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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Iraq	Afghanistan	Iraq
1960	9,035,043	7,022,052	-	-
1961	9,214,083	7,194,553	1.98%	2.46%
1962	9,404,406	7,413,875	2.07%	3.05%
1963	9,604,487	7,667,928	2.13%	3.43%
1964	9,814,318	7,929,566	2.18%	3.41%
1965	10,036,008	8,202,140	2.26%	3.44%
1966	10,266,395	8,485,104	2.3%	3.45%
1967	10,505,959	8,778,869	2.33%	3.46%
1968	10,756,922	9,085,016	2.39%	3.49%
1969	11,017,409	9,403,356	2.42%	3.5%
1970	11,290,128	9,735,611	2.48%	3.53%
1971	11,567,667	10,077,809	2.46%	3.51%
1972	11,853,696	10,430,164	2.47%	3.5%
1973	12,157,999	10,795,869	2.57%	3.51%
1974	12,469,127	11,167,761	2.56%	3.44%
1975	12,773,954	11,543,639	2.44%	3.37%
1976	13,059,851	11,927,651	2.24%	3.33%
1977	13,340,756	12,331,046	2.15%	3.38%
1978	13,611,441	12,753,355	2.03%	3.42%
1979	13,655,567	13,170,365	0.32%	3.27%
1980	13,169,311	13,591,992	-3.56%	3.2%
1981	11,937,581	14,006,381	-9.35%	3.05%
1982	10,991,378	14,406,083	-7.93%	2.85%
1983	10,917,982	14,840,555	-0.67%	3.02%
1984	11,190,221	15,310,733	2.49%	3.17%
1985	11,426,852	15,683,430	2.11%	2.43%
1986	11,420,074	16,074,145	-0.06%	2.49%
1987	11,387,818	16,521,049	-0.28%	2.78%
1988	11,523,298	16,908,819	1.19%	2.35%
1989	11,874,088	17,364,542	3.04%	2.7%
1990	12,045,660	17,581,206	1.44%	1.25%
1991	12,238,879	17,767,253	1.6%	1.06%
1992	13,278,974	18,300,845	8.5%	3%
1993	14,943,172	19,201,195	12.5%	4.92%
1994	16,250,794	20,139,807	8.75%	4.89%
1995	17,065,836	20,825,860	5.02%	3.41%
1996	17,763,266	21,501,321	4.09%	3.24%
1997	18,452,091	22,176,593	3.88%	3.14%
1998	19,159,996	22,884,399	3.84%	3.19%
1999	19,887,785	23,636,527	3.8%	3.29%
2000	20,130,327	24,424,056	1.22%	3.33%
2001	20,284,307	25,197,840	0.76%	3.17%
2002	21,378,117	26,006,559	5.39%	3.21%
2003	22,733,049	26,802,659	6.34%	3.06%
2004	23,560,654	27,577,878	3.64%	2.89%
2005	24,404,567	28,407,448	3.58%	3.01%
2006	25,424,094	28,616,515	4.18%	0.74%
2007	25,909,852	28,391,607	1.91%	-0.79%
2008	26,482,622	28,971,036	2.21%	2.04%
2009	27,466,101	30,058,206	3.71%	3.75%
2010	28,284,089	31,045,366	2.98%	3.28%
2011	29,347,708	32,161,424	3.76%	3.59%
2012	30,560,034	33,654,842	4.13%	4.64%
2013	31,622,704	35,281,989	3.48%	4.83%
2014	32,792,523	36,550,059	3.7%	3.59%
2015	33,831,764	37,560,535	3.17%	2.76%
2016	34,700,612	38,469,627	2.57%	2.42%
2017	35,688,935	39,337,353	2.85%	2.26%
2018	36,743,039	40,265,624	2.95%	2.36%
2019	37,856,121	41,192,171	3.03%	2.3%
2020	39,068,979	42,116,605	3.2%	2.24%
2021	40,000,412	43,071,211	2.38%	2.27%
2022	40,578,842	44,070,551	1.45%	2.32%
2023	41,454,761	45,074,049	2.16%	2.28%
2024	42,647,492	46,042,015	2.88%	2.15%
2025	43,844,105	47,020,778	2.81%	2.13%
2026	45,047,056	48,007,435	2.74%	2.1%
2027	46,258,902	48,987,424	2.69%	2.04%
2028	47,470,560	49,960,955	2.62%	1.99%
2029	48,725,707	50,943,339	2.64%	1.97%
2030	50,039,392	51,937,208	2.7%	1.95%
2031	51,375,991	52,934,373	2.67%	1.92%
2032	52,707,835	53,953,395	2.59%	1.93%
2033	54,044,241	54,985,129	2.54%	1.91%
2034	55,359,451	56,012,641	2.43%	1.87%
2035	56,647,220	57,035,917	2.33%	1.83%
2036	57,953,651	58,071,740	2.31%	1.82%
2037	59,279,025	59,109,258	2.29%	1.79%
2038	60,597,829	60,132,232	2.22%	1.73%
2039	61,944,459	61,174,679	2.22%	1.73%
2040	63,347,863	62,223,208	2.27%	1.71%
2041	64,738,834	63,249,167	2.2%	1.65%
2042	66,060,206	64,260,847	2.04%	1.6%
2043	67,375,149	65,257,000	1.99%	1.55%
2044	68,703,950	66,237,772	1.97%	1.5%
2045	70,021,184	67,204,176	1.92%	1.46%
2046	71,384,682	68,150,060	1.95%	1.41%
2047	72,756,288	69,098,087	1.92%	1.39%
2048	74,109,717	70,050,118	1.86%	1.38%
2049	75,515,588	70,999,566	1.9%	1.36%
2050	76,885,118	71,928,759	1.81%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Iraq was ranked 39th in 2006 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.