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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Ethiopia	Afghanistan	Ethiopia
1960	9,035,043	21,376,693	-	-
1961	9,214,083	21,906,102	1.98%	2.48%
1962	9,404,406	22,465,126	2.07%	2.55%
1963	9,604,487	23,051,637	2.13%	2.61%
1964	9,814,318	23,666,548	2.18%	2.67%
1965	10,036,008	24,310,612	2.26%	2.72%
1966	10,266,395	24,952,689	2.3%	2.64%
1967	10,505,959	25,620,276	2.33%	2.68%
1968	10,756,922	26,337,930	2.39%	2.8%
1969	11,017,409	27,072,571	2.42%	2.79%
1970	11,290,128	27,829,128	2.48%	2.79%
1971	11,567,667	28,600,106	2.46%	2.77%
1972	11,853,696	29,374,608	2.47%	2.71%
1973	12,157,999	30,166,785	2.57%	2.7%
1974	12,469,127	30,957,273	2.56%	2.62%
1975	12,773,954	31,723,252	2.44%	2.47%
1976	13,059,851	32,534,418	2.24%	2.56%
1977	13,340,756	33,167,272	2.15%	1.95%
1978	13,611,441	33,734,592	2.03%	1.71%
1979	13,655,567	34,238,652	0.32%	1.49%
1980	13,169,311	34,428,514	-3.56%	0.55%
1981	11,937,581	35,304,012	-9.35%	2.54%
1982	10,991,378	36,701,290	-7.93%	3.96%
1983	10,917,982	37,740,817	-0.67%	2.83%
1984	11,190,221	38,735,722	2.49%	2.64%
1985	11,426,852	39,842,136	2.11%	2.86%
1986	11,420,074	41,037,656	-0.06%	3%
1987	11,387,818	42,460,039	-0.28%	3.47%
1988	11,523,298	44,150,825	1.19%	3.98%
1989	11,874,088	45,879,690	3.04%	3.92%
1990	12,045,660	47,609,755	1.44%	3.77%
1991	12,238,879	49,717,198	1.6%	4.43%
1992	13,278,974	51,853,747	8.5%	4.3%
1993	14,943,172	53,708,891	12.5%	3.58%
1994	16,250,794	55,611,508	8.75%	3.54%
1995	17,065,836	57,537,335	5.02%	3.46%
1996	17,763,266	59,467,635	4.09%	3.35%
1997	18,452,091	61,404,539	3.88%	3.26%
1998	19,159,996	63,363,524	3.84%	3.19%
1999	19,887,785	65,374,561	3.8%	3.17%
2000	20,130,327	67,411,494	1.22%	3.12%
2001	20,284,307	69,487,762	0.76%	3.08%
2002	21,378,117	71,635,517	5.39%	3.09%
2003	22,733,049	73,832,663	6.34%	3.07%
2004	23,560,654	76,077,206	3.64%	3.04%
2005	24,404,567	78,367,470	3.58%	3.01%
2006	25,424,094	80,703,490	4.18%	2.98%
2007	25,909,852	83,103,217	1.91%	2.97%
2008	26,482,622	85,543,668	2.21%	2.94%
2009	27,466,101	88,007,636	3.71%	2.88%
2010	28,284,089	90,538,514	2.98%	2.88%
2011	29,347,708	93,149,970	3.76%	2.88%
2012	30,560,034	95,798,767	4.13%	2.84%
2013	31,622,704	98,438,751	3.48%	2.76%
2014	32,792,523	101,115,610	3.7%	2.72%
2015	33,831,764	103,867,135	3.17%	2.72%
2016	34,700,612	106,718,162	2.57%	2.74%
2017	35,688,935	109,666,481	2.85%	2.76%
2018	36,743,039	112,664,152	2.95%	2.73%
2019	37,856,121	115,737,383	3.03%	2.73%
2020	39,068,979	118,917,671	3.2%	2.75%
2021	40,000,412	122,138,588	2.38%	2.71%
2022	40,578,842	125,384,287	1.45%	2.66%
2023	41,454,761	128,691,692	2.16%	2.64%
2024	42,647,492	132,059,767	2.88%	2.62%
2025	43,844,105	135,472,043	2.81%	2.58%
2026	45,047,056	138,902,180	2.74%	2.53%
2027	46,258,902	142,364,798	2.69%	2.49%
2028	47,470,560	145,841,255	2.62%	2.44%
2029	48,725,707	149,336,056	2.64%	2.4%
2030	50,039,392	152,855,352	2.7%	2.36%
2031	51,375,991	156,382,425	2.67%	2.31%
2032	52,707,835	159,923,895	2.59%	2.26%
2033	54,044,241	163,453,311	2.54%	2.21%
2034	55,359,451	166,978,790	2.43%	2.16%
2035	56,647,220	170,532,952	2.33%	2.13%
2036	57,953,651	174,097,772	2.31%	2.09%
2037	59,279,025	177,661,132	2.29%	2.05%
2038	60,597,829	181,235,892	2.22%	2.01%
2039	61,944,459	184,835,102	2.22%	1.99%
2040	63,347,863	188,450,900	2.27%	1.96%
2041	64,738,834	192,068,629	2.2%	1.92%
2042	66,060,206	195,695,295	2.04%	1.89%
2043	67,375,149	199,347,978	1.99%	1.87%
2044	68,703,950	203,014,368	1.97%	1.84%
2045	70,021,184	206,673,625	1.92%	1.8%
2046	71,384,682	210,337,847	1.95%	1.77%
2047	72,756,288	214,023,504	1.92%	1.75%
2048	74,109,717	217,710,204	1.86%	1.72%
2049	75,515,588	221,377,329	1.9%	1.68%
2050	76,885,118	225,021,865	1.81%	1.65%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Ethiopia gained 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2006 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.