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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Egypt	Afghanistan	Egypt
1960	9,035,043	26,896,479	-	-
1961	9,214,083	27,600,898	1.98%	2.62%
1962	9,404,406	28,337,013	2.07%	2.67%
1963	9,604,487	29,091,869	2.13%	2.66%
1964	9,814,318	29,858,922	2.18%	2.64%
1965	10,036,008	30,629,174	2.26%	2.58%
1966	10,266,395	31,406,541	2.3%	2.54%
1967	10,505,959	32,196,360	2.33%	2.51%
1968	10,756,922	32,998,319	2.39%	2.49%
1969	11,017,409	33,811,615	2.42%	2.46%
1970	11,290,128	34,623,990	2.48%	2.4%
1971	11,567,667	35,433,368	2.46%	2.34%
1972	11,853,696	36,258,328	2.47%	2.33%
1973	12,157,999	37,102,043	2.57%	2.33%
1974	12,469,127	37,969,667	2.56%	2.34%
1975	12,773,954	38,875,327	2.44%	2.39%
1976	13,059,851	39,795,557	2.24%	2.37%
1977	13,340,756	40,748,870	2.15%	2.4%
1978	13,611,441	41,761,431	2.03%	2.48%
1979	13,655,567	42,818,628	0.32%	2.53%
1980	13,169,311	43,950,413	-3.56%	2.64%
1981	11,937,581	45,147,224	-9.35%	2.72%
1982	10,991,378	46,407,611	-7.93%	2.79%
1983	10,917,982	47,786,402	-0.67%	2.97%
1984	11,190,221	49,247,334	2.49%	3.06%
1985	11,426,852	50,734,968	2.11%	3.02%
1986	11,420,074	52,206,295	-0.06%	2.9%
1987	11,387,818	53,674,435	-0.28%	2.81%
1988	11,523,298	55,187,681	1.19%	2.82%
1989	11,874,088	56,710,642	3.04%	2.76%
1990	12,045,660	58,396,618	1.44%	2.97%
1991	12,238,879	60,028,997	1.6%	2.8%
1992	13,278,974	61,480,660	8.5%	2.42%
1993	14,943,172	62,915,681	12.5%	2.33%
1994	16,250,794	64,285,589	8.75%	2.18%
1995	17,065,836	65,652,622	5.02%	2.13%
1996	17,763,266	67,028,048	4.09%	2.1%
1997	18,452,091	68,431,740	3.88%	2.09%
1998	19,159,996	69,943,294	3.84%	2.21%
1999	19,887,785	71,520,954	3.8%	2.26%
2000	20,130,327	73,083,284	1.22%	2.18%
2001	20,284,307	74,652,029	0.76%	2.15%
2002	21,378,117	76,239,137	5.39%	2.13%
2003	22,733,049	77,853,548	6.34%	2.12%
2004	23,560,654	79,477,443	3.64%	2.09%
2005	24,404,567	81,101,004	3.58%	2.04%
2006	25,424,094	82,700,403	4.18%	1.97%
2007	25,909,852	84,276,225	1.91%	1.91%
2008	26,482,622	85,864,789	2.21%	1.88%
2009	27,466,101	87,501,636	3.71%	1.91%
2010	28,284,089	89,196,072	2.98%	1.94%
2011	29,347,708	91,093,059	3.76%	2.13%
2012	30,560,034	93,161,001	4.13%	2.27%
2013	31,622,704	95,333,553	3.48%	2.33%
2014	32,792,523	97,528,654	3.7%	2.3%
2015	33,831,764	99,597,342	3.17%	2.12%
2016	34,700,612	101,644,589	2.57%	2.06%
2017	35,688,935	103,696,057	2.85%	2.02%
2018	36,743,039	105,682,094	2.95%	1.92%
2019	37,856,121	107,553,158	3.03%	1.77%
2020	39,068,979	109,315,124	3.2%	1.64%
2021	40,000,412	110,957,008	2.38%	1.5%
2022	40,578,842	112,618,250	1.45%	1.5%
2023	41,454,761	114,535,772	2.16%	1.7%
2024	42,647,492	116,538,258	2.88%	1.75%
2025	43,844,105	118,365,997	2.81%	1.57%
2026	45,047,056	120,101,181	2.74%	1.47%
2027	46,258,902	121,847,622	2.69%	1.45%
2028	47,470,560	123,608,457	2.62%	1.45%
2029	48,725,707	125,373,058	2.64%	1.43%
2030	50,039,392	127,139,323	2.7%	1.41%
2031	51,375,991	128,912,256	2.67%	1.39%
2032	52,707,835	130,695,084	2.59%	1.38%
2033	54,044,241	132,485,612	2.54%	1.37%
2034	55,359,451	134,287,838	2.43%	1.36%
2035	56,647,220	136,097,214	2.33%	1.35%
2036	57,953,651	137,913,263	2.31%	1.33%
2037	59,279,025	139,738,699	2.29%	1.32%
2038	60,597,829	141,565,835	2.22%	1.31%
2039	61,944,459	143,393,267	2.22%	1.29%
2040	63,347,863	145,213,662	2.27%	1.27%
2041	64,738,834	147,018,554	2.2%	1.24%
2042	66,060,206	148,800,785	2.04%	1.21%
2043	67,375,149	150,547,655	1.99%	1.17%
2044	68,703,950	152,255,332	1.97%	1.13%
2045	70,021,184	153,919,190	1.92%	1.09%
2046	71,384,682	155,535,951	1.95%	1.05%
2047	72,756,288	157,114,404	1.92%	1.01%
2048	74,109,717	158,657,392	1.86%	0.98%
2049	75,515,588	160,161,615	1.9%	0.95%
2050	76,885,118	161,630,197	1.81%	0.92%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Egypt gained 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Egypt was ranked 14th in 2005 and ranked 13th 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 Egypt will increase by 35% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.