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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Ecuador	Afghanistan	Ecuador
1960	9,035,043	4,590,891	-	-
1961	9,214,083	4,722,331	1.98%	2.86%
1962	9,404,406	4,859,269	2.07%	2.9%
1963	9,604,487	5,001,716	2.13%	2.93%
1964	9,814,318	5,149,918	2.18%	2.96%
1965	10,036,008	5,303,963	2.26%	2.99%
1966	10,266,395	5,463,748	2.3%	3.01%
1967	10,505,959	5,629,057	2.33%	3.03%
1968	10,756,922	5,799,680	2.39%	3.03%
1969	11,017,409	5,975,236	2.42%	3.03%
1970	11,290,128	6,155,387	2.48%	3.01%
1971	11,567,667	6,340,052	2.46%	3%
1972	11,853,696	6,529,034	2.47%	2.98%
1973	12,157,999	6,722,033	2.57%	2.96%
1974	12,469,127	6,918,573	2.56%	2.92%
1975	12,773,954	7,118,251	2.44%	2.89%
1976	13,059,851	7,320,912	2.24%	2.85%
1977	13,340,756	7,526,819	2.15%	2.81%
1978	13,611,441	7,736,167	2.03%	2.78%
1979	13,655,567	7,948,869	0.32%	2.75%
1980	13,169,311	8,165,877	-3.56%	2.73%
1981	11,937,581	8,386,910	-9.35%	2.71%
1982	10,991,378	8,611,298	-7.93%	2.68%
1983	10,917,982	8,840,417	-0.67%	2.66%
1984	11,190,221	9,074,782	2.49%	2.65%
1985	11,426,852	9,311,154	2.11%	2.6%
1986	11,420,074	9,545,998	-0.06%	2.52%
1987	11,387,818	9,779,290	-0.28%	2.44%
1988	11,523,298	10,010,808	1.19%	2.37%
1989	11,874,088	10,241,852	3.04%	2.31%
1990	12,045,660	10,473,673	1.44%	2.26%
1991	12,238,879	10,702,380	1.6%	2.18%
1992	13,278,974	10,930,128	8.5%	2.13%
1993	14,943,172	11,154,274	12.5%	2.05%
1994	16,250,794	11,372,197	8.75%	1.95%
1995	17,065,836	11,590,514	5.02%	1.92%
1996	17,763,266	11,810,950	4.09%	1.9%
1997	18,452,091	12,031,127	3.88%	1.86%
1998	19,159,996	12,251,184	3.84%	1.83%
1999	19,887,785	12,470,795	3.8%	1.79%
2000	20,130,327	12,689,206	1.22%	1.75%
2001	20,284,307	12,910,740	0.76%	1.75%
2002	21,378,117	13,138,472	5.39%	1.76%
2003	22,733,049	13,372,306	6.34%	1.78%
2004	23,560,654	13,608,701	3.64%	1.77%
2005	24,404,567	13,846,163	3.58%	1.74%
2006	25,424,094	14,086,131	4.18%	1.73%
2007	25,909,852	14,328,773	1.91%	1.72%
2008	26,482,622	14,575,202	2.21%	1.72%
2009	27,466,101	14,825,954	3.71%	1.72%
2010	28,284,089	15,076,695	2.98%	1.69%
2011	29,347,708	15,326,227	3.76%	1.66%
2012	30,560,034	15,572,194	4.13%	1.6%
2013	31,622,704	15,807,128	3.48%	1.51%
2014	32,792,523	16,035,124	3.7%	1.44%
2015	33,831,764	16,266,225	3.17%	1.44%
2016	34,700,612	16,505,139	2.57%	1.47%
2017	35,688,935	16,759,519	2.85%	1.54%
2018	36,743,039	17,049,547	2.95%	1.73%
2019	37,856,121	17,340,021	3.03%	1.7%
2020	39,068,979	17,546,065	3.2%	1.19%
2021	40,000,412	17,682,454	2.38%	0.78%
2022	40,578,842	17,823,897	1.45%	0.8%
2023	41,454,761	17,980,083	2.16%	0.88%
2024	42,647,492	18,135,478	2.88%	0.86%
2025	43,844,105	18,289,898	2.81%	0.85%
2026	45,047,056	18,444,505	2.74%	0.85%
2027	46,258,902	18,600,319	2.69%	0.84%
2028	47,470,560	18,757,228	2.62%	0.84%
2029	48,725,707	18,914,103	2.64%	0.84%
2030	50,039,392	19,069,715	2.7%	0.82%
2031	51,375,991	19,222,817	2.67%	0.8%
2032	52,707,835	19,372,495	2.59%	0.78%
2033	54,044,241	19,518,750	2.54%	0.75%
2034	55,359,451	19,661,347	2.43%	0.73%
2035	56,647,220	19,800,128	2.33%	0.71%
2036	57,953,651	19,935,162	2.31%	0.68%
2037	59,279,025	20,066,382	2.29%	0.66%
2038	60,597,829	20,193,573	2.22%	0.63%
2039	61,944,459	20,316,268	2.22%	0.61%
2040	63,347,863	20,434,223	2.27%	0.58%
2041	64,738,834	20,547,455	2.2%	0.55%
2042	66,060,206	20,655,763	2.04%	0.53%
2043	67,375,149	20,759,127	1.99%	0.5%
2044	68,703,950	20,857,468	1.97%	0.47%
2045	70,021,184	20,950,629	1.92%	0.45%
2046	71,384,682	21,038,532	1.95%	0.42%
2047	72,756,288	21,121,169	1.92%	0.39%
2048	74,109,717	21,198,613	1.86%	0.37%
2049	75,515,588	21,270,658	1.9%	0.34%
2050	76,885,118	21,337,231	1.81%	0.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Ecuador gained 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Ecuador's population increased by 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Ecuador was ranked 64th in 2005 and ranked 71st 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 Ecuador will increase by 15.9% to 21,337,231 people and rank change from 71st to 74th.