The latest officially reported population of Afghanistan was 42,647,492 in 2024 vs 3,673,850 people in Georgia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Afghanistan's population is 44,810,409 people compared to 3,672,886 in Georgia.
Population statistics:
- Afghanistan's population is 12.2 times bigger than Georgia's.
- Afghanistan is ranked the 36th most populous country in the world, while Georgia is the 130th.
- The countries together account for 0.59% of the world: 0.54% for Afghanistan vs 0.04% for Georgia.
- For the last 10 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs -0.11% in Georgia.
- Since 2005, the population of Afghanistan has increased from 24.4M people to 44.8M (83.6% growth), while Georgia has declined from 3.9M to 3.67M (5.88% decline).
- Afghanistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 130M people, while Georgia's population already peaked in 1993 at 4.91M people and is projected to decrease to 2.87M people by 2100.
Afghanistan vs Georgia: live population counter
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| Current population |
44810409
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3672886
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| Population rank | 36/197 | 130/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.54% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
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12.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.5 seconds
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12.3 minutes
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| One death every |
2.19 minutes
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11.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.9 minutes
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5.02 hours
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| Annual migration change | -44,089 | +1,745 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,268 | -114 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,731 | -41,633 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.88% | -1.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 20/197 | 192/197 |
Afghanistan and Georgia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,035,043 | 3,645,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 | 3,703,600 | 1.98% | 1.59% |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 | 3,760,300 | 2.07% | 1.53% |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 | 3,816,100 | 2.13% | 1.48% |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 | 3,870,300 | 2.18% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 | 3,921,600 | 2.26% | 1.33% |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 | 3,966,700 | 2.3% | 1.15% |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 | 4,005,800 | 2.33% | 0.99% |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 | 4,042,300 | 2.39% | 0.91% |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 | 4,080,300 | 2.42% | 0.94% |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 | 4,119,900 | 2.48% | 0.97% |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 | 4,163,000 | 2.46% | 1.05% |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 | 4,205,300 | 2.47% | 1.02% |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 | 4,242,500 | 2.57% | 0.88% |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 | 4,279,500 | 2.56% | 0.87% |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 | 4,311,200 | 2.44% | 0.74% |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 | 4,342,400 | 2.24% | 0.72% |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 | 4,372,100 | 2.15% | 0.68% |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 | 4,397,700 | 2.03% | 0.59% |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 | 4,430,200 | 0.32% | 0.74% |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 | 4,467,700 | -3.56% | 0.85% |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 | 4,504,500 | -9.35% | 0.82% |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 | 4,542,800 | -7.93% | 0.85% |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 | 4,582,900 | -0.67% | 0.88% |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 | 4,622,200 | 2.49% | 0.86% |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 | 4,662,900 | 2.11% | 0.88% |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 | 4,704,500 | -0.06% | 0.89% |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 | 4,743,500 | -0.28% | 0.83% |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 | 4,790,700 | 1.19% | 1% |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 | 4,803,300 | 3.04% | 0.26% |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 | 4,802,000 | 1.44% | -0.03% |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 | 4,835,900 | 1.6% | 0.71% |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 | 4,873,500 | 8.5% | 0.78% |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 | 4,911,100 | 12.5% | 0.77% |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 | 4,836,076 | 8.75% | -1.53% |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 | 4,657,722 | 5.02% | -3.69% |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 | 4,491,699 | 4.09% | -3.56% |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 | 4,349,913 | 3.88% | -3.16% |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 | 4,243,607 | 3.84% | -2.44% |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 | 4,157,192 | 3.8% | -2.04% |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 | 4,077,131 | 1.22% | -1.93% |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 | 4,014,373 | 0.76% | -1.54% |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 | 3,978,515 | 5.39% | -0.89% |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 | 3,951,736 | 6.34% | -0.67% |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 | 3,927,340 | 3.64% | -0.62% |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 | 3,902,469 | 3.58% | -0.63% |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 | 3,880,347 | 4.18% | -0.57% |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 | 3,860,158 | 1.91% | -0.52% |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 | 3,848,449 | 2.21% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 | 3,814,419 | 3.71% | -0.88% |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 | 3,786,695 | 2.98% | -0.73% |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 | 3,756,441 | 3.76% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 | 3,728,874 | 4.13% | -0.73% |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 | 3,717,668 | 3.48% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 | 3,719,414 | 3.7% | 0.05% |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 | 3,725,276 | 3.17% | 0.16% |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 | 3,727,505 | 2.57% | 0.06% |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 | 3,728,004 | 2.85% | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 | 3,726,549 | 2.95% | -0.04% |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 | 3,720,161 | 3.03% | -0.17% |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 | 3,722,716 | 3.2% | 0.07% |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 | 3,708,610 | 2.38% | -0.38% |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 | 3,712,502 | 1.45% | 0.1% |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 | 3,715,483 | 2.16% | 0.08% |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 | 3,673,850 | 2.88% | -1.12% |
| 2025 | 43,844,105 | 3,672,886 | 2.81% | -0.03% |
| 2026 | 45,047,056 | 3,670,932 | 2.74% | -0.05% |
| 2027 | 46,258,902 | 3,668,218 | 2.69% | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 47,470,560 | 3,665,210 | 2.62% | -0.08% |
| 2029 | 48,725,707 | 3,661,637 | 2.64% | -0.1% |
| 2030 | 50,039,392 | 3,657,328 | 2.7% | -0.12% |
| 2031 | 51,375,991 | 3,652,468 | 2.67% | -0.13% |
| 2032 | 52,707,835 | 3,647,514 | 2.59% | -0.14% |
| 2033 | 54,044,241 | 3,642,820 | 2.54% | -0.13% |
| 2034 | 55,359,451 | 3,637,578 | 2.43% | -0.14% |
| 2035 | 56,647,220 | 3,631,911 | 2.33% | -0.16% |
| 2036 | 57,953,651 | 3,625,709 | 2.31% | -0.17% |
| 2037 | 59,279,025 | 3,619,221 | 2.29% | -0.18% |
| 2038 | 60,597,829 | 3,613,066 | 2.22% | -0.17% |
| 2039 | 61,944,459 | 3,607,401 | 2.22% | -0.16% |
| 2040 | 63,347,863 | 3,601,672 | 2.27% | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 64,738,834 | 3,596,113 | 2.2% | -0.15% |
| 2042 | 66,060,206 | 3,591,146 | 2.04% | -0.14% |
| 2043 | 67,375,149 | 3,585,815 | 1.99% | -0.15% |
| 2044 | 68,703,950 | 3,580,127 | 1.97% | -0.16% |
| 2045 | 70,021,184 | 3,573,827 | 1.92% | -0.18% |
| 2046 | 71,384,682 | 3,566,578 | 1.95% | -0.2% |
| 2047 | 72,756,288 | 3,558,996 | 1.92% | -0.21% |
| 2048 | 74,109,717 | 3,551,242 | 1.86% | -0.22% |
| 2049 | 75,515,588 | 3,543,398 | 1.9% | -0.22% |
| 2050 | 76,885,118 | 3,535,243 | 1.81% | -0.23% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Georgia lost 177,193 people (a 4.54% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Georgia's population decreased by -52,390 (a 1.41% decline).
Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Georgia was ranked 124th in 2005 and ranked 130th 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 Georgia will decrease by 3.75% to 3,535,243 people and rank change from 130th to 135th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kabul | 4.27M |
| Kandahar | 614K |
| Herat | 556K |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | 469K |
| Kunduz | 357K |
| Jalalabad | 263K |
| Lashkargah | 202K |
| Sheberghan | 176K |
| Khost | 160K |
| Ghazni | 143K |
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Population differences between Afghanistan and Georgia
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| Life expectancy | 66.5 years | 74.8 years |
| Average age | 22.1 years | 38.6 years |
| Median age | 18.2 years | 38 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 46.6:53.4 |
| Fertility rate | 4.84 births per woman | 1.81 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.4 ppl/mi² | 136.9 ppl/mi² |
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