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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Cuba	Afghanistan	Cuba
1960	9,035,043	7,238,081	-	-
1961	9,214,083	7,387,117	1.98%	2.06%
1962	9,404,406	7,541,098	2.07%	2.08%
1963	9,604,487	7,701,660	2.13%	2.13%
1964	9,814,318	7,866,020	2.18%	2.13%
1965	10,036,008	8,030,797	2.26%	2.09%
1966	10,266,395	8,193,450	2.3%	2.03%
1967	10,505,959	8,352,625	2.33%	1.94%
1968	10,756,922	8,509,522	2.39%	1.88%
1969	11,017,409	8,666,640	2.42%	1.85%
1970	11,290,128	8,824,382	2.48%	1.82%
1971	11,567,667	8,979,085	2.46%	1.75%
1972	11,853,696	9,123,891	2.47%	1.61%
1973	12,157,999	9,255,328	2.57%	1.44%
1974	12,469,127	9,374,183	2.56%	1.28%
1975	12,773,954	9,479,726	2.44%	1.13%
1976	13,059,851	9,571,242	2.24%	0.97%
1977	13,340,756	9,648,440	2.15%	0.81%
1978	13,611,441	9,711,980	2.03%	0.66%
1979	13,655,567	9,763,355	0.32%	0.53%
1980	13,169,311	9,804,796	-3.56%	0.42%
1981	11,937,581	9,849,320	-9.35%	0.45%
1982	10,991,378	9,912,681	-7.93%	0.64%
1983	10,917,982	9,991,026	-0.67%	0.79%
1984	11,190,221	10,073,299	2.49%	0.82%
1985	11,426,852	10,157,228	2.11%	0.83%
1986	11,420,074	10,244,247	-0.06%	0.86%
1987	11,387,818	10,335,342	-0.28%	0.89%
1988	11,523,298	10,432,585	1.19%	0.94%
1989	11,874,088	10,533,243	3.04%	0.96%
1990	12,045,660	10,631,799	1.44%	0.94%
1991	12,238,879	10,717,640	1.6%	0.81%
1992	13,278,974	10,785,801	8.5%	0.64%
1993	14,943,172	10,841,031	12.5%	0.51%
1994	16,250,794	10,886,021	8.75%	0.41%
1995	17,065,836	10,925,362	5.02%	0.36%
1996	17,763,266	10,962,010	4.09%	0.34%
1997	18,452,091	10,997,934	3.88%	0.33%
1998	19,159,996	11,034,712	3.84%	0.33%
1999	19,887,785	11,072,230	3.8%	0.34%
2000	20,130,327	11,109,109	1.22%	0.33%
2001	20,284,307	11,144,132	0.76%	0.32%
2002	21,378,117	11,177,418	5.39%	0.3%
2003	22,733,049	11,209,383	6.34%	0.29%
2004	23,560,654	11,238,756	3.64%	0.26%
2005	24,404,567	11,262,554	3.58%	0.21%
2006	25,424,094	11,278,550	4.18%	0.14%
2007	25,909,852	11,287,272	1.91%	0.08%
2008	26,482,622	11,291,762	2.21%	0.04%
2009	27,466,101	11,294,719	3.71%	0.03%
2010	28,284,089	11,297,409	2.98%	0.02%
2011	29,347,708	11,301,571	3.76%	0.04%
2012	30,560,034	11,303,175	4.13%	0.01%
2013	31,622,704	11,298,167	3.48%	-0.04%
2014	32,792,523	11,285,775	3.7%	-0.11%
2015	33,831,764	11,275,065	3.17%	-0.09%
2016	34,700,612	11,265,612	2.57%	-0.08%
2017	35,688,935	11,247,829	2.85%	-0.16%
2018	36,743,039	11,227,118	2.95%	-0.18%
2019	37,856,121	11,202,846	3.03%	-0.22%
2020	39,068,979	11,176,354	3.2%	-0.24%
2021	40,000,412	11,122,168	2.38%	-0.48%
2022	40,578,842	11,059,820	1.45%	-0.56%
2023	41,454,761	11,019,931	2.16%	-0.36%
2024	42,647,492	10,979,783	2.88%	-0.36%
2025	43,844,105	10,937,204	2.81%	-0.39%
2026	45,047,056	10,892,659	2.74%	-0.41%
2027	46,258,902	10,846,709	2.69%	-0.42%
2028	47,470,560	10,799,586	2.62%	-0.43%
2029	48,725,707	10,750,892	2.64%	-0.45%
2030	50,039,392	10,700,820	2.7%	-0.47%
2031	51,375,991	10,649,673	2.67%	-0.48%
2032	52,707,835	10,597,336	2.59%	-0.49%
2033	54,044,241	10,543,539	2.54%	-0.51%
2034	55,359,451	10,488,270	2.43%	-0.52%
2035	56,647,220	10,431,762	2.33%	-0.54%
2036	57,953,651	10,373,926	2.31%	-0.55%
2037	59,279,025	10,314,339	2.29%	-0.57%
2038	60,597,829	10,253,201	2.22%	-0.59%
2039	61,944,459	10,190,465	2.22%	-0.61%
2040	63,347,863	10,125,837	2.27%	-0.63%
2041	64,738,834	10,059,299	2.2%	-0.66%
2042	66,060,206	9,990,897	2.04%	-0.68%
2043	67,375,149	9,920,670	1.99%	-0.7%
2044	68,703,950	9,848,751	1.97%	-0.72%
2045	70,021,184	9,775,205	1.92%	-0.75%
2046	71,384,682	9,699,830	1.95%	-0.77%
2047	72,756,288	9,622,707	1.92%	-0.8%
2048	74,109,717	9,544,142	1.86%	-0.82%
2049	75,515,588	9,463,925	1.9%	-0.84%
2050	76,885,118	9,381,995	1.81%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Cuba lost 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Cuba's population decreased by -372,953 (a 3.31% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Cuba was ranked 73rd in 2006 and ranked 90th 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 Cuba will decrease by 13.9% to 9,381,995 people and rank change from 90th to 104th.