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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Indonesia	Afghanistan	Indonesia
1960	9,035,043	88,296,070	-	-
1961	9,214,083	90,791,249	1.98%	2.83%
1962	9,404,406	93,375,850	2.07%	2.85%
1963	9,604,487	96,051,424	2.13%	2.87%
1964	9,814,318	98,833,749	2.18%	2.9%
1965	10,036,008	101,365,130	2.26%	2.56%
1966	10,266,395	103,792,754	2.3%	2.39%
1967	10,505,959	106,526,393	2.33%	2.63%
1968	10,756,922	109,450,006	2.39%	2.74%
1969	11,017,409	112,517,639	2.42%	2.8%
1970	11,290,128	115,657,495	2.48%	2.79%
1971	11,567,667	118,833,702	2.46%	2.75%
1972	11,853,696	122,039,841	2.47%	2.7%
1973	12,157,999	125,288,515	2.57%	2.66%
1974	12,469,127	128,555,045	2.56%	2.61%
1975	12,773,954	131,843,848	2.44%	2.56%
1976	13,059,851	135,173,655	2.24%	2.53%
1977	13,340,756	138,533,541	2.15%	2.49%
1978	13,611,441	141,953,163	2.03%	2.47%
1979	13,655,567	145,434,834	0.32%	2.45%
1980	13,169,311	148,950,540	-3.56%	2.42%
1981	11,937,581	152,485,035	-9.35%	2.37%
1982	10,991,378	156,052,152	-7.93%	2.34%
1983	10,917,982	159,651,381	-0.67%	2.31%
1984	11,190,221	163,251,124	2.49%	2.25%
1985	11,426,852	166,776,185	2.11%	2.16%
1986	11,420,074	170,175,065	-0.06%	2.04%
1987	11,387,818	173,511,154	-0.28%	1.96%
1988	11,523,298	176,855,065	1.19%	1.93%
1989	11,874,088	180,201,630	3.04%	1.89%
1990	12,045,660	183,501,098	1.44%	1.83%
1991	12,238,879	186,778,238	1.6%	1.79%
1992	13,278,974	190,043,744	8.5%	1.75%
1993	14,943,172	193,305,168	12.5%	1.72%
1994	16,250,794	196,591,828	8.75%	1.7%
1995	17,065,836	199,888,057	5.02%	1.68%
1996	17,763,266	203,204,348	4.09%	1.66%
1997	18,452,091	206,536,095	3.88%	1.64%
1998	19,159,996	209,826,788	3.84%	1.59%
1999	19,887,785	213,004,668	3.8%	1.51%
2000	20,130,327	216,077,790	1.22%	1.44%
2001	20,284,307	219,097,902	0.76%	1.4%
2002	21,378,117	222,088,495	5.39%	1.36%
2003	22,733,049	225,048,008	6.34%	1.33%
2004	23,560,654	227,926,649	3.64%	1.28%
2005	24,404,567	230,871,650	3.58%	1.29%
2006	25,424,094	233,951,652	4.18%	1.33%
2007	25,909,852	237,062,337	1.91%	1.33%
2008	26,482,622	240,157,903	2.21%	1.31%
2009	27,466,101	243,220,028	3.71%	1.28%
2010	28,284,089	246,305,322	2.98%	1.27%
2011	29,347,708	249,470,032	3.76%	1.28%
2012	30,560,034	252,698,525	4.13%	1.29%
2013	31,622,704	255,852,467	3.48%	1.25%
2014	32,792,523	258,877,399	3.7%	1.18%
2015	33,831,764	261,799,249	3.17%	1.13%
2016	34,700,612	264,627,418	2.57%	1.08%
2017	35,688,935	267,346,658	2.85%	1.03%
2018	36,743,039	269,951,846	2.95%	0.97%
2019	37,856,121	272,489,381	3.03%	0.94%
2020	39,068,979	274,814,866	3.2%	0.85%
2021	40,000,412	276,758,053	2.38%	0.71%
2022	40,578,842	278,830,529	1.45%	0.75%
2023	41,454,761	281,190,067	2.16%	0.85%
2024	42,647,492	283,487,931	2.88%	0.82%
2025	43,844,105	285,721,231	2.81%	0.79%
2026	45,047,056	287,886,778	2.74%	0.76%
2027	46,258,902	289,986,520	2.69%	0.73%
2028	47,470,560	292,016,774	2.62%	0.7%
2029	48,725,707	293,978,106	2.64%	0.67%
2030	50,039,392	295,876,644	2.7%	0.65%
2031	51,375,991	297,719,741	2.67%	0.62%
2032	52,707,835	299,510,654	2.59%	0.6%
2033	54,044,241	301,250,975	2.54%	0.58%
2034	55,359,451	302,938,571	2.43%	0.56%
2035	56,647,220	304,566,615	2.33%	0.54%
2036	57,953,651	306,135,097	2.31%	0.51%
2037	59,279,025	307,646,407	2.29%	0.49%
2038	60,597,829	309,096,450	2.22%	0.47%
2039	61,944,459	310,481,116	2.22%	0.45%
2040	63,347,863	311,797,391	2.27%	0.42%
2041	64,738,834	313,041,656	2.2%	0.4%
2042	66,060,206	314,211,278	2.04%	0.37%
2043	67,375,149	315,304,309	1.99%	0.35%
2044	68,703,950	316,318,412	1.97%	0.32%
2045	70,021,184	317,249,609	1.92%	0.29%
2046	71,384,682	318,096,567	1.95%	0.27%
2047	72,756,288	318,862,018	1.92%	0.24%
2048	74,109,717	319,554,646	1.86%	0.22%
2049	75,515,588	320,173,244	1.9%	0.19%
2050	76,885,118	320,712,941	1.81%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2005 and still ranked 4th 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 Indonesia will increase by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.