1995	17,065,836	14,527,381	5.02%	1.47%
1996	17,763,266	14,734,046	4.09%	1.42%
1997	18,452,091	14,932,434	3.88%	1.35%
1998	19,159,996	15,127,799	3.84%	1.31%
1999	19,887,785	15,319,313	3.8%	1.27%
2000	20,130,327	15,503,635	1.22%	1.2%
2001	20,284,307	15,683,849	0.76%	1.16%
2002	21,378,117	15,857,925	5.39%	1.11%
2003	22,733,049	16,024,752	6.34%	1.05%
2004	23,560,654	16,187,322	3.64%	1.01%
2005	24,404,567	16,348,778	3.58%	1%
2006	25,424,094	16,509,195	4.18%	0.98%
2007	25,909,852	16,671,581	1.91%	0.98%
2008	26,482,622	16,838,988	2.21%	1%
2009	27,466,101	17,009,731	3.71%	1.01%
2010	28,284,089	17,181,464	2.98%	1.01%
2011	29,347,708	17,351,816	3.76%	0.99%
2012	30,560,034	17,519,119	4.13%	0.96%
2013	31,622,704	17,687,006	3.48%	0.96%
2014	32,792,523	17,864,195	3.7%	1%
2015	33,831,764	18,047,625	3.17%	1.03%
2016	34,700,612	18,267,221	2.57%	1.22%
2017	35,688,935	18,558,868	2.85%	1.6%
2018	36,743,039	18,893,191	2.95%	1.8%
2019	37,856,121	19,197,744	3.03%	1.61%
2020	39,068,979	19,370,624	3.2%	0.9%
2021	40,000,412	19,456,334	2.38%	0.44%
2022	40,578,842	19,553,036	1.45%	0.5%
2023	41,454,761	19,658,835	2.16%	0.54%
2024	42,647,492	19,764,771	2.88%	0.54%
2025	43,844,105	19,859,915	2.81%	0.48%
2026	45,047,056	19,945,846	2.74%	0.43%
2027	46,258,902	20,026,149	2.69%	0.4%
2028	47,470,560	20,100,930	2.62%	0.37%
2029	48,725,707	20,169,619	2.64%	0.34%
2030	50,039,392	20,233,182	2.7%	0.32%
2031	51,375,991	20,290,979	2.67%	0.29%
2032	52,707,835	20,341,797	2.59%	0.25%
2033	54,044,241	20,385,069	2.54%	0.21%
2034	55,359,451	20,422,546	2.43%	0.18%
2035	56,647,220	20,455,937	2.33%	0.16%
2036	57,953,651	20,485,080	2.31%	0.14%
2037	59,279,025	20,507,949	2.29%	0.11%
2038	60,597,829	20,524,482	2.22%	0.08%
2039	61,944,459	20,535,707	2.22%	0.05%
2040	63,347,863	20,542,096	2.27%	0.03%
2041	64,738,834	20,543,284	2.2%	0.006%
2042	66,060,206	20,539,909	2.04%	-0.02%
2043	67,375,149	20,532,920	1.99%	-0.03%
2044	68,703,950	20,519,677	1.97%	-0.06%
2045	70,021,184	20,499,138	1.92%	-0.1%
2046	71,384,682	20,473,283	1.95%	-0.13%
2047	72,756,288	20,443,720	1.92%	-0.14%
2048	74,109,717	20,408,327	1.86%	-0.17%
2049	75,515,588	20,366,435	1.9%	-0.21%
2050	76,885,118	20,320,302	1.81%	-0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Chile gained 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Chile's population increased by 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Chile was ranked 60th in 2005 and ranked 67th 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 Chile will increase by 1.96% to 20,320,302 people and rank change from 67th to 75th.