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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Israel	Afghanistan	Israel
1960	9,035,043	2,114,020	-	-
1961	9,214,083	2,185,000	1.98%	3.36%
1962	9,404,406	2,293,000	2.07%	4.94%
1963	9,604,487	2,379,000	2.13%	3.75%
1964	9,814,318	2,475,000	2.18%	4.04%
1965	10,036,008	2,563,000	2.26%	3.56%
1966	10,266,395	2,629,000	2.3%	2.58%
1967	10,505,959	2,745,000	2.33%	4.41%
1968	10,756,922	2,803,000	2.39%	2.11%
1969	11,017,409	2,877,000	2.42%	2.64%
1970	11,290,128	2,974,000	2.48%	3.37%
1971	11,567,667	3,069,000	2.46%	3.19%
1972	11,853,696	3,148,000	2.47%	2.57%
1973	12,157,999	3,278,000	2.57%	4.13%
1974	12,469,127	3,377,000	2.56%	3.02%
1975	12,773,954	3,455,000	2.44%	2.31%
1976	13,059,851	3,533,000	2.24%	2.26%
1977	13,340,756	3,613,000	2.15%	2.26%
1978	13,611,441	3,690,000	2.03%	2.13%
1979	13,655,567	3,786,000	0.32%	2.6%
1980	13,169,311	3,878,000	-3.56%	2.43%
1981	11,937,581	3,956,000	-9.35%	2.01%
1982	10,991,378	4,031,000	-7.93%	1.9%
1983	10,917,982	4,105,000	-0.67%	1.84%
1984	11,190,221	4,159,000	2.49%	1.32%
1985	11,426,852	4,233,000	2.11%	1.78%
1986	11,420,074	4,299,000	-0.06%	1.56%
1987	11,387,818	4,369,000	-0.28%	1.63%
1988	11,523,298	4,442,000	1.19%	1.67%
1989	11,874,088	4,518,000	3.04%	1.71%
1990	12,045,660	4,660,000	1.44%	3.14%
1991	12,238,879	4,949,000	1.6%	6.2%
1992	13,278,974	5,123,000	8.5%	3.52%
1993	14,943,172	5,261,000	12.5%	2.69%
1994	16,250,794	5,399,000	8.75%	2.62%
1995	17,065,836	5,545,000	5.02%	2.7%
1996	17,763,266	5,692,000	4.09%	2.65%
1997	18,452,091	5,836,000	3.88%	2.53%
1998	19,159,996	5,971,000	3.84%	2.31%
1999	19,887,785	6,125,000	3.8%	2.58%
2000	20,130,327	6,289,000	1.22%	2.68%
2001	20,284,307	6,439,000	0.76%	2.39%
2002	21,378,117	6,570,000	5.39%	2.03%
2003	22,733,049	6,689,700	6.34%	1.82%
2004	23,560,654	6,809,000	3.64%	1.78%
2005	24,404,567	6,930,100	3.58%	1.78%
2006	25,424,094	7,053,700	4.18%	1.78%
2007	25,909,852	7,180,100	1.91%	1.79%
2008	26,482,622	7,308,800	2.21%	1.79%
2009	27,466,101	7,485,600	3.71%	2.42%
2010	28,284,089	7,623,600	2.98%	1.84%
2011	29,347,708	7,765,800	3.76%	1.87%
2012	30,560,034	7,910,500	4.13%	1.86%
2013	31,622,704	8,059,500	3.48%	1.88%
2014	32,792,523	8,215,700	3.7%	1.94%
2015	33,831,764	8,380,100	3.17%	2%
2016	34,700,612	8,546,000	2.57%	1.98%
2017	35,688,935	8,713,300	2.85%	1.96%
2018	36,743,039	8,882,800	2.95%	1.95%
2019	37,856,121	9,054,000	3.03%	1.93%
2020	39,068,979	9,215,100	3.2%	1.78%
2021	40,000,412	9,371,400	2.38%	1.7%
2022	40,578,842	9,557,500	1.45%	1.99%
2023	41,454,761	9,849,000	2.16%	3.05%
2024	42,647,492	9,974,400	2.88%	1.27%
2025	43,844,105	10,112,712	2.81%	1.39%
2026	45,047,056	10,251,384	2.74%	1.37%
2027	46,258,902	10,390,790	2.69%	1.36%
2028	47,470,560	10,530,831	2.62%	1.35%
2029	48,725,707	10,670,808	2.64%	1.33%
2030	50,039,392	10,812,707	2.7%	1.33%
2031	51,375,991	10,958,256	2.67%	1.35%
2032	52,707,835	11,102,895	2.59%	1.32%
2033	54,044,241	11,245,826	2.54%	1.29%
2034	55,359,451	11,390,158	2.43%	1.28%
2035	56,647,220	11,537,556	2.33%	1.29%
2036	57,953,651	11,685,531	2.31%	1.28%
2037	59,279,025	11,835,669	2.29%	1.28%
2038	60,597,829	11,990,527	2.22%	1.31%
2039	61,944,459	12,147,999	2.22%	1.31%
2040	63,347,863	12,306,173	2.27%	1.3%
2041	64,738,834	12,464,653	2.2%	1.29%
2042	66,060,206	12,626,052	2.04%	1.29%
2043	67,375,149	12,788,911	1.99%	1.29%
2044	68,703,950	12,952,526	1.97%	1.28%
2045	70,021,184	13,114,360	1.92%	1.25%
2046	71,384,682	13,274,365	1.95%	1.22%
2047	72,756,288	13,433,565	1.92%	1.2%
2048	74,109,717	13,590,900	1.86%	1.17%
2049	75,515,588	13,750,245	1.9%	1.17%
2050	76,885,118	13,911,988	1.81%	1.18%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Israel gained 1,492,300 people (a 21.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Israel's population increased by 1,706,907 (a 20% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Israel was ranked 99th in 2006 and ranked 95th 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 Israel will increase by 35.7% to 13,911,988 people and rank change from 95th to 88th.