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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	China	Afghanistan	China
1960	9,035,043	667,070,000	-	-
1961	9,214,083	660,330,000	1.98%	-1.01%
1962	9,404,406	665,770,000	2.07%	0.82%
1963	9,604,487	682,335,000	2.13%	2.49%
1964	9,814,318	698,355,000	2.18%	2.35%
1965	10,036,008	715,185,000	2.26%	2.41%
1966	10,266,395	735,400,000	2.3%	2.83%
1967	10,505,959	754,550,000	2.33%	2.6%
1968	10,756,922	774,510,000	2.39%	2.65%
1969	11,017,409	796,025,000	2.42%	2.78%
1970	11,290,128	818,315,000	2.48%	2.8%
1971	11,567,667	841,105,000	2.46%	2.78%
1972	11,853,696	862,030,000	2.47%	2.49%
1973	12,157,999	881,940,000	2.57%	2.31%
1974	12,469,127	900,350,000	2.56%	2.09%
1975	12,773,954	916,395,000	2.44%	1.78%
1976	13,059,851	930,685,000	2.24%	1.56%
1977	13,340,756	943,455,000	2.15%	1.37%
1978	13,611,441	956,165,000	2.03%	1.35%
1979	13,655,567	969,005,000	0.32%	1.34%
1980	13,169,311	981,235,000	-3.56%	1.26%
1981	11,937,581	993,885,000	-9.35%	1.29%
1982	10,991,378	1,008,630,000	-7.93%	1.48%
1983	10,917,982	1,023,310,000	-0.67%	1.46%
1984	11,190,221	1,036,825,000	2.49%	1.32%
1985	11,426,852	1,051,040,000	2.11%	1.37%
1986	11,420,074	1,066,790,000	-0.06%	1.5%
1987	11,387,818	1,084,035,000	-0.28%	1.62%
1988	11,523,298	1,101,630,000	1.19%	1.62%
1989	11,874,088	1,118,650,000	3.04%	1.54%
1990	12,045,660	1,135,185,000	1.44%	1.48%
1991	12,238,879	1,150,780,000	1.6%	1.37%
1992	13,278,974	1,164,970,000	8.5%	1.23%
1993	14,943,172	1,178,440,000	12.5%	1.16%
1994	16,250,794	1,191,835,000	8.75%	1.14%
1995	17,065,836	1,204,855,000	5.02%	1.09%
1996	17,763,266	1,217,550,000	4.09%	1.05%
1997	18,452,091	1,230,075,000	3.88%	1.03%
1998	19,159,996	1,241,935,000	3.84%	0.96%
1999	19,887,785	1,252,735,000	3.8%	0.87%
2000	20,130,327	1,262,645,000	1.22%	0.79%
2001	20,284,307	1,271,850,000	0.76%	0.73%
2002	21,378,117	1,280,400,000	5.39%	0.67%
2003	22,733,049	1,288,400,000	6.34%	0.62%
2004	23,560,654	1,296,075,000	3.64%	0.6%
2005	24,404,567	1,303,720,000	3.58%	0.59%
2006	25,424,094	1,311,020,000	4.18%	0.56%
2007	25,909,852	1,317,885,000	1.91%	0.52%
2008	26,482,622	1,324,655,000	2.21%	0.51%
2009	27,466,101	1,331,260,000	3.71%	0.5%
2010	28,284,089	1,337,705,000	2.98%	0.48%
2011	29,347,708	1,345,035,000	3.76%	0.55%
2012	30,560,034	1,354,190,000	4.13%	0.68%
2013	31,622,704	1,363,240,000	3.48%	0.67%
2014	32,792,523	1,371,860,000	3.7%	0.63%
2015	33,831,764	1,379,860,000	3.17%	0.58%
2016	34,700,612	1,387,790,000	2.57%	0.57%
2017	35,688,935	1,396,215,000	2.85%	0.61%
2018	36,743,039	1,402,760,000	2.95%	0.47%
2019	37,856,121	1,407,745,000	3.03%	0.36%
2020	39,068,979	1,411,100,000	3.2%	0.24%
2021	40,000,412	1,412,360,000	2.38%	0.09%
2022	40,578,842	1,412,175,000	1.45%	-0.01%
2023	41,454,761	1,410,710,000	2.16%	-0.1%
2024	42,647,492	1,408,975,000	2.88%	-0.12%
2025	43,844,105	1,405,773,318	2.81%	-0.23%
2026	45,047,056	1,402,614,510	2.74%	-0.22%
2027	46,258,902	1,399,403,406	2.69%	-0.23%
2028	47,470,560	1,395,886,569	2.62%	-0.25%
2029	48,725,707	1,392,060,666	2.64%	-0.27%
2030	50,039,392	1,387,961,846	2.7%	-0.29%
2031	51,375,991	1,383,588,794	2.67%	-0.32%
2032	52,707,835	1,378,934,346	2.59%	-0.34%
2033	54,044,241	1,374,007,012	2.54%	-0.36%
2034	55,359,451	1,368,825,481	2.43%	-0.38%
2035	56,647,220	1,363,415,793	2.33%	-0.4%
2036	57,953,651	1,357,772,486	2.31%	-0.41%
2037	59,279,025	1,351,902,859	2.29%	-0.43%
2038	60,597,829	1,345,840,038	2.22%	-0.45%
2039	61,944,459	1,339,558,174	2.22%	-0.47%
2040	63,347,863	1,333,028,062	2.27%	-0.49%
2041	64,738,834	1,326,251,398	2.2%	-0.51%
2042	66,060,206	1,319,222,019	2.04%	-0.53%
2043	67,375,149	1,311,956,934	1.99%	-0.55%
2044	68,703,950	1,304,437,340	1.97%	-0.57%
2045	70,021,184	1,296,592,737	1.92%	-0.6%
2046	71,384,682	1,288,357,014	1.95%	-0.64%
2047	72,756,288	1,279,723,262	1.92%	-0.67%
2048	74,109,717	1,270,661,954	1.86%	-0.71%
2049	75,515,588	1,261,120,581	1.9%	-0.75%
2050	76,885,118	1,251,102,086	1.81%	-0.79%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while China gained 76,770,000 people (a 5.86% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while China's population increased by 14,824,510 (a 1.07% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. China was ranked 1st in 2006 and ranked 2nd 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 China will decrease by 10.8% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd.