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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Guatemala	Afghanistan	Guatemala
1960	9,035,043	4,063,655	-	-
1961	9,214,083	4,186,201	1.98%	3.02%
1962	9,404,406	4,312,044	2.07%	3.01%
1963	9,604,487	4,440,264	2.13%	2.97%
1964	9,814,318	4,571,109	2.18%	2.95%
1965	10,036,008	4,704,965	2.26%	2.93%
1966	10,266,395	4,840,958	2.3%	2.89%
1967	10,505,959	4,978,862	2.33%	2.85%
1968	10,756,922	5,118,111	2.39%	2.8%
1969	11,017,409	5,257,081	2.42%	2.72%
1970	11,290,128	5,396,966	2.48%	2.66%
1971	11,567,667	5,538,355	2.46%	2.62%
1972	11,853,696	5,682,833	2.47%	2.61%
1973	12,157,999	5,831,631	2.57%	2.62%
1974	12,469,127	5,981,197	2.56%	2.56%
1975	12,773,954	6,128,731	2.44%	2.47%
1976	13,059,851	6,262,404	2.24%	2.18%
1977	13,340,756	6,401,515	2.15%	2.22%
1978	13,611,441	6,561,534	2.03%	2.5%
1979	13,655,567	6,727,797	0.32%	2.53%
1980	13,169,311	6,900,212	-3.56%	2.56%
1981	11,937,581	7,075,648	-9.35%	2.54%
1982	10,991,378	7,240,241	-7.93%	2.33%
1983	10,917,982	7,419,642	-0.67%	2.48%
1984	11,190,221	7,630,682	2.49%	2.84%
1985	11,426,852	7,849,693	2.11%	2.87%
1986	11,420,074	8,070,818	-0.06%	2.82%
1987	11,387,818	8,296,485	-0.28%	2.8%
1988	11,523,298	8,532,099	1.19%	2.84%
1989	11,874,088	8,775,546	3.04%	2.85%
1990	12,045,660	9,024,773	1.44%	2.84%
1991	12,238,879	9,272,584	1.6%	2.75%
1992	13,278,974	9,522,266	8.5%	2.69%
1993	14,943,172	9,779,761	12.5%	2.7%
1994	16,250,794	10,043,718	8.75%	2.7%
1995	17,065,836	10,312,996	5.02%	2.68%
1996	17,763,266	10,583,526	4.09%	2.62%
1997	18,452,091	10,857,754	3.88%	2.59%
1998	19,159,996	11,139,145	3.84%	2.59%
1999	19,887,785	11,422,965	3.8%	2.55%
2000	20,130,327	11,697,592	1.22%	2.4%
2001	20,284,307	11,969,422	0.76%	2.32%
2002	21,378,117	12,246,915	5.39%	2.32%
2003	22,733,049	12,525,842	6.34%	2.28%
2004	23,560,654	12,807,402	3.64%	2.25%
2005	24,404,567	13,087,629	3.58%	2.19%
2006	25,424,094	13,367,459	4.18%	2.14%
2007	25,909,852	13,652,040	1.91%	2.13%
2008	26,482,622	13,935,174	2.21%	2.07%
2009	27,466,101	14,215,611	3.71%	2.01%
2010	28,284,089	14,500,112	2.98%	2%
2011	29,347,708	14,792,126	3.76%	2.01%
2012	30,560,034	15,089,647	4.13%	2.01%
2013	31,622,704	15,387,337	3.48%	1.97%
2014	32,792,523	15,681,725	3.7%	1.91%
2015	33,831,764	15,971,743	3.17%	1.85%
2016	34,700,612	16,268,760	2.57%	1.86%
2017	35,688,935	16,567,357	2.85%	1.84%
2018	36,743,039	16,845,685	2.95%	1.68%
2019	37,856,121	17,103,803	3.03%	1.53%
2020	39,068,979	17,357,325	3.2%	1.48%
2021	40,000,412	17,598,650	2.38%	1.39%
2022	40,578,842	17,847,877	1.45%	1.42%
2023	41,454,761	18,124,838	2.16%	1.55%
2024	42,647,492	18,406,359	2.88%	1.55%
2025	43,844,105	18,687,873	2.81%	1.53%
2026	45,047,056	18,967,974	2.74%	1.5%
2027	46,258,902	19,246,005	2.69%	1.47%
2028	47,470,560	19,521,501	2.62%	1.43%
2029	48,725,707	19,795,168	2.64%	1.4%
2030	50,039,392	20,067,252	2.7%	1.37%
2031	51,375,991	20,337,369	2.67%	1.35%
2032	52,707,835	20,605,385	2.59%	1.32%
2033	54,044,241	20,871,083	2.54%	1.29%
2034	55,359,451	21,134,167	2.43%	1.26%
2035	56,647,220	21,394,231	2.33%	1.23%
2036	57,953,651	21,650,331	2.31%	1.2%
2037	59,279,025	21,901,955	2.29%	1.16%
2038	60,597,829	22,149,197	2.22%	1.13%
2039	61,944,459	22,391,079	2.22%	1.09%
2040	63,347,863	22,626,859	2.27%	1.05%
2041	64,738,834	22,856,760	2.2%	1.02%
2042	66,060,206	23,080,838	2.04%	0.98%
2043	67,375,149	23,299,226	1.99%	0.95%
2044	68,703,950	23,512,005	1.97%	0.91%
2045	70,021,184	23,719,080	1.92%	0.88%
2046	71,384,682	23,920,450	1.95%	0.85%
2047	72,756,288	24,115,734	1.92%	0.82%
2048	74,109,717	24,305,641	1.86%	0.79%
2049	75,515,588	24,491,000	1.9%	0.76%
2050	76,885,118	24,670,850	1.81%	0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2006 and ranked 69th 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 Guatemala will increase by 30% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 69th to 67th.