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	385,663	2.16%	0.96%
2024	42,647,492	386,506	2.88%	0.22%
2025	43,844,105	391,286	2.81%	1.24%
2026	45,047,056	395,277	2.74%	1.02%
2027	46,258,902	398,729	2.69%	0.87%
2028	47,470,560	401,867	2.62%	0.79%
2029	48,725,707	404,639	2.64%	0.69%
2030	50,039,392	407,090	2.7%	0.61%
2031	51,375,991	409,307	2.67%	0.54%
2032	52,707,835	411,279	2.59%	0.48%
2033	54,044,241	413,059	2.54%	0.43%
2034	55,359,451	414,660	2.43%	0.39%
2035	56,647,220	416,153	2.33%	0.36%
2036	57,953,651	417,573	2.31%	0.34%
2037	59,279,025	418,847	2.29%	0.31%
2038	60,597,829	419,997	2.22%	0.27%
2039	61,944,459	421,032	2.22%	0.25%
2040	63,347,863	421,924	2.27%	0.21%
2041	64,738,834	422,688	2.2%	0.18%
2042	66,060,206	423,370	2.04%	0.16%
2043	67,375,149	424,023	1.99%	0.15%
2044	68,703,950	424,570	1.97%	0.13%
2045	70,021,184	424,909	1.92%	0.08%
2046	71,384,682	425,115	1.95%	0.05%
2047	72,756,288	425,264	1.92%	0.03%
2048	74,109,717	425,359	1.86%	0.02%
2049	75,515,588	425,409	1.9%	0.01%
2050	76,885,118	425,404	1.81%	-0.001%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Iceland gained 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 59,875 (a 17.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2006 and ranked 173rd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd.