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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Italy	Afghanistan	Italy
1960	9,035,043	50,199,700	-	-
1961	9,214,083	50,536,350	1.98%	0.67%
1962	9,404,406	50,879,450	2.07%	0.68%
1963	9,604,487	51,252,000	2.13%	0.73%
1964	9,814,318	51,675,350	2.18%	0.83%
1965	10,036,008	52,112,350	2.26%	0.85%
1966	10,266,395	52,519,000	2.3%	0.78%
1967	10,505,959	52,900,500	2.33%	0.73%
1968	10,756,922	53,235,750	2.39%	0.63%
1969	11,017,409	53,537,950	2.42%	0.57%
1970	11,290,128	53,821,850	2.48%	0.53%
1971	11,567,667	54,073,490	2.46%	0.47%
1972	11,853,696	54,381,345	2.47%	0.57%
1973	12,157,999	54,751,406	2.57%	0.68%
1974	12,469,127	55,110,868	2.56%	0.66%
1975	12,773,954	55,441,001	2.44%	0.6%
1976	13,059,851	55,718,260	2.24%	0.5%
1977	13,340,756	55,955,411	2.15%	0.43%
1978	13,611,441	56,155,143	2.03%	0.36%
1979	13,655,567	56,317,749	0.32%	0.29%
1980	13,169,311	56,433,883	-3.56%	0.21%
1981	11,937,581	56,501,675	-9.35%	0.12%
1982	10,991,378	56,543,548	-7.93%	0.07%
1983	10,917,982	56,564,074	-0.67%	0.04%
1984	11,190,221	56,576,718	2.49%	0.02%
1985	11,426,852	56,593,071	2.11%	0.03%
1986	11,420,074	56,596,155	-0.06%	0.005%
1987	11,387,818	56,601,931	-0.28%	0.01%
1988	11,523,298	56,629,288	1.19%	0.05%
1989	11,874,088	56,671,781	3.04%	0.08%
1990	12,045,660	56,719,240	1.44%	0.08%
1991	12,238,879	56,758,521	1.6%	0.07%
1992	13,278,974	56,797,087	8.5%	0.07%
1993	14,943,172	56,831,821	12.5%	0.06%
1994	16,250,794	56,843,400	8.75%	0.02%
1995	17,065,836	56,844,303	5.02%	0.002%
1996	17,763,266	56,860,281	4.09%	0.03%
1997	18,452,091	56,890,372	3.88%	0.05%
1998	19,159,996	56,906,744	3.84%	0.03%
1999	19,887,785	56,916,317	3.8%	0.02%
2000	20,130,327	56,942,108	1.22%	0.05%
2001	20,284,307	56,976,981	0.76%	0.06%
2002	21,378,117	57,089,824	5.39%	0.2%
2003	22,733,049	57,399,184	6.34%	0.54%
2004	23,560,654	57,828,179	3.64%	0.75%
2005	24,404,567	58,166,682	3.58%	0.59%
2006	25,424,094	58,399,861	4.18%	0.4%
2007	25,909,852	58,756,247	1.91%	0.61%
2008	26,482,622	59,211,181	2.21%	0.77%
2009	27,466,101	59,555,454	3.71%	0.58%
2010	28,284,089	59,819,407	2.98%	0.44%
2011	29,347,708	60,026,841	3.76%	0.35%
2012	30,560,034	60,191,247	4.13%	0.27%
2013	31,622,704	60,311,613	3.48%	0.2%
2014	32,792,523	60,320,707	3.7%	0.02%
2015	33,831,764	60,229,605	3.17%	-0.15%
2016	34,700,612	60,115,223	2.57%	-0.19%
2017	35,688,935	60,002,252	2.85%	-0.19%
2018	36,743,039	60,148,658	2.95%	0.24%
2019	37,856,121	59,729,081	3.03%	-0.7%
2020	39,068,979	59,438,851	3.2%	-0.49%
2021	40,000,412	59,133,173	2.38%	-0.51%
2022	40,578,842	59,013,667	1.45%	-0.2%
2023	41,454,761	58,984,216	2.16%	-0.05%
2024	42,647,492	58,952,704	2.88%	-0.05%
2025	43,844,105	58,757,388	2.81%	-0.33%
2026	45,047,056	58,538,738	2.74%	-0.37%
2027	46,258,902	58,302,912	2.69%	-0.4%
2028	47,470,560	58,061,557	2.62%	-0.41%
2029	48,725,707	57,818,364	2.64%	-0.42%
2030	50,039,392	57,565,087	2.7%	-0.44%
2031	51,375,991	57,300,892	2.67%	-0.46%
2032	52,707,835	57,038,998	2.59%	-0.46%
2033	54,044,241	56,780,656	2.54%	-0.45%
2034	55,359,451	56,516,874	2.43%	-0.46%
2035	56,647,220	56,247,746	2.33%	-0.48%
2036	57,953,651	55,978,207	2.31%	-0.48%
2037	59,279,025	55,705,993	2.29%	-0.49%
2038	60,597,829	55,429,408	2.22%	-0.5%
2039	61,944,459	55,146,340	2.22%	-0.51%
2040	63,347,863	54,858,102	2.27%	-0.52%
2041	64,738,834	54,570,785	2.2%	-0.52%
2042	66,060,206	54,276,735	2.04%	-0.54%
2043	67,375,149	53,966,605	1.99%	-0.57%
2044	68,703,950	53,649,281	1.97%	-0.59%
2045	70,021,184	53,327,530	1.92%	-0.6%
2046	71,384,682	52,995,336	1.95%	-0.62%
2047	72,756,288	52,650,393	1.92%	-0.65%
2048	74,109,717	52,294,685	1.86%	-0.68%
2049	75,515,588	51,929,700	1.9%	-0.7%
2050	76,885,118	51,549,925	1.81%	-0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Italy gained 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2006 and ranked 26th 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 Italy will decrease by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people and rank change from 26th to 40th.