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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Guyana	Afghanistan	Guyana
1960	9,035,043	569,143	-	-
1961	9,214,083	582,568	1.98%	2.36%
1962	9,404,406	595,461	2.07%	2.21%
1963	9,604,487	608,537	2.13%	2.2%
1964	9,814,318	621,764	2.18%	2.17%
1965	10,036,008	635,128	2.26%	2.15%
1966	10,266,395	648,646	2.3%	2.13%
1967	10,505,959	662,311	2.33%	2.11%
1968	10,756,922	676,160	2.39%	2.09%
1969	11,017,409	690,223	2.42%	2.08%
1970	11,290,128	702,705	2.48%	1.81%
1971	11,567,667	712,662	2.46%	1.42%
1972	11,853,696	721,617	2.47%	1.26%
1973	12,157,999	730,138	2.57%	1.18%
1974	12,469,127	738,057	2.56%	1.08%
1975	12,773,954	745,393	2.44%	0.99%
1976	13,059,851	752,253	2.24%	0.92%
1977	13,340,756	758,654	2.15%	0.85%
1978	13,611,441	764,586	2.03%	0.78%
1979	13,655,567	770,062	0.32%	0.72%
1980	13,169,311	774,367	-3.56%	0.56%
1981	11,937,581	776,453	-9.35%	0.27%
1982	10,991,378	776,712	-7.93%	0.03%
1983	10,917,982	775,891	-0.67%	-0.11%
1984	11,190,221	774,111	2.49%	-0.23%
1985	11,426,852	771,477	2.11%	-0.34%
1986	11,420,074	768,098	-0.06%	-0.44%
1987	11,387,818	764,120	-0.28%	-0.52%
1988	11,523,298	759,663	1.19%	-0.58%
1989	11,874,088	754,865	3.04%	-0.63%
1990	12,045,660	749,894	1.44%	-0.66%
1991	12,238,879	747,861	1.6%	-0.27%
1992	13,278,974	749,911	8.5%	0.27%
1993	14,943,172	752,965	12.5%	0.41%
1994	16,250,794	755,822	8.75%	0.38%
1995	17,065,836	758,388	5.02%	0.34%
1996	17,763,266	760,526	4.09%	0.28%
1997	18,452,091	762,245	3.88%	0.23%
1998	19,159,996	763,586	3.84%	0.18%
1999	19,887,785	764,483	3.8%	0.12%
2000	20,130,327	764,832	1.22%	0.05%
2001	20,284,307	764,477	0.76%	-0.05%
2002	21,378,117	763,652	5.39%	-0.11%
2003	22,733,049	763,101	6.34%	-0.07%
2004	23,560,654	762,418	3.64%	-0.09%
2005	24,404,567	760,914	3.58%	-0.2%
2006	25,424,094	758,966	4.18%	-0.26%
2007	25,909,852	756,861	1.91%	-0.28%
2008	26,482,622	754,606	2.21%	-0.3%
2009	27,466,101	752,094	3.71%	-0.33%
2010	28,284,089	749,256	2.98%	-0.38%
2011	29,347,708	746,153	3.76%	-0.41%
2012	30,560,034	746,288	4.13%	0.02%
2013	31,622,704	750,021	3.48%	0.5%
2014	32,792,523	754,229	3.7%	0.56%
2015	33,831,764	758,781	3.17%	0.6%
2016	34,700,612	763,548	2.57%	0.63%
2017	35,688,935	768,479	2.85%	0.65%
2018	36,743,039	791,556	2.95%	3%
2019	37,856,121	807,665	3.03%	2.04%
2020	39,068,979	807,481	3.2%	-0.02%
2021	40,000,412	815,482	2.38%	0.99%
2022	40,578,842	821,637	1.45%	0.75%
2023	41,454,761	826,353	2.16%	0.57%
2024	42,647,492	831,087	2.88%	0.57%
2025	43,844,105	835,986	2.81%	0.59%
2026	45,047,056	840,883	2.74%	0.59%
2027	46,258,902	846,019	2.69%	0.61%
2028	47,470,560	851,161	2.62%	0.61%
2029	48,725,707	856,040	2.64%	0.57%
2030	50,039,392	861,037	2.7%	0.58%
2031	51,375,991	866,080	2.67%	0.59%
2032	52,707,835	871,237	2.59%	0.6%
2033	54,044,241	876,346	2.54%	0.59%
2034	55,359,451	881,223	2.43%	0.56%
2035	56,647,220	885,935	2.33%	0.53%
2036	57,953,651	890,320	2.31%	0.49%
2037	59,279,025	894,649	2.29%	0.49%
2038	60,597,829	899,021	2.22%	0.49%
2039	61,944,459	903,316	2.22%	0.48%
2040	63,347,863	907,506	2.27%	0.46%
2041	64,738,834	911,723	2.2%	0.46%
2042	66,060,206	915,811	2.04%	0.45%
2043	67,375,149	919,575	1.99%	0.41%
2044	68,703,950	923,121	1.97%	0.39%
2045	70,021,184	926,355	1.92%	0.35%
2046	71,384,682	929,478	1.95%	0.34%
2047	72,756,288	932,483	1.92%	0.32%
2048	74,109,717	935,329	1.86%	0.31%
2049	75,515,588	938,062	1.9%	0.29%
2050	76,885,118	940,601	1.81%	0.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Guyana lost 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 81,138 (a 10.7% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2005 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.