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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Japan	Afghanistan	Japan
1960	9,035,043	93,216,000	-	-
1961	9,214,083	94,055,000	1.98%	0.9%
1962	9,404,406	94,933,000	2.07%	0.93%
1963	9,604,487	95,900,000	2.13%	1.02%
1964	9,814,318	96,903,000	2.18%	1.05%
1965	10,036,008	97,952,000	2.26%	1.08%
1966	10,266,395	98,851,000	2.3%	0.92%
1967	10,505,959	99,879,000	2.33%	1.04%
1968	10,756,922	101,011,000	2.39%	1.13%
1969	11,017,409	102,219,000	2.42%	1.2%
1970	11,290,128	103,403,000	2.48%	1.16%
1971	11,567,667	105,697,000	2.46%	2.22%
1972	11,853,696	107,188,000	2.47%	1.41%
1973	12,157,999	108,707,000	2.57%	1.42%
1974	12,469,127	110,162,000	2.56%	1.34%
1975	12,773,954	111,573,000	2.44%	1.28%
1976	13,059,851	112,775,000	2.24%	1.08%
1977	13,340,756	113,872,000	2.15%	0.97%
1978	13,611,441	114,913,000	2.03%	0.91%
1979	13,655,567	115,890,000	0.32%	0.85%
1980	13,169,311	116,807,000	-3.56%	0.79%
1981	11,937,581	117,661,000	-9.35%	0.73%
1982	10,991,378	118,480,000	-7.93%	0.7%
1983	10,917,982	119,307,000	-0.67%	0.7%
1984	11,190,221	120,083,000	2.49%	0.65%
1985	11,426,852	120,837,000	2.11%	0.63%
1986	11,420,074	121,482,000	-0.06%	0.53%
1987	11,387,818	122,069,000	-0.28%	0.48%
1988	11,523,298	122,578,000	1.19%	0.42%
1989	11,874,088	123,069,000	3.04%	0.4%
1990	12,045,660	123,478,000	1.44%	0.33%
1991	12,238,879	123,964,000	1.6%	0.39%
1992	13,278,974	124,425,000	8.5%	0.37%
1993	14,943,172	124,829,000	12.5%	0.32%
1994	16,250,794	125,178,000	8.75%	0.28%
1995	17,065,836	125,472,000	5.02%	0.23%
1996	17,763,266	125,757,000	4.09%	0.23%
1997	18,452,091	126,057,000	3.88%	0.24%
1998	19,159,996	126,400,000	3.84%	0.27%
1999	19,887,785	126,631,000	3.8%	0.18%
2000	20,130,327	126,843,000	1.22%	0.17%
2001	20,284,307	127,149,000	0.76%	0.24%
2002	21,378,117	127,445,000	5.39%	0.23%
2003	22,733,049	127,718,000	6.34%	0.21%
2004	23,560,654	127,761,000	3.64%	0.03%
2005	24,404,567	127,773,000	3.58%	0.009%
2006	25,424,094	127,854,000	4.18%	0.06%
2007	25,909,852	128,001,000	1.91%	0.11%
2008	26,482,622	128,063,000	2.21%	0.05%
2009	27,466,101	128,047,000	3.71%	-0.01%
2010	28,284,089	128,070,000	2.98%	0.02%
2011	29,347,708	127,833,000	3.76%	-0.19%
2012	30,560,034	127,629,000	4.13%	-0.16%
2013	31,622,704	127,445,000	3.48%	-0.14%
2014	32,792,523	127,276,000	3.7%	-0.13%
2015	33,831,764	127,141,000	3.17%	-0.11%
2016	34,700,612	127,076,000	2.57%	-0.05%
2017	35,688,935	126,972,000	2.85%	-0.08%
2018	36,743,039	126,811,000	2.95%	-0.13%
2019	37,856,121	126,633,000	3.03%	-0.14%
2020	39,068,979	126,261,000	3.2%	-0.29%
2021	40,000,412	125,681,593	2.38%	-0.46%
2022	40,578,842	125,124,989	1.45%	-0.44%
2023	41,454,761	124,516,650	2.16%	-0.49%
2024	42,647,492	123,975,371	2.88%	-0.43%
2025	43,844,105	123,324,642	2.81%	-0.52%
2026	45,047,056	122,647,678	2.74%	-0.55%
2027	46,258,902	121,951,038	2.69%	-0.57%
2028	47,470,560	121,241,776	2.62%	-0.58%
2029	48,725,707	120,524,230	2.64%	-0.59%
2030	50,039,392	119,798,959	2.7%	-0.6%
2031	51,375,991	119,065,610	2.67%	-0.61%
2032	52,707,835	118,326,333	2.59%	-0.62%
2033	54,044,241	117,583,337	2.54%	-0.63%
2034	55,359,451	116,836,274	2.43%	-0.64%
2035	56,647,220	116,084,328	2.33%	-0.64%
2036	57,953,651	115,332,395	2.31%	-0.65%
2037	59,279,025	114,582,890	2.29%	-0.65%
2038	60,597,829	113,837,760	2.22%	-0.65%
2039	61,944,459	113,097,352	2.22%	-0.65%
2040	63,347,863	112,359,802	2.27%	-0.65%
2041	64,738,834	111,622,622	2.2%	-0.66%
2042	66,060,206	110,891,223	2.04%	-0.66%
2043	67,375,149	110,169,955	1.99%	-0.65%
2044	68,703,950	109,455,823	1.97%	-0.65%
2045	70,021,184	108,747,012	1.92%	-0.65%
2046	71,384,682	108,044,346	1.95%	-0.65%
2047	72,756,288	107,350,486	1.92%	-0.64%
2048	74,109,717	106,665,616	1.86%	-0.64%
2049	75,515,588	105,986,908	1.9%	-0.64%
2050	76,885,118	105,312,022	1.81%	-0.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.