The latest officially reported population of Afghanistan was 42,647,492 in 2024 vs 10,825,703 people in Honduras in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Afghanistan's population is 45,060,300 people compared to 11,186,699 in Honduras.
Population statistics:
- Afghanistan's population is 4.03 times bigger than Honduras'.
- Afghanistan is ranked the 36th most populous country in the world, while Honduras is the 87th.
- The countries together account for 0.68% of the world: 0.54% for Afghanistan vs 0.14% for Honduras.
- For the last 10 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +1.81% in Honduras.
- Since 2006, the population of Afghanistan has increased from 25.4M people to 45.1M (77.2% growth), while Honduras has grown from 7.66M to 11.2M (46.1% growth).
- Afghanistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 130M people compared to the peak of 17.1M people in 2090 for Honduras.
Afghanistan vs Honduras: live population counter
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| Current population |
45060300
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11186699
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| Population rank | 36/197 | 87/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.54% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
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2.91 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.5 seconds
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2.25 minutes
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| One death every |
2.19 minutes
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.9 minutes
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1.82 hours
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| Annual migration change | -44,089 | -4,821 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,268 | +495 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,731 | +180,852 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.88% | +1.7% |
| Population growth rate rank | 20/197 | 64/197 |
Afghanistan and Honduras: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,035,043 | 2,062,060 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 | 2,121,242 | 1.98% | 2.87% |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 | 2,182,064 | 2.07% | 2.87% |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 | 2,244,878 | 2.13% | 2.88% |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 | 2,309,855 | 2.18% | 2.89% |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 | 2,377,157 | 2.26% | 2.91% |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 | 2,446,751 | 2.3% | 2.93% |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 | 2,518,648 | 2.33% | 2.94% |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 | 2,593,057 | 2.39% | 2.95% |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 | 2,670,289 | 2.42% | 2.98% |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 | 2,750,715 | 2.48% | 3.01% |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 | 2,834,616 | 2.46% | 3.05% |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 | 2,922,064 | 2.47% | 3.09% |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 | 3,011,459 | 2.57% | 3.06% |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 | 3,099,836 | 2.56% | 2.93% |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 | 3,193,234 | 2.44% | 3.01% |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 | 3,294,457 | 2.24% | 3.17% |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 | 3,398,655 | 2.15% | 3.16% |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 | 3,505,463 | 2.03% | 3.14% |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 | 3,614,981 | 0.32% | 3.12% |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 | 3,727,173 | -3.56% | 3.1% |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 | 3,841,778 | -9.35% | 3.07% |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 | 3,958,728 | -7.93% | 3.04% |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 | 4,078,174 | -0.67% | 3.02% |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 | 4,199,850 | 2.49% | 2.98% |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 | 4,323,342 | 2.11% | 2.94% |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 | 4,448,899 | -0.06% | 2.9% |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 | 4,576,910 | -0.28% | 2.88% |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 | 4,707,677 | 1.19% | 2.86% |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 | 4,841,838 | 3.04% | 2.85% |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 | 4,980,488 | 1.44% | 2.86% |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 | 5,123,792 | 1.6% | 2.88% |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 | 5,271,431 | 8.5% | 2.88% |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 | 5,423,249 | 12.5% | 2.88% |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 | 5,579,242 | 8.75% | 2.88% |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 | 5,739,637 | 5.02% | 2.87% |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 | 5,903,954 | 4.09% | 2.86% |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 | 6,071,454 | 3.88% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 | 6,234,431 | 3.84% | 2.68% |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 | 6,400,463 | 3.8% | 2.66% |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 | 6,577,773 | 1.22% | 2.77% |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 | 6,757,993 | 0.76% | 2.74% |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 | 6,938,859 | 5.39% | 2.68% |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 | 7,119,213 | 6.34% | 2.6% |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 | 7,298,994 | 3.64% | 2.53% |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 | 7,478,355 | 3.58% | 2.46% |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 | 7,656,832 | 4.18% | 2.39% |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 | 7,834,798 | 1.91% | 2.32% |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 | 8,012,587 | 2.21% | 2.27% |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 | 8,189,899 | 3.71% | 2.21% |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 | 8,365,878 | 2.98% | 2.15% |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 | 8,540,583 | 3.76% | 2.09% |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 | 8,715,076 | 4.13% | 2.04% |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 | 8,889,278 | 3.48% | 2% |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 | 9,063,122 | 3.7% | 1.96% |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 | 9,237,305 | 3.17% | 1.92% |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 | 9,412,380 | 2.57% | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 | 9,588,137 | 2.85% | 1.87% |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 | 9,765,210 | 2.95% | 1.85% |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 | 9,943,633 | 3.03% | 1.83% |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 | 10,119,640 | 3.2% | 1.77% |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 | 10,289,877 | 2.38% | 1.68% |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 | 10,463,872 | 1.45% | 1.69% |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 | 10,644,851 | 2.16% | 1.73% |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 | 10,825,703 | 2.88% | 1.7% |
| 2025 | 43,844,105 | 11,005,850 | 2.81% | 1.66% |
| 2026 | 45,047,056 | 11,184,760 | 2.74% | 1.63% |
| 2027 | 46,258,902 | 11,362,224 | 2.69% | 1.59% |
| 2028 | 47,470,560 | 11,538,364 | 2.62% | 1.55% |
| 2029 | 48,725,707 | 11,712,882 | 2.64% | 1.51% |
| 2030 | 50,039,392 | 11,885,318 | 2.7% | 1.47% |
| 2031 | 51,375,991 | 12,055,532 | 2.67% | 1.43% |
| 2032 | 52,707,835 | 12,223,559 | 2.59% | 1.39% |
| 2033 | 54,044,241 | 12,389,375 | 2.54% | 1.36% |
| 2034 | 55,359,451 | 12,552,871 | 2.43% | 1.32% |
| 2035 | 56,647,220 | 12,714,113 | 2.33% | 1.28% |
| 2036 | 57,953,651 | 12,873,077 | 2.31% | 1.25% |
| 2037 | 59,279,025 | 13,029,496 | 2.29% | 1.22% |
| 2038 | 60,597,829 | 13,183,524 | 2.22% | 1.18% |
| 2039 | 61,944,459 | 13,335,254 | 2.22% | 1.15% |
| 2040 | 63,347,863 | 13,484,651 | 2.27% | 1.12% |
| 2041 | 64,738,834 | 13,631,907 | 2.2% | 1.09% |
| 2042 | 66,060,206 | 13,776,955 | 2.04% | 1.06% |
| 2043 | 67,375,149 | 13,919,665 | 1.99% | 1.04% |
| 2044 | 68,703,950 | 14,060,018 | 1.97% | 1.01% |
| 2045 | 70,021,184 | 14,197,949 | 1.92% | 0.98% |
| 2046 | 71,384,682 | 14,333,292 | 1.95% | 0.95% |
| 2047 | 72,756,288 | 14,465,842 | 1.92% | 0.92% |
| 2048 | 74,109,717 | 14,595,534 | 1.86% | 0.9% |
| 2049 | 75,515,588 | 14,722,485 | 1.9% | 0.87% |
| 2050 | 76,885,118 | 14,846,778 | 1.81% | 0.84% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Honduras gained 1,755,548 people (a 22.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Honduras' population increased by 1,774,319 (a 18.9% growth).
Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Honduras was ranked 94th in 2006 and ranked 87th 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 Honduras will increase by 32.7% to 14,846,778 people and rank change from 87th to 86th.
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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| City | Population |
| Tegucigalpa | 1.06M |
| San Pedro Sula | 719K |
| Choloma | 232K |
| La Ceiba | 197K |
| El Progreso | 188K |
| Villanueva | 150K |
| Comayagua | 145K |
| Puerto Cortes | 122K |
| Yoro | 86.7K |
| La Lima | 71.9K |
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Population differences between Afghanistan and Honduras
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| Life expectancy | 66.8 years | 73.4 years |
| Average age | 22.1 years | 27.7 years |
| Median age | 18.2 years | 24.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.84 births per woman | 2.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.4 ppl/mi² | 250.6 ppl/mi² |
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