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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Curacao	Afghanistan	Curacao
1960	9,035,043	124,826	-	-
1961	9,214,083	126,125	1.98%	1.04%
1962	9,404,406	128,414	2.07%	1.81%
1963	9,604,487	130,860	2.13%	1.9%
1964	9,814,318	133,148	2.18%	1.75%
1965	10,036,008	135,266	2.26%	1.59%
1966	10,266,395	136,682	2.3%	1.05%
1967	10,505,959	138,140	2.33%	1.07%
1968	10,756,922	140,298	2.39%	1.56%
1969	11,017,409	142,581	2.42%	1.63%
1970	11,290,128	144,739	2.48%	1.51%
1971	11,567,667	147,389	2.46%	1.83%
1972	11,853,696	147,710	2.47%	0.22%
1973	12,157,999	146,912	2.57%	-0.54%
1974	12,469,127	148,351	2.56%	0.98%
1975	12,773,954	149,129	2.44%	0.52%
1976	13,059,851	149,399	2.24%	0.18%
1977	13,340,756	149,459	2.15%	0.04%
1978	13,611,441	148,341	2.03%	-0.75%
1979	13,655,567	147,851	0.32%	-0.33%
1980	13,169,311	148,041	-3.56%	0.13%
1981	11,937,581	148,629	-9.35%	0.4%
1982	10,991,378	150,101	-7.93%	0.99%
1983	10,917,982	151,159	-0.67%	0.7%
1984	11,190,221	151,940	2.49%	0.52%
1985	11,426,852	152,711	2.11%	0.51%
1986	11,420,074	152,662	-0.06%	-0.03%
1987	11,387,818	151,456	-0.28%	-0.79%
1988	11,523,298	149,254	1.19%	-1.45%
1989	11,874,088	146,937	3.04%	-1.55%
1990	12,045,660	145,400	1.44%	-1.05%
1991	12,238,879	144,403	1.6%	-0.69%
1992	13,278,974	143,912	8.5%	-0.34%
1993	14,943,172	144,299	12.5%	0.27%
1994	16,250,794	144,630	8.75%	0.23%
1995	17,065,836	145,139	5.02%	0.35%
1996	17,763,266	146,306	4.09%	0.8%
1997	18,452,091	146,956	3.88%	0.44%
1998	19,159,996	144,472	3.84%	-1.69%
1999	19,887,785	139,428	3.8%	-3.49%
2000	20,130,327	133,860	1.22%	-3.99%
2001	20,284,307	129,047	0.76%	-3.6%
2002	21,378,117	129,205	5.39%	0.12%
2003	22,733,049	131,897	6.34%	2.08%
2004	23,560,654	134,192	3.64%	1.74%
2005	24,404,567	137,658	3.58%	2.58%
2006	25,424,094	141,239	4.18%	2.6%
2007	25,909,852	144,056	1.91%	1.99%
2008	26,482,622	145,880	2.21%	1.27%
2009	27,466,101	146,833	3.71%	0.65%
2010	28,284,089	148,703	2.98%	1.27%
2011	29,347,708	150,831	3.76%	1.43%
2012	30,560,034	152,088	4.13%	0.83%
2013	31,622,704	153,822	3.48%	1.14%
2014	32,792,523	155,909	3.7%	1.36%
2015	33,831,764	157,980	3.17%	1.33%
2016	34,700,612	159,664	2.57%	1.07%
2017	35,688,935	160,175	2.85%	0.32%
2018	36,743,039	159,336	2.95%	-0.52%
2019	37,856,121	157,441	3.03%	-1.19%
2020	39,068,979	154,947	3.2%	-1.58%
2021	40,000,412	152,369	2.38%	-1.66%
2022	40,578,842	149,996	1.45%	-1.56%
2023	41,454,761	155,800	2.16%	3.87%
2024	42,647,492	155,900	2.88%	0.06%
2025	43,844,105	155,910	2.81%	0.007%
2026	45,047,056	155,878	2.74%	-0.02%
2027	46,258,902	155,806	2.69%	-0.05%
2028	47,470,560	155,710	2.62%	-0.06%
2029	48,725,707	155,558	2.64%	-0.1%
2030	50,039,392	155,356	2.7%	-0.13%
2031	51,375,991	155,112	2.67%	-0.16%
2032	52,707,835	154,845	2.59%	-0.17%
2033	54,044,241	154,546	2.54%	-0.19%
2034	55,359,451	154,200	2.43%	-0.22%
2035	56,647,220	153,844	2.33%	-0.23%
2036	57,953,651	153,444	2.31%	-0.26%
2037	59,279,025	153,028	2.29%	-0.27%
2038	60,597,829	152,600	2.22%	-0.28%
2039	61,944,459	152,140	2.22%	-0.3%
2040	63,347,863	151,635	2.27%	-0.33%
2041	64,738,834	151,130	2.2%	-0.33%
2042	66,060,206	150,608	2.04%	-0.35%
2043	67,375,149	150,071	1.99%	-0.36%
2044	68,703,950	149,519	1.97%	-0.37%
2045	70,021,184	148,941	1.92%	-0.39%
2046	71,384,682	148,367	1.95%	-0.39%
2047	72,756,288	147,763	1.92%	-0.41%
2048	74,109,717	147,130	1.86%	-0.43%
2049	75,515,588	146,495	1.9%	-0.43%
2050	76,885,118	145,829	1.81%	-0.45%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Curacao gained 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Curacao's population decreased by -2,070 (a 1.31% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Curacao was ranked 179th in 2005 and still ranked 179th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Afghanistan's population will grow by 71.6% to 76,885,118 people with a rank change from 36th to 25th. The population of Curacao will decrease by 6.47% to 145,829 people and rank change from 179th to 180th.