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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Iceland	Afghanistan	Iceland
1960	9,035,043	175,574	-	-
1961	9,214,083	179,029	1.98%	1.97%
1962	9,404,406	182,378	2.07%	1.87%
1963	9,604,487	185,653	2.13%	1.8%
1964	9,814,318	188,983	2.18%	1.79%
1965	10,036,008	192,286	2.26%	1.75%
1966	10,266,395	195,570	2.3%	1.71%
1967	10,505,959	198,751	2.33%	1.63%
1968	10,756,922	201,488	2.39%	1.38%
1969	11,017,409	203,369	2.42%	0.93%
1970	11,290,128	204,438	2.48%	0.53%
1971	11,567,667	206,098	2.46%	0.81%
1972	11,853,696	209,137	2.47%	1.47%
1973	12,157,999	212,317	2.57%	1.52%
1974	12,469,127	215,209	2.56%	1.36%
1975	12,773,954	217,979	2.44%	1.29%
1976	13,059,851	220,154	2.24%	1%
1977	13,340,756	221,799	2.15%	0.75%
1978	13,611,441	223,537	2.03%	0.78%
1979	13,655,567	225,735	0.32%	0.98%
1980	13,169,311	228,138	-3.56%	1.06%
1981	11,937,581	230,755	-9.35%	1.15%
1982	10,991,378	233,860	-7.93%	1.35%
1983	10,917,982	236,977	-0.67%	1.33%
1984	11,190,221	239,511	2.49%	1.07%
1985	11,426,852	241,405	2.11%	0.79%
1986	11,420,074	243,180	-0.06%	0.74%
1987	11,387,818	245,859	-0.28%	1.1%
1988	11,523,298	249,740	1.19%	1.58%
1989	11,874,088	252,852	3.04%	1.25%
1990	12,045,660	254,826	1.44%	0.78%
1991	12,238,879	257,797	1.6%	1.17%
1992	13,278,974	261,057	8.5%	1.26%
1993	14,943,172	263,725	12.5%	1.02%
1994	16,250,794	266,021	8.75%	0.87%
1995	17,065,836	267,468	5.02%	0.54%
1996	17,763,266	268,916	4.09%	0.54%
1997	18,452,091	271,128	3.88%	0.82%
1998	19,159,996	274,047	3.84%	1.08%
1999	19,887,785	277,381	3.8%	1.22%
2000	20,130,327	281,205	1.22%	1.38%
2001	20,284,307	284,968	0.76%	1.34%
2002	21,378,117	287,523	5.39%	0.9%
2003	22,733,049	289,521	6.34%	0.69%
2004	23,560,654	292,074	3.64%	0.88%
2005	24,404,567	296,734	3.58%	1.6%
2006	25,424,094	303,782	4.18%	2.38%
2007	25,909,852	311,566	1.91%	2.56%
2008	26,482,622	317,414	2.21%	1.88%
2009	27,466,101	318,499	3.71%	0.34%
2010	28,284,089	318,041	2.98%	-0.14%
2011	29,347,708	319,014	3.76%	0.31%
2012	30,560,034	320,716	4.13%	0.53%
2013	31,622,704	323,764	3.48%	0.95%
2014	32,792,523	327,386	3.7%	1.12%
2015	33,831,764	330,815	3.17%	1.05%
2016	34,700,612	335,439	2.57%	1.4%
2017	35,688,935	343,400	2.85%	2.37%
2018	36,743,039	352,721	2.95%	2.71%
2019	37,856,121	360,563	3.03%	2.22%
2020	39,068,979	366,463	3.2%	1.64%
2021	40,000,412	372,520	2.38%	1.65%
2022	40,578,842	382,003	1.45%	2.55%
2023	41,454,761	393,349	2.16%	2.97%
2024	42,647,492	404,610	2.88%	2.86%
2025	43,844,105	409,614	2.81%	1.24%
2026	45,047,056	413,792	2.74%	1.02%
2027	46,258,902	417,406	2.69%	0.87%
2028	47,470,560	420,691	2.62%	0.79%
2029	48,725,707	423,592	2.64%	0.69%
2030	50,039,392	426,158	2.7%	0.61%
2031	51,375,991	428,479	2.67%	0.54%
2032	52,707,835	430,544	2.59%	0.48%
2033	54,044,241	432,406	2.54%	0.43%
2034	55,359,451	434,083	2.43%	0.39%
2035	56,647,220	435,646	2.33%	0.36%
2036	57,953,651	437,132	2.31%	0.34%
2037	59,279,025	438,466	2.29%	0.31%
2038	60,597,829	439,670	2.22%	0.27%
2039	61,944,459	440,754	2.22%	0.25%
2040	63,347,863	441,687	2.27%	0.21%
2041	64,738,834	442,487	2.2%	0.18%
2042	66,060,206	443,200	2.04%	0.16%
2043	67,375,149	443,884	1.99%	0.15%
2044	68,703,950	444,457	1.97%	0.13%
2045	70,021,184	444,812	1.92%	0.08%
2046	71,384,682	445,028	1.95%	0.05%
2047	72,756,288	445,183	1.92%	0.03%
2048	74,109,717	445,283	1.86%	0.02%
2049	75,515,588	445,335	1.9%	0.01%
2050	76,885,118	445,330	1.81%	-0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.