Population in Afghanistan compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	DR Congo	Afghanistan	DR Congo
1960	9,035,043	15,264,846	-	-
1961	9,214,083	15,662,374	1.98%	2.6%
1962	9,404,406	16,075,724	2.07%	2.64%
1963	9,604,487	16,507,599	2.13%	2.69%
1964	9,814,318	16,955,327	2.18%	2.71%
1965	10,036,008	17,427,802	2.26%	2.79%
1966	10,266,395	17,931,929	2.3%	2.89%
1967	10,505,959	18,462,782	2.33%	2.96%
1968	10,756,922	19,012,189	2.39%	2.98%
1969	11,017,409	19,570,445	2.42%	2.94%
1970	11,290,128	20,137,436	2.48%	2.9%
1971	11,567,667	20,695,569	2.46%	2.77%
1972	11,853,696	21,251,160	2.47%	2.68%
1973	12,157,999	21,827,665	2.57%	2.71%
1974	12,469,127	22,418,878	2.56%	2.71%
1975	12,773,954	23,021,101	2.44%	2.69%
1976	13,059,851	23,624,031	2.24%	2.62%
1977	13,340,756	24,229,061	2.15%	2.56%
1978	13,611,441	24,992,689	2.03%	3.15%
1979	13,655,567	25,886,782	0.32%	3.58%
1980	13,169,311	26,711,099	-3.56%	3.18%
1981	11,937,581	27,500,515	-9.35%	2.96%
1982	10,991,378	28,338,190	-7.93%	3.05%
1983	10,917,982	29,250,963	-0.67%	3.22%
1984	11,190,221	30,245,081	2.49%	3.4%
1985	11,426,852	31,264,816	2.11%	3.37%
1986	11,420,074	32,265,196	-0.06%	3.2%
1987	11,387,818	33,298,904	-0.28%	3.2%
1988	11,523,298	34,382,752	1.19%	3.25%
1989	11,874,088	35,486,866	3.04%	3.21%
1990	12,045,660	36,684,063	1.44%	3.37%
1991	12,238,879	37,925,817	1.6%	3.38%
1992	13,278,974	39,228,910	8.5%	3.44%
1993	14,943,172	40,656,336	12.5%	3.64%
1994	16,250,794	42,626,876	8.75%	4.85%
1995	17,065,836	44,433,704	5.02%	4.24%
1996	17,763,266	45,296,124	4.09%	1.94%
1997	18,452,091	46,029,902	3.88%	1.62%
1998	19,159,996	47,297,600	3.84%	2.75%
1999	19,887,785	48,912,971	3.8%	3.42%
2000	20,130,327	50,507,442	1.22%	3.26%
2001	20,284,307	52,132,646	0.76%	3.22%
2002	21,378,117	53,750,524	5.39%	3.1%
2003	22,733,049	55,343,867	6.34%	2.96%
2004	23,560,654	56,997,741	3.64%	2.99%
2005	24,404,567	58,775,724	3.58%	3.12%
2006	25,424,094	60,615,908	4.18%	3.13%
2007	25,909,852	62,477,752	1.91%	3.07%
2008	26,482,622	64,390,664	2.21%	3.06%
2009	27,466,101	66,412,044	3.71%	3.14%
2010	28,284,089	68,563,038	2.98%	3.24%
2011	29,347,708	70,849,311	3.76%	3.33%
2012	30,560,034	73,254,618	4.13%	3.39%
2013	31,622,704	75,789,395	3.48%	3.46%
2014	32,792,523	78,403,242	3.7%	3.45%
2015	33,831,764	81,035,531	3.17%	3.36%
2016	34,700,612	83,956,415	2.57%	3.6%
2017	35,688,935	87,083,398	2.85%	3.72%
2018	36,743,039	90,047,644	2.95%	3.4%
2019	37,856,121	92,947,442	3.03%	3.22%
2020	39,068,979	95,989,998	3.2%	3.27%
2021	40,000,412	99,148,932	2.38%	3.29%
2022	40,578,842	102,396,968	1.45%	3.28%
2023	41,454,761	105,789,731	2.16%	3.31%
2024	42,647,492	109,276,265	2.88%	3.3%
2025	43,844,105	112,832,475	2.81%	3.25%
2026	45,047,056	116,452,162	2.74%	3.21%
2027	46,258,902	120,129,744	2.69%	3.16%
2028	47,470,560	123,871,555	2.62%	3.11%
2029	48,725,707	127,674,141	2.64%	3.07%
2030	50,039,392	131,532,201	2.7%	3.02%
2031	51,375,991	135,447,495	2.67%	2.98%
2032	52,707,835	139,408,613	2.59%	2.92%
2033	54,044,241	143,414,031	2.54%	2.87%
2034	55,359,451	147,468,142	2.43%	2.83%
2035	56,647,220	151,560,102	2.33%	2.77%
2036	57,953,651	155,689,453	2.31%	2.72%
2037	59,279,025	159,848,574	2.29%	2.67%
2038	60,597,829	164,045,610	2.22%	2.63%
2039	61,944,459	168,296,695	2.22%	2.59%
2040	63,347,863	172,595,578	2.27%	2.55%
2041	64,738,834	176,946,261	2.2%	2.52%
2042	66,060,206	181,350,407	2.04%	2.49%
2043	67,375,149	185,805,168	1.99%	2.46%
2044	68,703,950	190,312,004	1.97%	2.43%
2045	70,021,184	194,865,386	1.92%	2.39%
2046	71,384,682	199,464,487	1.95%	2.36%
2047	72,756,288	204,105,925	1.92%	2.33%
2048	74,109,717	208,783,692	1.86%	2.29%
2049	75,515,588	213,497,692	1.9%	2.26%
2050	76,885,118	218,246,073	1.81%	2.22%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while the DR Congo gained 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2006 and ranked 15th 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 the DR Congo will increase by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.