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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Kazakhstan	Afghanistan	Kazakhstan
1960	9,035,043	9,429,981	-	-
1961	9,214,083	9,742,085	1.98%	3.31%
1962	9,404,406	10,058,928	2.07%	3.25%
1963	9,604,487	10,377,466	2.13%	3.17%
1964	9,814,318	10,690,309	2.18%	3.01%
1965	10,036,008	10,993,183	2.26%	2.83%
1966	10,266,395	11,288,989	2.3%	2.69%
1967	10,505,959	11,584,428	2.33%	2.62%
1968	10,756,922	11,879,182	2.39%	2.54%
1969	11,017,409	12,156,212	2.42%	2.33%
1970	11,290,128	12,419,057	2.48%	2.16%
1971	11,567,667	12,684,813	2.46%	2.14%
1972	11,853,696	12,951,798	2.47%	2.1%
1973	12,157,999	13,208,121	2.57%	1.98%
1974	12,469,127	13,454,570	2.56%	1.87%
1975	12,773,954	13,700,843	2.44%	1.83%
1976	13,059,851	13,998,738	2.24%	2.17%
1977	13,340,756	14,353,265	2.15%	2.53%
1978	13,611,441	14,711,497	2.03%	2.5%
1979	13,655,567	14,978,696	0.32%	1.82%
1980	13,169,311	15,152,949	-3.56%	1.16%
1981	11,937,581	15,323,082	-9.35%	1.12%
1982	10,991,378	15,492,595	-7.93%	1.11%
1983	10,917,982	15,665,551	-0.67%	1.12%
1984	11,190,221	15,844,621	2.49%	1.14%
1985	11,426,852	16,031,090	2.11%	1.18%
1986	11,420,074	16,262,702	-0.06%	1.44%
1987	11,387,818	16,527,715	-0.28%	1.63%
1988	11,523,298	16,781,168	1.19%	1.53%
1989	11,874,088	16,997,013	3.04%	1.29%
1990	12,045,660	17,154,054	1.44%	0.92%
1991	12,238,879	17,278,600	1.6%	0.73%
1992	13,278,974	17,332,625	8.5%	0.31%
1993	14,943,172	17,274,487	12.5%	-0.34%
1994	16,250,794	17,043,771	8.75%	-1.34%
1995	17,065,836	16,730,536	5.02%	-1.84%
1996	17,763,266	16,416,027	4.09%	-1.88%
1997	18,452,091	16,043,251	3.88%	-2.27%
1998	19,159,996	15,647,785	3.84%	-2.46%
1999	19,887,785	15,455,874	3.8%	-1.23%
2000	20,130,327	15,501,103	1.22%	0.29%
2001	20,284,307	15,575,550	0.76%	0.48%
2002	21,378,117	15,656,677	5.39%	0.52%
2003	22,733,049	15,747,380	6.34%	0.58%
2004	23,560,654	15,850,159	3.64%	0.65%
2005	24,404,567	15,968,117	3.58%	0.74%
2006	25,424,094	16,103,716	4.18%	0.85%
2007	25,909,852	16,257,214	1.91%	0.95%
2008	26,482,622	16,426,525	2.21%	1.04%
2009	27,466,101	16,619,846	3.71%	1.18%
2010	28,284,089	16,836,810	2.98%	1.31%
2011	29,347,708	17,066,002	3.76%	1.36%
2012	30,560,034	17,306,106	4.13%	1.41%
2013	31,622,704	17,556,502	3.48%	1.45%
2014	32,792,523	17,816,285	3.7%	1.48%
2015	33,831,764	18,084,169	3.17%	1.5%
2016	34,700,612	18,363,600	2.57%	1.55%
2017	35,688,935	18,651,931	2.85%	1.57%
2018	36,743,039	18,932,727	2.95%	1.51%
2019	37,856,121	19,209,555	3.03%	1.46%
2020	39,068,979	19,482,117	3.2%	1.42%
2021	40,000,412	19,743,603	2.38%	1.34%
2022	40,578,842	20,034,609	1.45%	1.47%
2023	41,454,761	20,330,104	2.16%	1.47%
2024	42,647,492	20,592,571	2.88%	1.29%
2025	43,844,105	20,843,753	2.81%	1.22%
2026	45,047,056	21,083,619	2.74%	1.15%
2027	46,258,902	21,316,177	2.69%	1.1%
2028	47,470,560	21,547,638	2.62%	1.09%
2029	48,725,707	21,777,008	2.64%	1.06%
2030	50,039,392	22,003,192	2.7%	1.04%
2031	51,375,991	22,227,045	2.67%	1.02%
2032	52,707,835	22,452,639	2.59%	1.01%
2033	54,044,241	22,679,377	2.54%	1.01%
2034	55,359,451	22,903,209	2.43%	0.99%
2035	56,647,220	23,125,951	2.33%	0.97%
2036	57,953,651	23,349,072	2.31%	0.96%
2037	59,279,025	23,571,233	2.29%	0.95%
2038	60,597,829	23,793,387	2.22%	0.94%
2039	61,944,459	24,017,887	2.22%	0.94%
2040	63,347,863	24,246,822	2.27%	0.95%
2041	64,738,834	24,477,612	2.2%	0.95%
2042	66,060,206	24,707,974	2.04%	0.94%
2043	67,375,149	24,941,020	1.99%	0.94%
2044	68,703,950	25,175,225	1.97%	0.94%
2045	70,021,184	25,409,749	1.92%	0.93%
2046	71,384,682	25,642,870	1.95%	0.92%
2047	72,756,288	25,875,743	1.92%	0.91%
2048	74,109,717	26,106,834	1.86%	0.89%
2049	75,515,588	26,328,898	1.9%	0.85%
2050	76,885,118	26,544,261	1.81%	0.82%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Kazakhstan gained 2,259,884 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Kazakhstan's population increased by 2,722,560 (a 14.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd in 2006 and ranked 65th 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 Kazakhstan will increase by 25.9% to 26,544,261 people and rank change from 65th to 64th.