Population in Afghanistan compared to Equatorial Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and Equatorial Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Equatorial Guinea	Afghanistan	Equatorial Guinea
1960	9,035,043	269,807	-	-
1961	9,214,083	274,896	1.98%	1.89%
1962	9,404,406	280,286	2.07%	1.96%
1963	9,604,487	285,965	2.13%	2.03%
1964	9,814,318	291,942	2.18%	2.09%
1965	10,036,008	298,238	2.26%	2.16%
1966	10,266,395	304,859	2.3%	2.22%
1967	10,505,959	311,805	2.33%	2.28%
1968	10,756,922	318,849	2.39%	2.26%
1969	11,017,409	322,517	2.42%	1.15%
1970	11,290,128	320,803	2.48%	-0.53%
1971	11,567,667	315,940	2.46%	-1.52%
1972	11,853,696	309,468	2.47%	-2.05%
1973	12,157,999	302,281	2.57%	-2.32%
1974	12,469,127	294,953	2.56%	-2.42%
1975	12,773,954	287,901	2.44%	-2.39%
1976	13,059,851	281,031	2.24%	-2.39%
1977	13,340,756	276,779	2.15%	-1.51%
1978	13,611,441	276,531	2.03%	-0.09%
1979	13,655,567	279,846	0.32%	1.2%
1980	13,169,311	288,644	-3.56%	3.14%
1981	11,937,581	303,252	-9.35%	5.06%
1982	10,991,378	322,216	-7.93%	6.25%
1983	10,917,982	343,421	-0.67%	6.58%
1984	11,190,221	364,899	2.49%	6.25%
1985	11,426,852	385,547	2.11%	5.66%
1986	11,420,074	404,728	-0.06%	4.98%
1987	11,387,818	422,522	-0.28%	4.4%
1988	11,523,298	439,651	1.19%	4.05%
1989	11,874,088	456,808	3.04%	3.9%
1990	12,045,660	474,274	1.44%	3.82%
1991	12,238,879	492,217	1.6%	3.78%
1992	13,278,974	510,770	8.5%	3.77%
1993	14,943,172	530,023	12.5%	3.77%
1994	16,250,794	550,138	8.75%	3.8%
1995	17,065,836	571,264	5.02%	3.84%
1996	17,763,266	593,492	4.09%	3.89%
1997	18,452,091	616,893	3.88%	3.94%
1998	19,159,996	641,474	3.84%	3.98%
1999	19,887,785	667,214	3.8%	4.01%
2000	20,130,327	703,279	1.22%	5.41%
2001	20,284,307	749,836	0.76%	6.62%
2002	21,378,117	797,957	5.39%	6.42%
2003	22,733,049	847,862	6.34%	6.25%
2004	23,560,654	899,917	3.64%	6.14%
2005	24,404,567	947,367	3.58%	5.27%
2006	25,424,094	990,343	4.18%	4.54%
2007	25,909,852	1,036,044	1.91%	4.61%
2008	26,482,622	1,084,530	2.21%	4.68%
2009	27,466,101	1,135,673	3.71%	4.72%
2010	28,284,089	1,189,085	2.98%	4.7%
2011	29,347,708	1,241,835	3.76%	4.44%
2012	30,560,034	1,293,483	4.13%	4.16%
2013	31,622,704	1,346,218	3.48%	4.08%
2014	32,792,523	1,399,828	3.7%	3.98%
2015	33,831,764	1,453,923	3.17%	3.86%
2016	34,700,612	1,508,186	2.57%	3.73%
2017	35,688,935	1,562,396	2.85%	3.59%
2018	36,743,039	1,616,422	2.95%	3.46%
2019	37,856,121	1,670,177	3.03%	3.33%
2020	39,068,979	1,716,468	3.2%	2.77%
2021	40,000,412	1,758,786	2.38%	2.47%
2022	40,578,842	1,803,545	1.45%	2.54%
2023	41,454,761	1,847,549	2.16%	2.44%
2024	42,647,492	1,892,516	2.88%	2.43%
2025	43,844,105	1,938,427	2.81%	2.43%
2026	45,047,056	1,984,463	2.74%	2.37%
2027	46,258,902	2,030,749	2.69%	2.33%
2028	47,470,560	2,077,253	2.62%	2.29%
2029	48,725,707	2,123,699	2.64%	2.24%
2030	50,039,392	2,170,434	2.7%	2.2%
2031	51,375,991	2,218,077	2.67%	2.2%
2032	52,707,835	2,267,025	2.59%	2.21%
2033	54,044,241	2,315,991	2.54%	2.16%
2034	55,359,451	2,364,847	2.43%	2.11%
2035	56,647,220	2,414,263	2.33%	2.09%
2036	57,953,651	2,463,880	2.31%	2.06%
2037	59,279,025	2,513,955	2.29%	2.03%
2038	60,597,829	2,564,843	2.22%	2.02%
2039	61,944,459	2,615,417	2.22%	1.97%
2040	63,347,863	2,665,575	2.27%	1.92%
2041	64,738,834	2,715,477	2.2%	1.87%
2042	66,060,206	2,764,764	2.04%	1.82%
2043	67,375,149	2,813,769	1.99%	1.77%
2044	68,703,950	2,862,511	1.97%	1.73%
2045	70,021,184	2,911,227	1.92%	1.7%
2046	71,384,682	2,959,088	1.95%	1.64%
2047	72,756,288	3,005,551	1.92%	1.57%
2048	74,109,717	3,051,480	1.86%	1.53%
2049	75,515,588	3,097,625	1.9%	1.51%
2050	76,885,118	3,143,719	1.81%	1.49%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Equatorial Guinea gained 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Equatorial Guinea's population increased by 476,782 (a 31.6% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th in 2006 and ranked 148th 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 Equatorial Guinea will increase by 58.4% to 3,143,719 people and rank change from 148th to 140th.