The latest officially reported population of Afghanistan was 42,647,492 in 2024 vs 10,882,164 people in the Czech Republic in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Afghanistan's population is 44,810,409 people compared to 10,753,822 in the Czech Republic.
Population statistics:
- Afghanistan's population is 4.17 times bigger than the Czech Republic's.
- Afghanistan is ranked the 36th most populous country in the world, while the Czech Republic is the 91st.
- The countries together account for 0.67% of the world: 0.54% for Afghanistan vs 0.13% for the Czech Republic.
- For the last 10 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +0.32% in the Czech Republic.
- Since 2005, the population of Afghanistan has increased from 24.4M people to 44.8M (83.6% growth), while the Czech Republic has grown from 10.2M to 10.8M (5.31% growth).
- Afghanistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 130M people, while the Czech Republic's population already peaked in 2024 at 10.9M people and is projected to decrease to 8.34M people by 2100.
Afghanistan vs Czech Republic: live population counter
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| Current population |
44810409
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10753822
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| Population rank | 36/197 | 91/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.54% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
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29 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.5 seconds
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5.76 minutes
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| One death every |
2.19 minutes
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4.65 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.9 minutes
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6.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -44,089 | -86,169 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,268 | +50 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,731 | +18,122 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.88% | +0.17% |
| Population growth rate rank | 20/197 | 156/197 |
Afghanistan and the Czech Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,035,043 | 9,602,006 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 | 9,586,651 | 1.98% | -0.16% |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 | 9,624,660 | 2.07% | 0.4% |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 | 9,670,685 | 2.13% | 0.48% |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 | 9,727,804 | 2.18% | 0.59% |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 | 9,779,358 | 2.26% | 0.53% |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 | 9,821,040 | 2.3% | 0.43% |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 | 9,852,899 | 2.33% | 0.32% |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 | 9,876,346 | 2.39% | 0.24% |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 | 9,896,580 | 2.42% | 0.2% |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 | 9,858,071 | 2.48% | -0.39% |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 | 9,826,815 | 2.46% | -0.32% |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 | 9,867,632 | 2.47% | 0.42% |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 | 9,922,266 | 2.57% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 | 9,988,459 | 2.56% | 0.67% |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 | 10,058,620 | 2.44% | 0.7% |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 | 10,125,939 | 2.24% | 0.67% |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 | 10,186,755 | 2.15% | 0.6% |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 | 10,242,098 | 2.03% | 0.54% |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 | 10,292,341 | 0.32% | 0.49% |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 | 10,304,193 | -3.56% | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 | 10,300,591 | -9.35% | -0.03% |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 | 10,314,826 | -7.93% | 0.14% |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 | 10,323,856 | -0.67% | 0.09% |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 | 10,330,213 | 2.49% | 0.06% |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 | 10,337,118 | 2.11% | 0.07% |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 | 10,342,227 | -0.06% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 | 10,347,318 | -0.28% | 0.05% |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 | 10,355,276 | 1.19% | 0.08% |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 | 10,361,068 | 3.04% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 | 10,333,355 | 1.44% | -0.27% |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 | 10,308,578 | 1.6% | -0.24% |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 | 10,319,123 | 8.5% | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 | 10,329,855 | 12.5% | 0.1% |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 | 10,333,587 | 8.75% | 0.04% |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 | 