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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Hungary	Afghanistan	Hungary
1960	9,035,043	9,983,512	-	-
1961	9,214,083	10,027,958	1.98%	0.45%
1962	9,404,406	10,060,825	2.07%	0.33%
1963	9,604,487	10,087,947	2.13%	0.27%
1964	9,814,318	10,119,835	2.18%	0.32%
1965	10,036,008	10,147,935	2.26%	0.28%
1966	10,266,395	10,178,653	2.3%	0.3%
1967	10,505,959	10,216,604	2.33%	0.37%
1968	10,756,922	10,255,815	2.39%	0.38%
1969	11,017,409	10,298,723	2.42%	0.42%
1970	11,290,128	10,337,910	2.48%	0.38%
1971	11,567,667	10,367,537	2.46%	0.29%
1972	11,853,696	10,398,489	2.47%	0.3%
1973	12,157,999	10,432,055	2.57%	0.32%
1974	12,469,127	10,478,720	2.56%	0.45%
1975	12,773,954	10,540,525	2.44%	0.59%
1976	13,059,851	10,598,677	2.24%	0.55%
1977	13,340,756	10,648,031	2.15%	0.47%
1978	13,611,441	10,684,822	2.03%	0.35%
1979	13,655,567	10,704,152	0.32%	0.18%
1980	13,169,311	10,711,122	-3.56%	0.07%
1981	11,937,581	10,711,848	-9.35%	0.007%
1982	10,991,378	10,705,535	-7.93%	-0.06%
1983	10,917,982	10,689,463	-0.67%	-0.15%
1984	11,190,221	10,668,095	2.49%	-0.2%
1985	11,426,852	10,648,713	2.11%	-0.18%
1986	11,420,074	10,630,564	-0.06%	-0.17%
1987	11,387,818	10,612,741	-0.28%	-0.17%
1988	11,523,298	10,596,487	1.19%	-0.15%
1989	11,874,088	10,481,719	3.04%	-1.08%
1990	12,045,660	10,373,988	1.44%	-1.03%
1991	12,238,879	10,373,400	1.6%	-0.006%
1992	13,278,974	10,369,341	8.5%	-0.04%
1993	14,943,172	10,357,523	12.5%	-0.11%
1994	16,250,794	10,343,355	8.75%	-0.14%
1995	17,065,836	10,328,965	5.02%	-0.14%
1996	17,763,266	10,311,238	4.09%	-0.17%
1997	18,452,091	10,290,486	3.88%	-0.2%
1998	19,159,996	10,266,570	3.84%	-0.23%
1999	19,887,785	10,237,530	3.8%	-0.28%
2000	20,130,327	10,210,971	1.22%	-0.26%
2001	20,284,307	10,187,576	0.76%	-0.23%
2002	21,378,117	10,158,608	5.39%	-0.28%
2003	22,733,049	10,129,552	6.34%	-0.29%
2004	23,560,654	10,107,146	3.64%	-0.22%
2005	24,404,567	10,087,065	3.58%	-0.2%
2006	25,424,094	10,071,370	4.18%	-0.16%
2007	25,909,852	10,055,780	1.91%	-0.15%
2008	26,482,622	10,038,188	2.21%	-0.17%
2009	27,466,101	10,022,650	3.71%	-0.15%
2010	28,284,089	10,000,023	2.98%	-0.23%
2011	29,347,708	9,971,727	3.76%	-0.28%
2012	30,560,034	9,920,362	4.13%	-0.52%
2013	31,622,704	9,872,734	3.48%	-0.48%
2014	32,792,523	9,833,038	3.7%	-0.4%
2015	33,831,764	9,797,755	3.17%	-0.36%
2016	34,700,612	9,759,755	2.57%	-0.39%
2017	35,688,935	9,726,756	2.85%	-0.34%
2018	36,743,039	9,706,964	2.95%	-0.2%
2019	37,856,121	9,694,824	3.03%	-0.13%
2020	39,068,979	9,670,419	3.2%	-0.25%
2021	40,000,412	9,630,932	2.38%	-0.41%
2022	40,578,842	9,605,074	1.45%	-0.27%
2023	41,454,761	9,592,186	2.16%	-0.13%
2024	42,647,492	9,562,065	2.88%	-0.31%
2025	43,844,105	9,518,732	2.81%	-0.45%
2026	45,047,056	9,472,812	2.74%	-0.48%
2027	46,258,902	9,440,619	2.69%	-0.34%
2028	47,470,560	9,407,662	2.62%	-0.35%
2029	48,725,707	9,373,290	2.64%	-0.37%
2030	50,039,392	9,337,723	2.7%	-0.38%
2031	51,375,991	9,301,448	2.67%	-0.39%
2032	52,707,835	9,264,499	2.59%	-0.4%
2033	54,044,241	9,227,024	2.54%	-0.4%
2034	55,359,451	9,189,104	2.43%	-0.41%
2035	56,647,220	9,150,738	2.33%	-0.42%
2036	57,953,651	9,112,410	2.31%	-0.42%
2037	59,279,025	9,074,020	2.29%	-0.42%
2038	60,597,829	9,035,854	2.22%	-0.42%
2039	61,944,459	8,998,108	2.22%	-0.42%
2040	63,347,863	8,960,722	2.27%	-0.42%
2041	64,738,834	8,924,117	2.2%	-0.41%
2042	66,060,206	8,888,128	2.04%	-0.4%
2043	67,375,149	8,852,952	1.99%	-0.4%
2044	68,703,950	8,818,541	1.97%	-0.39%
2045	70,021,184	8,784,424	1.92%	-0.39%
2046	71,384,682	8,750,745	1.95%	-0.38%
2047	72,756,288	8,717,755	1.92%	-0.38%
2048	74,109,717	8,685,518	1.86%	-0.37%
2049	75,515,588	8,653,796	1.9%	-0.37%
2050	76,885,118	8,622,486	1.81%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Hungary lost 311,615 people (a 3.09% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Hungary's population decreased by -286,943 (a 2.94% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Hungary was ranked 81st in 2006 and ranked 98th 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 Hungary will decrease by 8.98% to 8,622,486 people and rank change from 98th to 111th.