Population in Afghanistan compared to Guinea-Bissau: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and Guinea-Bissau: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Guinea-Bissau	Afghanistan	Guinea-Bissau
1960	9,035,043	577,633	-	-
1961	9,214,083	582,532	1.98%	0.85%
1962	9,404,406	589,474	2.07%	1.19%
1963	9,604,487	594,418	2.13%	0.84%
1964	9,814,318	588,543	2.18%	-0.99%
1965	10,036,008	575,005	2.26%	-2.3%
1966	10,266,395	566,908	2.3%	-1.41%
1967	10,505,959	569,011	2.33%	0.37%
1968	10,756,922	578,170	2.39%	1.61%
1969	11,017,409	581,610	2.42%	0.59%
1970	11,290,128	584,403	2.48%	0.48%
1971	11,567,667	586,221	2.46%	0.31%
1972	11,853,696	586,620	2.47%	0.07%
1973	12,157,999	592,808	2.57%	1.05%
1974	12,469,127	613,338	2.56%	3.46%
1975	12,773,954	650,966	2.44%	6.13%
1976	13,059,851	694,191	2.24%	6.64%
1977	13,340,756	741,789	2.15%	6.86%
1978	13,611,441	791,694	2.03%	6.73%
1979	13,655,567	819,867	0.32%	3.56%
1980	13,169,311	829,303	-3.56%	1.15%
1981	11,937,581	842,432	-9.35%	1.58%
1982	10,991,378	855,891	-7.93%	1.6%
1983	10,917,982	869,592	-0.67%	1.6%
1984	11,190,221	883,519	2.49%	1.6%
1985	11,426,852	897,697	2.11%	1.6%
1986	11,420,074	912,126	-0.06%	1.61%
1987	11,387,818	926,862	-0.28%	1.62%
1988	11,523,298	942,061	1.19%	1.64%
1989	11,874,088	957,789	3.04%	1.67%
1990	12,045,660	973,669	1.44%	1.66%
1991	12,238,879	994,639	1.6%	2.15%
1992	13,278,974	1,024,356	8.5%	2.99%
1993	14,943,172	1,058,745	12.5%	3.36%
1994	16,250,794	1,092,031	8.75%	3.14%
1995	17,065,836	1,119,949	5.02%	2.56%
1996	17,763,266	1,143,535	4.09%	2.11%
1997	18,452,091	1,165,545	3.88%	1.92%
1998	19,159,996	1,187,473	3.84%	1.88%
1999	19,887,785	1,210,206	3.8%	1.91%
2000	20,130,327	1,234,741	1.22%	2.03%
2001	20,284,307	1,261,273	0.76%	2.15%
2002	21,378,117	1,289,307	5.39%	2.22%
2003	22,733,049	1,318,806	6.34%	2.29%
2004	23,560,654	1,349,563	3.64%	2.33%
2005	24,404,567	1,381,585	3.58%	2.37%
2006	25,424,094	1,415,303	4.18%	2.44%
2007	25,909,852	1,450,986	1.91%	2.52%
2008	26,482,622	1,488,054	2.21%	2.55%
2009	27,466,101	1,526,377	3.71%	2.58%
2010	28,284,089	1,566,347	2.98%	2.62%
2011	29,347,708	1,608,076	3.76%	2.66%
2012	30,560,034	1,651,417	4.13%	2.7%
2013	31,622,704	1,695,973	3.48%	2.7%
2014	32,792,523	1,741,122	3.7%	2.66%
2015	33,831,764	1,786,457	3.17%	2.6%
2016	34,700,612	1,831,893	2.57%	2.54%
2017	35,688,935	1,877,072	2.85%	2.47%
2018	36,743,039	1,922,168	2.95%	2.4%
2019	37,856,121	1,967,696	3.03%	2.37%
2020	39,068,979	2,013,255	3.2%	2.32%
2021	40,000,412	2,058,841	2.38%	2.26%
2022	40,578,842	2,105,529	1.45%	2.27%
2023	41,454,761	2,153,339	2.16%	2.27%
2024	42,647,492	2,201,352	2.88%	2.23%
2025	43,844,105	2,249,512	2.81%	2.19%
2026	45,047,056	2,297,807	2.74%	2.15%
2027	46,258,902	2,346,190	2.69%	2.11%
2028	47,470,560	2,394,226	2.62%	2.05%
2029	48,725,707	2,441,574	2.64%	1.98%
2030	50,039,392	2,488,931	2.7%	1.94%
2031	51,375,991	2,536,893	2.67%	1.93%
2032	52,707,835	2,585,565	2.59%	1.92%
2033	54,044,241	2,634,701	2.54%	1.9%
2034	55,359,451	2,683,078	2.43%	1.84%
2035	56,647,220	2,730,136	2.33%	1.75%
2036	57,953,651	2,777,887	2.31%	1.75%
2037	59,279,025	2,826,159	2.29%	1.74%
2038	60,597,829	2,873,929	2.22%	1.69%
2039	61,944,459	2,921,973	2.22%	1.67%
2040	63,347,863	2,969,699	2.27%	1.63%
2041	64,738,834	3,016,537	2.2%	1.58%
2042	66,060,206	3,063,161	2.04%	1.55%
2043	67,375,149	3,109,927	1.99%	1.53%
2044	68,703,950	3,156,704	1.97%	1.5%
2045	70,021,184	3,204,242	1.92%	1.51%
2046	71,384,682	3,251,465	1.95%	1.47%
2047	72,756,288	3,298,563	1.92%	1.45%
2048	74,109,717	3,345,853	1.86%	1.43%
2049	75,515,588	3,392,557	1.9%	1.4%
2050	76,885,118	3,438,597	1.81%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Guinea-Bissau gained 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Guinea-Bissau's population increased by 466,442 (a 25.5% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th in 2006 and ranked 146th 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 Guinea-Bissau will increase by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people and rank change from 146th to 136th.