Population in Afghanistan compared to East Timor: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and East Timor: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	East Timor	Afghanistan	East Timor
1960	9,035,043	468,118	-	-
1961	9,214,083	475,291	1.98%	1.53%
1962	9,404,406	482,774	2.07%	1.57%
1963	9,604,487	490,564	2.13%	1.61%
1964	9,814,318	498,659	2.18%	1.65%
1965	10,036,008	507,034	2.26%	1.68%
1966	10,266,395	515,696	2.3%	1.71%
1967	10,505,959	524,648	2.33%	1.74%
1968	10,756,922	533,875	2.39%	1.76%
1969	11,017,409	543,356	2.42%	1.78%
1970	11,290,128	553,069	2.48%	1.79%
1971	11,567,667	562,966	2.46%	1.79%
1972	11,853,696	572,962	2.47%	1.78%
1973	12,157,999	582,855	2.57%	1.73%
1974	12,469,127	590,827	2.56%	1.37%
1975	12,773,954	598,158	2.44%	1.24%
1976	13,059,851	607,620	2.24%	1.58%
1977	13,340,756	618,315	2.15%	1.76%
1978	13,611,441	628,775	2.03%	1.69%
1979	13,655,567	638,719	0.32%	1.58%
1980	13,169,311	649,871	-3.56%	1.75%
1981	11,937,581	660,493	-9.35%	1.63%
1982	10,991,378	669,149	-7.93%	1.31%
1983	10,917,982	677,707	-0.67%	1.28%
1984	11,190,221	686,777	2.49%	1.34%
1985	11,426,852	696,665	2.11%	1.44%
1986	11,420,074	707,185	-0.06%	1.51%
1987	11,387,818	718,476	-0.28%	1.6%
1988	11,523,298	730,745	1.19%	1.71%
1989	11,874,088	744,856	3.04%	1.93%
1990	12,045,660	760,345	1.44%	2.08%
1991	12,238,879	778,278	1.6%	2.36%
1992	13,278,974	799,318	8.5%	2.7%
1993	14,943,172	821,437	12.5%	2.77%
1994	16,250,794	844,493	8.75%	2.81%
1995	17,065,836	868,146	5.02%	2.8%
1996	17,763,266	892,282	4.09%	2.78%
1997	18,452,091	917,184	3.88%	2.79%
1998	19,159,996	942,530	3.84%	2.76%
1999	19,887,785	834,697	3.8%	-11.4%
2000	20,130,327	745,088	1.22%	-10.7%
2001	20,284,307	812,249	0.76%	9.01%
2002	21,378,117	879,159	5.39%	8.24%
2003	22,733,049	916,878	6.34%	4.29%
2004	23,560,654	929,074	3.64%	1.33%
2005	24,404,567	948,311	3.58%	2.07%
2006	25,424,094	976,597	4.18%	2.98%
2007	25,909,852	1,004,889	1.91%	2.9%
2008	26,482,622	1,032,429	2.21%	2.74%
2009	27,466,101	1,058,782	3.71%	2.55%
2010	28,284,089	1,084,679	2.98%	2.45%
2011	29,347,708	1,110,207	3.76%	2.35%
2012	30,560,034	1,134,885	4.13%	2.22%
2013	31,622,704	1,158,695	3.48%	2.1%
2014	32,792,523	1,181,903	3.7%	2%
2015	33,831,764	1,205,131	3.17%	1.97%
2016	34,700,612	1,228,312	2.57%	1.92%
2017	35,688,935	1,251,703	2.85%	1.9%
2018	36,743,039	1,275,959	2.95%	1.94%
2019	37,856,121	1,300,945	3.03%	1.96%
2020	39,068,979	1,326,053	3.2%	1.93%
2021	40,000,412	1,350,139	2.38%	1.82%
2022	40,578,842	1,369,295	1.45%	1.42%
2023	41,454,761	1,384,286	2.16%	1.09%
2024	42,647,492	1,400,638	2.88%	1.18%
2025	43,844,105	1,418,519	2.81%	1.28%
2026	45,047,056	1,436,934	2.74%	1.3%
2027	46,258,902	1,456,334	2.69%	1.35%
2028	47,470,560	1,476,850	2.62%	1.41%
2029	48,725,707	1,498,119	2.64%	1.44%
2030	50,039,392	1,519,802	2.7%	1.45%
2031	51,375,991	1,540,659	2.67%	1.37%
2032	52,707,835	1,559,710	2.59%	1.24%
2033	54,044,241	1,578,114	2.54%	1.18%
2034	55,359,451	1,597,444	2.43%	1.22%
2035	56,647,220	1,618,799	2.33%	1.34%
2036	57,953,651	1,639,721	2.31%	1.29%
2037	59,279,025	1,659,327	2.29%	1.2%
2038	60,597,829	1,678,953	2.22%	1.18%
2039	61,944,459	1,698,891	2.22%	1.19%
2040	63,347,863	1,718,249	2.27%	1.14%
2041	64,738,834	1,736,476	2.2%	1.06%
2042	66,060,206	1,755,847	2.04%	1.12%
2043	67,375,149	1,776,066	1.99%	1.15%
2044	68,703,950	1,793,758	1.97%	1%
2045	70,021,184	1,809,637	1.92%	0.89%
2046	71,384,682	1,825,551	1.95%	0.88%
2047	72,756,288	1,841,558	1.92%	0.88%
2048	74,109,717	1,858,311	1.86%	0.91%
2049	75,515,588	1,873,846	1.9%	0.84%
2050	76,885,118	1,889,246	1.81%	0.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while East Timor gained 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while East Timor's population increased by 228,180 (a 18.9% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. East Timor was ranked 154th in 2005 and ranked 152nd 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 East Timor will increase by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people and rank change from 152nd to 149th.