10,327,253 | 5.02% | -0.06% |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 | 10,315,241 | 4.09% | -0.12% |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 | 10,304,131 | 3.88% | -0.11% |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 | 10,294,373 | 3.84% | -0.09% |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 | 10,283,860 | 3.8% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 | 10,255,063 | 1.22% | -0.28% |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 | 10,216,605 | 0.76% | -0.38% |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 | 10,196,916 | 5.39% | -0.19% |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 | 10,193,998 | 6.34% | -0.03% |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 | 10,197,101 | 3.64% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 | 10,211,216 | 3.58% | 0.14% |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 | 10,238,905 | 4.18% | 0.27% |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 | 10,298,828 | 1.91% | 0.59% |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 | 10,384,603 | 2.21% | 0.83% |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 | 10,443,936 | 3.71% | 0.57% |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 | 10,474,410 | 2.98% | 0.29% |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 | 10,496,088 | 3.76% | 0.21% |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 | 10,510,785 | 4.13% | 0.14% |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 | 10,514,272 | 3.48% | 0.03% |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 | 10,525,347 | 3.7% | 0.11% |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 | 10,546,059 | 3.17% | 0.2% |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 | 10,566,332 | 2.57% | 0.19% |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 | 10,594,438 | 2.85% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 | 10,629,928 | 2.95% | 0.33% |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 | 10,671,870 | 3.03% | 0.39% |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 | 10,697,858 | 3.2% | 0.24% |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 | 10,505,772 | 2.38% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 | 10,672,118 | 1.45% | 1.58% |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 | 10,864,042 | 2.16% | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 | 10,882,164 | 2.88% | 0.17% |
| 2025 | 43,844,105 | 10,753,822 | 2.81% | -1.18% |
| 2026 | 45,047,056 | 10,671,254 | 2.74% | -0.77% |
| 2027 | 46,258,902 | 10,648,879 | 2.69% | -0.21% |
| 2028 | 47,470,560 | 10,623,904 | 2.62% | -0.23% |
| 2029 | 48,725,707 | 10,596,362 | 2.64% | -0.26% |
| 2030 | 50,039,392 | 10,567,167 | 2.7% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 51,375,991 | 10,536,602 | 2.67% | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 52,707,835 | 10,504,828 | 2.59% | -0.3% |
| 2033 | 54,044,241 | 10,472,203 | 2.54% | -0.31% |
| 2034 | 55,359,451 | 10,439,141 | 2.43% | -0.32% |
| 2035 | 56,647,220 | 10,405,856 | 2.33% | -0.32% |
| 2036 | 57,953,651 | 10,372,835 | 2.31% | -0.32% |
| 2037 | 59,279,025 | 10,339,980 | 2.29% | -0.32% |
| 2038 | 60,597,829 | 10,307,577 | 2.22% | -0.31% |
| 2039 | 61,944,459 | 10,275,882 | 2.22% | -0.31% |
| 2040 | 63,347,863 | 10,244,966 | 2.27% | -0.3% |
| 2041 | 64,738,834 | 10,214,805 | 2.2% | -0.29% |
| 2042 | 66,060,206 | 10,185,286 | 2.04% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 67,375,149 | 10,156,643 | 1.99% | -0.28% |
| 2044 | 68,703,950 | 10,128,611 | 1.97% | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 70,021,184 | 10,100,890 | 1.92% | -0.27% |
| 2046 | 71,384,682 | 10,073,030 | 1.95% | -0.28% |
| 2047 | 72,756,288 | 10,045,121 | 1.92% | -0.28% |
| 2048 | 74,109,717 | 10,017,123 | 1.86% | -0.28% |
| 2049 | 75,515,588 | 9,988,795 | 1.9% | -0.28% |
| 2050 | 76,885,118 | 9,959,445 | 1.81% | -0.29% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while the Czech Republic gained 334,843 people (a 3.28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while the Czech Republic's population increased by 207,763 (a 1.97% growth).
Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. The Czech Republic was ranked 80th in 2005 and ranked 91st 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 the Czech Republic will decrease by 7.39% to 9,959,445 people and rank change from 91st to 98th.
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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| City | Population |
| Prague | 1.4M |
| Brno | 403K |
| Liberec | 108K |
| Zlin | 74.7K |
| Most | 63.5K |
| Opava | 55.1K |
| Jihlava | 54.6K |
| Frydek-Mistek | 53.6K |
| Teplice | 50.9K |
| Karlovy Vary | 49.1K |
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Population differences between Afghanistan and the Czech Republic
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| Life expectancy | 66.5 years | 80.1 years |
| Average age | 22.1 years | 43 years |
| Median age | 18.2 years | 44.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.84 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.4 ppl/mi² | 365 ppl/mi² |
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