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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Iran	Afghanistan	Iran
1960	9,035,043	21,470,434	-	-
1961	9,214,083	22,125,726	1.98%	3.05%
1962	9,404,406	22,807,907	2.07%	3.08%
1963	9,604,487	23,519,005	2.13%	3.12%
1964	9,814,318	24,262,859	2.18%	3.16%
1965	10,036,008	25,036,978	2.26%	3.19%
1966	10,266,395	25,829,270	2.3%	3.16%
1967	10,505,959	26,628,432	2.33%	3.09%
1968	10,756,922	27,437,391	2.39%	3.04%
1969	11,017,409	28,273,482	2.42%	3.05%
1970	11,290,128	29,145,100	2.48%	3.08%
1971	11,567,667	30,029,071	2.46%	3.03%
1972	11,853,696	30,921,179	2.47%	2.97%
1973	12,157,999	31,839,838	2.57%	2.97%
1974	12,469,127	32,796,463	2.56%	3%
1975	12,773,954	33,802,973	2.44%	3.07%
1976	13,059,851	34,837,271	2.24%	3.06%
1977	13,340,756	35,933,181	2.15%	3.15%
1978	13,611,441	37,126,535	2.03%	3.32%
1979	13,655,567	38,424,952	0.32%	3.5%
1980	13,169,311	39,842,324	-3.56%	3.69%
1981	11,937,581	41,989,312	-9.35%	5.39%
1982	10,991,378	44,272,141	-7.93%	5.44%
1983	10,917,982	46,029,535	-0.67%	3.97%
1984	11,190,221	47,793,998	2.49%	3.83%
1985	11,426,852	49,582,289	2.11%	3.74%
1986	11,420,074	51,446,045	-0.06%	3.76%
1987	11,387,818	53,323,493	-0.28%	3.65%
1988	11,523,298	55,072,694	1.19%	3.28%
1989	11,874,088	56,704,914	3.04%	2.96%
1990	12,045,660	58,380,092	1.44%	2.95%
1991	12,238,879	59,986,931	1.6%	2.75%
1992	13,278,974	61,184,983	8.5%	2%
1993	14,943,172	61,403,543	12.5%	0.36%
1994	16,250,794	61,520,598	8.75%	0.19%
1995	17,065,836	62,205,567	5.02%	1.11%
1996	17,763,266	62,881,300	4.09%	1.09%
1997	18,452,091	63,639,638	3.88%	1.21%
1998	19,159,996	64,519,859	3.84%	1.38%
1999	19,887,785	65,445,391	3.8%	1.43%
2000	20,130,327	66,418,659	1.22%	1.49%
2001	20,284,307	67,452,005	0.76%	1.56%
2002	21,378,117	68,011,317	5.39%	0.83%
2003	22,733,049	68,769,340	6.34%	1.11%
2004	23,560,654	70,256,316	3.64%	2.16%
2005	24,404,567	71,828,455	3.58%	2.24%
2006	25,424,094	73,392,747	4.18%	2.18%
2007	25,909,852	74,602,648	1.91%	1.65%
2008	26,482,622	75,514,204	2.21%	1.22%
2009	27,466,101	76,457,825	3.71%	1.25%
2010	28,284,089	77,420,842	2.98%	1.26%
2011	29,347,708	78,383,598	3.76%	1.24%
2012	30,560,034	79,370,580	4.13%	1.26%
2013	31,622,704	80,414,686	3.48%	1.32%
2014	32,792,523	81,502,045	3.7%	1.35%
2015	33,831,764	82,619,362	3.17%	1.37%
2016	34,700,612	83,812,228	2.57%	1.44%
2017	35,688,935	85,026,754	2.85%	1.45%
2018	36,743,039	86,117,998	2.95%	1.28%
2019	37,856,121	87,051,648	3.03%	1.08%
2020	39,068,979	87,723,443	3.2%	0.77%
2021	40,000,412	88,455,488	2.38%	0.83%
2022	40,578,842	89,524,246	1.45%	1.21%
2023	41,454,761	90,608,707	2.16%	1.21%
2024	42,647,492	91,567,738	2.88%	1.06%
2025	43,844,105	92,417,685	2.81%	0.93%
2026	45,047,056	93,168,494	2.74%	0.81%
2027	46,258,902	93,838,646	2.69%	0.72%
2028	47,470,560	94,440,024	2.62%	0.64%
2029	48,725,707	94,985,102	2.64%	0.58%
2030	50,039,392	95,486,672	2.7%	0.53%
2031	51,375,991	95,960,723	2.67%	0.5%
2032	52,707,835	96,415,457	2.59%	0.47%
2033	54,044,241	96,850,659	2.54%	0.45%
2034	55,359,451	97,271,044	2.43%	0.43%
2035	56,647,220	97,679,258	2.33%	0.42%
2036	57,953,651	98,075,324	2.31%	0.41%
2037	59,279,025	98,458,805	2.29%	0.39%
2038	60,597,829	98,828,318	2.22%	0.38%
2039	61,944,459	99,182,806	2.22%	0.36%
2040	63,347,863	99,524,286	2.27%	0.34%
2041	64,738,834	99,853,719	2.2%	0.33%
2042	66,060,206	100,167,076	2.04%	0.31%
2043	67,375,149	100,462,092	1.99%	0.29%
2044	68,703,950	100,737,592	1.97%	0.27%
2045	70,021,184	100,990,622	1.92%	0.25%
2046	71,384,682	101,219,689	1.95%	0.23%
2047	72,756,288	101,424,009	1.92%	0.2%
2048	74,109,717	101,601,932	1.86%	0.18%
2049	75,515,588	101,748,544	1.9%	0.14%
2050	76,885,118	101,862,002	1.81%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.