The latest officially reported population of Afghanistan was 42,647,492 in 2024 vs 3,866,200 people in Croatia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Afghanistan's population is 45,060,300 people compared to 3,813,345 in Croatia.
Population statistics:
- Afghanistan's population is 11.8 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Afghanistan is ranked the 36th most populous country in the world, while Croatia is the 129th.
- The countries together account for 0.59% of the world: 0.54% for Afghanistan vs 0.05% for Croatia.
- For the last 10 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs -0.82% in Croatia.
- Since 2006, the population of Afghanistan has increased from 25.4M people to 45.1M (77.2% growth), while Croatia has declined from 4.31M to 3.81M (11.5% decline).
- Afghanistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 130M people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Afghanistan vs Croatia: live population counter
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| Current population |
45060300
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3813345
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| Population rank | 36/197 | 129/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.54% | 0.05% |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
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1.34 hours
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| One birth every |
21.5 seconds
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16.4 minutes
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| One death every |
2.19 minutes
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10.2 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.9 minutes
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1.69 hours
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| Annual migration change | -44,089 | -5,186 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,268 | +18 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,731 | +6,514 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.88% | +0.17% |
| Population growth rate rank | 20/197 | 158/197 |
Afghanistan and Croatia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,035,043 | 4,140,181 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 | 4,167,292 | 1.98% | 0.65% |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 | 4,196,712 | 2.07% | 0.71% |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 | 4,225,675 | 2.13% | 0.69% |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 | 4,252,876 | 2.18% | 0.64% |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 | 4,280,923 | 2.26% | 0.66% |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 | 4,310,701 | 2.3% | 0.7% |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 | 4,338,683 | 2.33% | 0.65% |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 | 4,365,628 | 2.39% | 0.62% |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 | 4,391,490 | 2.42% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 | 4,412,252 | 2.48% | 0.47% |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 | 4,431,275 | 2.46% | 0.43% |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 | 4,450,564 | 2.47% | 0.44% |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 | 4,470,161 | 2.57% | 0.44% |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 | 4,490,660 | 2.56% | 0.46% |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 | 4,512,082 | 2.44% | 0.48% |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 | 4,535,934 | 2.24% | 0.53% |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 | 4,559,571 | 2.15% | 0.52% |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 | 4,581,085 | 2.03% | 0.47% |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 | 4,594,778 | 0.32% | 0.3% |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 | 4,599,782 | -3.56% | 0.11% |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 | 4,611,509 | -9.35% | 0.25% |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 | 4,634,234 | -7.93% | 0.49% |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 | 4,658,254 | -0.67% | 0.52% |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 | 4,680,285 | 2.49% | 0.47% |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 | 4,701,417 | 2.11% | 0.45% |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 | 4,721,446 | -0.06% | 0.43% |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 | 4,739,745 | -0.28% | 0.39% |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 | 4,755,207 | 1.19% | 0.33% |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 | 4,767,260 | 3.04% | 0.25% |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 | 4,777,368 | 1.44% | 0.21% |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 | 4,689,022 | 1.6% | -1.85% |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 | 4,575,818 | 8.5% | -2.41% |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 | 4,600,463 | 12.5% | 0.54% |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 | 4,652,024 | 8.75% | 1.12% |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 | 4,620,030 | 5.02% | -0.69% |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 | 4,557,097 | 4.09% | -1.36% |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 | 4,534,920 | 3.88% | -0.49% |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 | 4,532,135 | 3.84% | -0.06% |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 | 4,512,597 | 3.8% | -0.43% |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 | 4,468,302 | 1.22% | -0.98% |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 | 4,299,642 | 0.76% | -3.77% |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 | 4,302,174 | 5.39% | 0.06% |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 | 4,303,399 | 6.34% | 0.03% |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 | 4,304,600 | 3.64% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 | 4,310,145 | 3.58% | 0.13% |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 | 4,311,159 | 4.18% | 0.02% |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 | 4,310,217 | 1.91% | -0.02% |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 | 4,309,705 | 2.21% | -0.01% |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 | 4,305,181 | 3.71% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 | 4,295,427 | 2.98% | -0.23% |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 | 4,280,622 | 3.76% | -0.34% |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 | 4,260,368 | 4.13% | -0.47% |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 | 4,233,922 | 3.48% | -0.62% |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 | 4,201,598 | 3.7% | -0.76% |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 | 4,151,725 | 3.17% | -1.19% |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 | 4,106,867 | 2.57% | -1.08% |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 | 4,041,407 | 2.85% | -1.59% |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 | 3,988,775 | 2.95% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 | 3,949,390 | 3.03% | -0.99% |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 | 3,914,206 | 3.2% | -0.89% |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 | 3,878,981 | 2.38% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 | 3,855,641 | 1.45% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 | 3,859,686 | 2.16% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 | 3,866,200 | 2.88% | 0.17% |
| 2025 | 43,844,105 | 3,839,102 | 2.81% | -0.7% |
| 2026 | 45,047,056 | 3,813,345 | 2.74% | -0.67% |
| 2027 | 46,258,902 | 3,788,411 | 2.69% | -0.65% |
| 2028 | 47,470,560 | 3,764,412 | 2.62% | -0.63% |
| 2029 | 48,725,707 | 3,740,768 | 2.64% | -0.63% |
| 2030 | 50,039,392 | 3,716,995 | 2.7% | -0.64% |
| 2031 | 51,375,991 | 3,692,964 | 2.67% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 52,707,835 | 3,668,796 | 2.59% | -0.65% |
| 2033 | 54,044,241 | 3,645,158 | 2.54% | -0.64% |
| 2034 | 55,359,451 | 3,621,729 | 2.43% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 56,647,220 | 3,598,724 | 2.33% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 57,953,651 | 3,575,930 | 2.31% | -0.63% |
| 2037 | 59,279,025 | 3,552,378 | 2.29% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 60,597,829 | 3,528,291 | 2.22% | -0.68% |
| 2039 | 61,944,459 | 3,504,229 | 2.22% | -0.68% |
| 2040 | 63,347,863 | 3,480,092 | 2.27% | -0.69% |
| 2041 | 64,738,834 | 3,455,620 | 2.2% | -0.7% |
| 2042 | 66,060,206 | 3,430,837 | 2.04% | -0.72% |
| 2043 | 67,375,149 | 3,405,931 | 1.99% | -0.73% |
| 2044 | 68,703,950 | 3,380,593 | 1.97% | -0.74% |
| 2045 | 70,021,184 | 3,355,044 | 1.92% | -0.76% |
| 2046 | 71,384,682 | 3,329,650 | 1.95% | -0.76% |
| 2047 | 72,756,288 | 3,304,087 | 1.92% | -0.77% |
| 2048 | 74,109,717 | 3,278,267 | 1.86% | -0.78% |
| 2049 | 75,515,588 | 3,252,449 | 1.9% | -0.79% |
| 2050 | 76,885,118 | 3,226,539 | 1.81% | -0.8% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Croatia lost 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Croatia's population decreased by -293,522 (a 7.15% decline).
Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Croatia was ranked 120th in 2006 and ranked 129th 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 Croatia will decrease by 15.4% to 3,226,539 people and rank change from 129th to 139th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kabul | 4.27M |
| Kandahar | 614K |
| Herat | 556K |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | 469K |
| Kunduz | 357K |
| Jalalabad | 263K |
| Lashkargah | 202K |
| Sheberghan | 176K |
| Khost | 160K |
| Ghazni | 143K |
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Population differences between Afghanistan and Croatia
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| Life expectancy | 66.8 years | 79.1 years |
| Average age | 22.1 years | 44.6 years |
| Median age | 18.2 years | 46 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 48.2:51.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.84 births per woman | 1.46 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.4 ppl/mi² | 178.9 ppl/mi² |
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