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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Comoros	Afghanistan	Comoros
1960	9,035,043	197,700	-	-
1961	9,214,083	201,201	1.98%	1.77%
1962	9,404,406	204,702	2.07%	1.74%
1963	9,604,487	208,185	2.13%	1.7%
1964	9,814,318	211,644	2.18%	1.66%
1965	10,036,008	214,967	2.26%	1.57%
1966	10,266,395	218,663	2.3%	1.72%
1967	10,505,959	223,859	2.33%	2.38%
1968	10,756,922	230,244	2.39%	2.85%
1969	11,017,409	237,001	2.42%	2.93%
1970	11,290,128	244,185	2.48%	3.03%
1971	11,567,667	251,865	2.46%	3.15%
1972	11,853,696	260,077	2.47%	3.26%
1973	12,157,999	268,820	2.57%	3.36%
1974	12,469,127	278,075	2.56%	3.44%
1975	12,773,954	287,692	2.44%	3.46%
1976	13,059,851	297,538	2.24%	3.42%
1977	13,340,756	307,579	2.15%	3.37%
1978	13,611,441	317,688	2.03%	3.29%
1979	13,655,567	327,791	0.32%	3.18%
1980	13,169,311	337,721	-3.56%	3.03%
1981	11,937,581	347,382	-9.35%	2.86%
1982	10,991,378	357,139	-7.93%	2.81%
1983	10,917,982	367,233	-0.67%	2.83%
1984	11,190,221	377,637	2.49%	2.83%
1985	11,426,852	388,352	2.11%	2.84%
1986	11,420,074	399,318	-0.06%	2.82%
1987	11,387,818	410,439	-0.28%	2.78%
1988	11,523,298	421,687	1.19%	2.74%
1989	11,874,088	433,103	3.04%	2.71%
1990	12,045,660	444,596	1.44%	2.65%
1991	12,238,879	455,556	1.6%	2.47%
1992	13,278,974	465,113	8.5%	2.1%
1993	14,943,172	473,682	12.5%	1.84%
1994	16,250,794	482,142	8.75%	1.79%
1995	17,065,836	490,586	5.02%	1.75%
1996	17,763,266	499,107	4.09%	1.74%
1997	18,452,091	507,777	3.88%	1.74%
1998	19,159,996	516,597	3.84%	1.74%
1999	19,887,785	525,886	3.8%	1.8%
2000	20,130,327	536,080	1.22%	1.94%
2001	20,284,307	547,220	0.76%	2.08%
2002	21,378,117	558,923	5.39%	2.14%
2003	22,733,049	569,798	6.34%	1.95%
2004	23,560,654	580,704	3.64%	1.91%
2005	24,404,567	592,677	3.58%	2.06%
2006	25,424,094	604,753	4.18%	2.04%
2007	25,909,852	616,927	1.91%	2.01%
2008	26,482,622	629,307	2.21%	2.01%
2009	27,466,101	641,947	3.71%	2.01%
2010	28,284,089	654,836	2.98%	2.01%
2011	29,347,708	668,056	3.76%	2.02%
2012	30,560,034	681,630	4.13%	2.03%
2013	31,622,704	696,192	3.48%	2.14%
2014	32,792,523	711,503	3.7%	2.2%
2015	33,831,764	726,682	3.17%	2.13%
2016	34,700,612	741,741	2.57%	2.07%
2017	35,688,935	756,669	2.85%	2.01%
2018	36,743,039	771,590	2.95%	1.97%
2019	37,856,121	786,578	3.03%	1.94%
2020	39,068,979	802,163	3.2%	1.98%
2021	40,000,412	818,174	2.38%	2%
2022	40,578,842	834,188	1.45%	1.96%
2023	41,454,761	850,387	2.16%	1.94%
2024	42,647,492	866,628	2.88%	1.91%
2025	43,844,105	882,845	2.81%	1.87%
2026	45,047,056	899,008	2.74%	1.83%
2027	46,258,902	915,176	2.69%	1.8%
2028	47,470,560	931,430	2.62%	1.78%
2029	48,725,707	947,803	2.64%	1.76%
2030	50,039,392	964,266	2.7%	1.74%
2031	51,375,991	980,769	2.67%	1.71%
2032	52,707,835	997,341	2.59%	1.69%
2033	54,044,241	1,014,064	2.54%	1.68%
2034	55,359,451	1,030,864	2.43%	1.66%
2035	56,647,220	1,047,760	2.33%	1.64%
2036	57,953,651	1,064,847	2.31%	1.63%
2037	59,279,025	1,081,999	2.29%	1.61%
2038	60,597,829	1,099,147	2.22%	1.58%
2039	61,944,459	1,116,418	2.22%	1.57%
2040	63,347,863	1,133,776	2.27%	1.55%
2041	64,738,834	1,151,146	2.2%	1.53%
2042	66,060,206	1,168,504	2.04%	1.51%
2043	67,375,149	1,185,954	1.99%	1.49%
2044	68,703,950	1,203,535	1.97%	1.48%
2045	70,021,184	1,221,066	1.92%	1.46%
2046	71,384,682	1,238,454	1.95%	1.42%
2047	72,756,288	1,255,711	1.92%	1.39%
2048	74,109,717	1,273,035	1.86%	1.38%
2049	75,515,588	1,290,365	1.9%	1.36%
2050	76,885,118	1,307,552	1.81%	1.33%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Comoros gained 136,988 people (a 22.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Comoros' population increased by 157,443 (a 21.2% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Comoros was ranked 163rd in 2006 and ranked 160th 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 Comoros will increase by 45.4% to 1,307,552 people and rank change from 160th to 157th.