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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Djibouti	Afghanistan	Djibouti
1960	9,035,043	86,024	-	-
1961	9,214,083	89,390	1.98%	3.91%
1962	9,404,406	93,283	2.07%	4.36%
1963	9,604,487	97,872	2.13%	4.92%
1964	9,814,318	103,198	2.18%	5.44%
1965	10,036,008	109,092	2.26%	5.71%
1966	10,266,395	115,269	2.3%	5.66%
1967	10,505,959	121,649	2.33%	5.53%
1968	10,756,922	128,250	2.39%	5.43%
1969	11,017,409	136,078	2.42%	6.1%
1970	11,290,128	145,175	2.48%	6.69%
1971	11,567,667	155,136	2.46%	6.86%
1972	11,853,696	166,256	2.47%	7.17%
1973	12,157,999	178,449	2.57%	7.33%
1974	12,469,127	192,613	2.56%	7.94%
1975	12,773,954	209,908	2.44%	8.98%
1976	13,059,851	230,737	2.24%	9.92%
1977	13,340,756	254,613	2.15%	10.3%
1978	13,611,441	280,031	2.03%	9.98%
1979	13,655,567	304,513	0.32%	8.74%
1980	13,169,311	325,815	-3.56%	7%
1981	11,937,581	343,047	-9.35%	5.29%
1982	10,991,378	356,880	-7.93%	4.03%
1983	10,917,982	369,553	-0.67%	3.55%
1984	11,190,221	384,053	2.49%	3.92%
1985	11,426,852	402,687	2.11%	4.85%
1986	11,420,074	426,341	-0.06%	5.87%
1987	11,387,818	454,399	-0.28%	6.58%
1988	11,523,298	484,523	1.19%	6.63%
1989	11,874,088	523,355	3.04%	8.01%
1990	12,045,660	579,538	1.44%	10.7%
1991	12,238,879	631,092	1.6%	8.9%
1992	13,278,974	626,010	8.5%	-0.81%
1993	14,943,172	614,245	12.5%	-1.88%
1994	16,250,794	626,710	8.75%	2.03%
1995	17,065,836	633,074	5.02%	1.02%
1996	17,763,266	648,348	4.09%	2.41%
1997	18,452,091	671,817	3.88%	3.62%
1998	19,159,996	699,352	3.84%	4.1%
1999	19,887,785	724,218	3.8%	3.56%
2000	20,130,327	747,318	1.22%	3.19%
2001	20,284,307	771,313	0.76%	3.21%
2002	21,378,117	795,574	5.39%	3.15%
2003	22,733,049	813,519	6.34%	2.26%
2004	23,560,654	826,124	3.64%	1.55%
2005	24,404,567	839,167	3.58%	1.58%
2006	25,424,094	855,764	4.18%	1.98%
2007	25,909,852	874,528	1.91%	2.19%
2008	26,482,622	892,734	2.21%	2.08%
2009	27,466,101	911,527	3.71%	2.11%
2010	28,284,089	930,251	2.98%	2.05%
2011	29,347,708	948,558	3.76%	1.97%
2012	30,560,034	966,747	4.13%	1.92%
2013	31,622,704	984,824	3.48%	1.87%
2014	32,792,523	1,002,717	3.7%	1.82%
2015	33,831,764	1,020,313	3.17%	1.75%
2016	34,700,612	1,037,653	2.57%	1.7%
2017	35,688,935	1,054,841	2.85%	1.66%
2018	36,743,039	1,071,882	2.95%	1.62%
2019	37,856,121	1,088,709	3.03%	1.57%
2020	39,068,979	1,105,188	3.2%	1.51%
2021	40,000,412	1,121,248	2.38%	1.45%
2022	40,578,842	1,137,096	1.45%	1.41%
2023	41,454,761	1,152,944	2.16%	1.39%
2024	42,647,492	1,168,722	2.88%	1.37%
2025	43,844,105	1,184,076	2.81%	1.31%
2026	45,047,056	1,199,453	2.74%	1.3%
2027	46,258,902	1,215,019	2.69%	1.3%
2028	47,470,560	1,230,584	2.62%	1.28%
2029	48,725,707	1,246,669	2.64%	1.31%
2030	50,039,392	1,262,678	2.7%	1.28%
2031	51,375,991	1,278,340	2.67%	1.24%
2032	52,707,835	1,293,443	2.59%	1.18%
2033	54,044,241	1,307,796	2.54%	1.11%
2034	55,359,451	1,321,611	2.43%	1.06%
2035	56,647,220	1,335,496	2.33%	1.05%
2036	57,953,651	1,349,357	2.31%	1.04%
2037	59,279,025	1,363,478	2.29%	1.05%
2038	60,597,829	1,377,783	2.22%	1.05%
2039	61,944,459	1,391,875	2.22%	1.02%
2040	63,347,863	1,406,628	2.27%	1.06%
2041	64,738,834	1,421,789	2.2%	1.08%
2042	66,060,206	1,436,439	2.04%	1.03%
2043	67,375,149	1,449,557	1.99%	0.91%
2044	68,703,950	1,461,638	1.97%	0.83%
2045	70,021,184	1,474,036	1.92%	0.85%
2046	71,384,682	1,486,457	1.95%	0.84%
2047	72,756,288	1,498,043	1.92%	0.78%
2048	74,109,717	1,508,873	1.86%	0.72%
2049	75,515,588	1,519,716	1.9%	0.72%
2050	76,885,118	1,530,539	1.81%	0.71%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Djibouti gained 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Djibouti's population increased by 176,115 (a 17.3% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Djibouti was ranked 158th in 2005 and still ranked 158th 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 Djibouti will increase by 27.9% to 1,530,539 people and rank change from 158th to 151st.