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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	France	Afghanistan	France
1960	9,035,043	47,412,964	-	-
1961	9,214,083	47,905,982	1.98%	1.04%
1962	9,404,406	48,389,516	2.07%	1.01%
1963	9,604,487	48,877,567	2.13%	1.01%
1964	9,814,318	49,401,492	2.18%	1.07%
1965	10,036,008	49,877,725	2.26%	0.96%
1966	10,266,395	50,311,637	2.3%	0.87%
1967	10,505,959	50,722,791	2.33%	0.82%
1968	10,756,922	51,112,980	2.39%	0.77%
1969	11,017,409	51,536,014	2.42%	0.83%
1970	11,290,128	52,007,169	2.48%	0.91%
1971	11,567,667	52,499,553	2.46%	0.95%
1972	11,853,696	52,962,356	2.47%	0.88%
1973	12,157,999	53,392,161	2.57%	0.81%
1974	12,469,127	53,746,571	2.56%	0.66%
1975	12,773,954	54,002,853	2.44%	0.48%
1976	13,059,851	54,232,383	2.24%	0.43%
1977	13,340,756	54,486,467	2.15%	0.47%
1978	13,611,441	54,734,030	2.03%	0.45%
1979	13,655,567	54,979,851	0.32%	0.45%
1980	13,169,311	55,274,184	-3.56%	0.54%
1981	11,937,581	55,603,353	-9.35%	0.6%
1982	10,991,378	55,806,789	-7.93%	0.37%
1983	10,917,982	56,108,330	-0.67%	0.54%
1984	11,190,221	56,383,085	2.49%	0.49%
1985	11,426,852	56,665,619	2.11%	0.5%
1986	11,420,074	56,956,002	-0.06%	0.51%
1987	11,387,818	57,266,167	-0.28%	0.54%
1988	11,523,298	57,598,186	1.19%	0.58%
1989	11,874,088	57,943,062	3.04%	0.6%
1990	12,045,660	58,261,012	1.44%	0.55%
1991	12,238,879	58,554,242	1.6%	0.5%
1992	13,278,974	58,846,584	8.5%	0.5%
1993	14,943,172	59,103,094	12.5%	0.44%
1994	16,250,794	59,324,863	8.75%	0.38%
1995	17,065,836	59,541,294	5.02%	0.36%
1996	17,763,266	59,754,504	4.09%	0.36%
1997	18,452,091	59,968,066	3.88%	0.36%
1998	19,159,996	60,190,684	3.84%	0.37%
1999	19,887,785	60,501,986	3.8%	0.52%
2000	20,130,327	60,918,661	1.22%	0.69%
2001	20,284,307	61,364,377	0.76%	0.73%
2002	21,378,117	61,812,142	5.39%	0.73%
2003	22,733,049	62,249,855	6.34%	0.71%
2004	23,560,654	62,707,588	3.64%	0.74%
2005	24,404,567	63,180,854	3.58%	0.75%
2006	25,424,094	63,622,342	4.18%	0.7%
2007	25,909,852	64,016,890	1.91%	0.62%
2008	26,482,622	64,375,116	2.21%	0.56%
2009	27,466,101	64,706,436	3.71%	0.51%
2010	28,284,089	65,026,211	2.98%	0.49%
2011	29,347,708	65,340,830	3.76%	0.48%
2012	30,560,034	65,657,659	4.13%	0.48%
2013	31,622,704	65,997,932	3.48%	0.52%
2014	32,792,523	66,312,067	3.7%	0.48%
2015	33,831,764	66,548,272	3.17%	0.36%
2016	34,700,612	66,724,104	2.57%	0.26%
2017	35,688,935	66,918,020	2.85%	0.29%
2018	36,743,039	67,158,348	2.95%	0.36%
2019	37,856,121	67,382,061	3.03%	0.33%
2020	39,068,979	67,601,110	3.2%	0.33%
2021	40,000,412	67,842,811	2.38%	0.36%
2022	40,578,842	68,184,457	1.45%	0.5%
2023	41,454,761	68,372,286	2.16%	0.28%
2024	42,647,492	68,551,653	2.88%	0.26%
2025	43,844,105	68,657,003	2.81%	0.15%
2026	45,047,056	68,755,474	2.74%	0.14%
2027	46,258,902	68,850,103	2.69%	0.14%
2028	47,470,560	68,943,198	2.62%	0.14%
2029	48,725,707	69,035,594	2.64%	0.13%
2030	50,039,392	69,127,642	2.7%	0.13%
2031	51,375,991	69,217,432	2.67%	0.13%
2032	52,707,835	69,307,184	2.59%	0.13%
2033	54,044,241	69,397,148	2.54%	0.13%
2034	55,359,451	69,488,653	2.43%	0.13%
2035	56,647,220	69,581,145	2.33%	0.13%
2036	57,953,651	69,671,156	2.31%	0.13%
2037	59,279,025	69,759,529	2.29%	0.13%
2038	60,597,829	69,842,775	2.22%	0.12%
2039	61,944,459	69,916,407	2.22%	0.11%
2040	63,347,863	69,983,876	2.27%	0.1%
2041	64,738,834	70,049,466	2.2%	0.09%
2042	66,060,206	70,112,592	2.04%	0.09%
2043	67,375,149	70,166,082	1.99%	0.08%
2044	68,703,950	70,208,621	1.97%	0.06%
2045	70,021,184	70,243,515	1.92%	0.05%
2046	71,384,682	70,267,943	1.95%	0.03%
2047	72,756,288	70,282,782	1.92%	0.02%
2048	74,109,717	70,289,191	1.86%	0.009%
2049	75,515,588	70,285,150	1.9%	-0.006%
2050	76,885,118	70,273,103	1.81%	-0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while France gained 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while France's population increased by 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. France was ranked 20th in 2006 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.21% to 70,273,103 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.