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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Colombia	Afghanistan	Colombia
1960	9,035,043	15,606,209	-	-
1961	9,214,083	16,095,203	1.98%	3.13%
1962	9,404,406	16,599,029	2.07%	3.13%
1963	9,604,487	17,113,823	2.13%	3.1%
1964	9,814,318	17,637,411	2.18%	3.06%
1965	10,036,008	18,169,050	2.26%	3.01%
1966	10,266,395	18,702,688	2.3%	2.94%
1967	10,505,959	19,235,618	2.33%	2.85%
1968	10,756,922	19,766,796	2.39%	2.76%
1969	11,017,409	20,291,942	2.42%	2.66%
1970	11,290,128	20,811,782	2.48%	2.56%
1971	11,567,667	21,319,096	2.46%	2.44%
1972	11,853,696	21,819,563	2.47%	2.35%
1973	12,157,999	22,325,374	2.57%	2.32%
1974	12,469,127	22,833,469	2.56%	2.28%
1975	12,773,954	23,344,644	2.44%	2.24%
1976	13,059,851	23,858,810	2.24%	2.2%
1977	13,340,756	24,393,494	2.15%	2.24%
1978	13,611,441	24,950,337	2.03%	2.28%
1979	13,655,567	25,515,626	0.32%	2.27%
1980	13,169,311	26,104,498	-3.56%	2.31%
1981	11,937,581	26,713,267	-9.35%	2.33%
1982	10,991,378	27,338,331	-7.93%	2.34%
1983	10,917,982	27,988,173	-0.67%	2.38%
1984	11,190,221	28,642,690	2.49%	2.34%
1985	11,426,852	29,268,470	2.11%	2.18%
1986	11,420,074	29,879,112	-0.06%	2.09%
1987	11,387,818	30,499,467	-0.28%	2.08%
1988	11,523,298	31,130,524	1.19%	2.07%
1989	11,874,088	31,776,279	3.04%	2.07%
1990	12,045,660	32,440,069	1.44%	2.09%
1991	12,238,879	33,098,372	1.6%	2.03%
1992	13,278,974	33,760,571	8.5%	2%
1993	14,943,172	34,441,473	12.5%	2.02%
1994	16,250,794	35,127,410	8.75%	1.99%
1995	17,065,836	35,804,662	5.02%	1.93%
1996	17,763,266	36,462,745	4.09%	1.84%
1997	18,452,091	37,121,149	3.88%	1.81%
1998	19,159,996	37,792,165	3.84%	1.81%
1999	19,887,785	38,454,863	3.8%	1.75%
2000	20,130,327	39,089,934	1.22%	1.65%
2001	20,284,307	39,709,262	0.76%	1.58%
2002	21,378,117	40,324,680	5.39%	1.55%
2003	22,733,049	40,937,429	6.34%	1.52%
2004	23,560,654	41,543,171	3.64%	1.48%
2005	24,404,567	42,128,977	3.58%	1.41%
2006	25,424,094	42,691,084	4.18%	1.33%
2007	25,909,852	43,235,374	1.91%	1.27%
2008	26,482,622	43,758,808	2.21%	1.21%
2009	27,466,101	44,271,541	3.71%	1.17%
2010	28,284,089	44,777,319	2.98%	1.14%
2011	29,347,708	45,259,614	3.76%	1.08%
2012	30,560,034	45,715,810	4.13%	1.01%
2013	31,622,704	46,151,584	3.48%	0.95%
2014	32,792,523	46,565,429	3.7%	0.9%
2015	33,831,764	46,969,940	3.17%	0.87%
2016	34,700,612	47,437,512	2.57%	1%
2017	35,688,935	48,131,078	2.85%	1.46%
2018	36,743,039	49,024,465	2.95%	1.86%
2019	37,856,121	49,907,985	3.03%	1.8%
2020	39,068,979	50,629,997	3.2%	1.45%
2021	40,000,412	51,188,173	2.38%	1.1%
2022	40,578,842	51,737,944	1.45%	1.07%
2023	41,454,761	52,321,152	2.16%	1.13%
2024	42,647,492	52,886,363	2.88%	1.08%
2025	43,844,105	53,425,632	2.81%	1.02%
2026	45,047,056	53,936,234	2.74%	0.96%
2027	46,258,902	54,422,275	2.69%	0.9%
2028	47,470,560	54,885,123	2.62%	0.85%
2029	48,725,707	55,322,627	2.64%	0.8%
2030	50,039,392	55,736,477	2.7%	0.75%
2031	51,375,991	56,125,966	2.67%	0.7%
2032	52,707,835	56,490,496	2.59%	0.65%
2033	54,044,241	56,832,264	2.54%	0.61%
2034	55,359,451	57,151,619	2.43%	0.56%
2035	56,647,220	57,445,755	2.33%	0.51%
2036	57,953,651	57,716,869	2.31%	0.47%
2037	59,279,025	57,965,300	2.29%	0.43%
2038	60,597,829	58,190,082	2.22%	0.39%
2039	61,944,459	58,394,310	2.22%	0.35%
2040	63,347,863	58,576,452	2.27%	0.31%
2041	64,738,834	58,736,886	2.2%	0.27%
2042	66,060,206	58,878,126	2.04%	0.24%
2043	67,375,149	59,000,362	1.99%	0.21%
2044	68,703,950	59,104,592	1.97%	0.18%
2045	70,021,184	59,190,826	1.92%	0.15%
2046	71,384,682	59,259,758	1.95%	0.12%
2047	72,756,288	59,313,132	1.92%	0.09%
2048	74,109,717	59,351,262	1.86%	0.06%
2049	75,515,588	59,375,012	1.9%	0.04%
2050	76,885,118	59,385,355	1.81%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Colombia gained 4,746,428 people (a 11.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Colombia's population increased by 6,504,033 (a 13.7% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Colombia was ranked 29th in 2006 and ranked 28th 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 Colombia will increase by 10.1% to 59,385,355 people and rank change from 28th to 34th.