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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Kiribati	Afghanistan	Kiribati
1960	9,035,043	47,157	-	-
1961	9,214,083	48,323	1.98%	2.47%
1962	9,404,406	49,538	2.07%	2.51%
1963	9,604,487	50,791	2.13%	2.53%
1964	9,814,318	52,088	2.18%	2.55%
1965	10,036,008	53,439	2.26%	2.59%
1966	10,266,395	54,425	2.3%	1.85%
1967	10,505,959	54,996	2.33%	1.05%
1968	10,756,922	55,529	2.39%	0.97%
1969	11,017,409	56,360	2.42%	1.5%
1970	11,290,128	57,510	2.48%	2.04%
1971	11,567,667	58,652	2.46%	1.99%
1972	11,853,696	59,778	2.47%	1.92%
1973	12,157,999	60,824	2.57%	1.75%
1974	12,469,127	61,219	2.56%	0.65%
1975	12,773,954	60,987	2.44%	-0.38%
1976	13,059,851	60,661	2.24%	-0.53%
1977	13,340,756	60,267	2.15%	-0.65%
1978	13,611,441	59,864	2.03%	-0.67%
1979	13,655,567	60,172	0.32%	0.51%
1980	13,169,311	61,148	-3.56%	1.62%
1981	11,937,581	62,121	-9.35%	1.59%
1982	10,991,378	63,134	-7.93%	1.63%
1983	10,917,982	64,169	-0.67%	1.64%
1984	11,190,221	65,228	2.49%	1.65%
1985	11,426,852	66,496	2.11%	1.94%
1986	11,420,074	68,059	-0.06%	2.35%
1987	11,387,818	69,733	-0.28%	2.46%
1988	11,523,298	71,427	1.19%	2.43%
1989	11,874,088	73,147	3.04%	2.41%
1990	12,045,660	74,855	1.44%	2.34%
1991	12,238,879	76,367	1.6%	2.02%
1992	13,278,974	77,641	8.5%	1.67%
1993	14,943,172	78,841	12.5%	1.55%
1994	16,250,794	80,021	8.75%	1.5%
1995	17,065,836	81,234	5.02%	1.52%
1996	17,763,266	82,623	4.09%	1.71%
1997	18,452,091	84,147	3.88%	1.84%
1998	19,159,996	85,657	3.84%	1.79%
1999	19,887,785	87,126	3.8%	1.71%
2000	20,130,327	88,613	1.22%	1.71%
2001	20,284,307	90,335	0.76%	1.94%
2002	21,378,117	92,264	5.39%	2.14%
2003	22,733,049	94,175	6.34%	2.07%
2004	23,560,654	96,085	3.64%	2.03%
2005	24,404,567	98,035	3.58%	2.03%
2006	25,424,094	100,017	4.18%	2.02%
2007	25,909,852	102,068	1.91%	2.05%
2008	26,482,622	104,222	2.21%	2.11%
2009	27,466,101	106,467	3.71%	2.15%
2010	28,284,089	108,704	2.98%	2.1%
2011	29,347,708	110,647	3.76%	1.79%
2012	30,560,034	112,284	4.13%	1.48%
2013	31,622,704	113,838	3.48%	1.38%
2014	32,792,523	115,326	3.7%	1.31%
2015	33,831,764	116,815	3.17%	1.29%
2016	34,700,612	118,478	2.57%	1.42%
2017	35,688,935	120,275	2.85%	1.52%
2018	36,743,039	122,084	2.95%	1.5%
2019	37,856,121	123,921	3.03%	1.5%
2020	39,068,979	126,099	3.2%	1.76%
2021	40,000,412	128,377	2.38%	1.81%
2022	40,578,842	130,469	1.45%	1.63%
2023	41,454,761	132,530	2.16%	1.58%
2024	42,647,492	134,518	2.88%	1.5%
2025	43,844,105	136,501	2.81%	1.47%
2026	45,047,056	138,451	2.74%	1.43%
2027	46,258,902	140,405	2.69%	1.41%
2028	47,470,560	142,335	2.62%	1.37%
2029	48,725,707	144,231	2.64%	1.33%
2030	50,039,392	146,130	2.7%	1.32%
2031	51,375,991	148,028	2.67%	1.3%
2032	52,707,835	149,915	2.59%	1.27%
2033	54,044,241	151,768	2.54%	1.24%
2034	55,359,451	153,602	2.43%	1.21%
2035	56,647,220	155,447	2.33%	1.2%
2036	57,953,651	157,316	2.31%	1.2%
2037	59,279,025	159,188	2.29%	1.19%
2038	60,597,829	161,050	2.22%	1.17%
2039	61,944,459	162,895	2.22%	1.15%
2040	63,347,863	164,711	2.27%	1.11%
2041	64,738,834	166,508	2.2%	1.09%
2042	66,060,206	168,325	2.04%	1.09%
2043	67,375,149	170,182	1.99%	1.1%
2044	68,703,950	172,012	1.97%	1.08%
2045	70,021,184	173,818	1.92%	1.05%
2046	71,384,682	175,629	1.95%	1.04%
2047	72,756,288	177,392	1.92%	1%
2048	74,109,717	179,152	1.86%	0.99%
2049	75,515,588	180,915	1.9%	0.98%
2050	76,885,118	182,629	1.81%	0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.