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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Maldives	Afghanistan	Maldives
1960	9,035,043	91,189	-	-
1961	9,214,083	93,450	1.98%	2.48%
1962	9,404,406	95,802	2.07%	2.52%
1963	9,604,487	98,222	2.13%	2.53%
1964	9,814,318	100,662	2.18%	2.48%
1965	10,036,008	104,102	2.26%	3.42%
1966	10,266,395	108,507	2.3%	4.23%
1967	10,505,959	112,528	2.33%	3.71%
1968	10,756,922	116,075	2.39%	3.15%
1969	11,017,409	119,564	2.42%	3.01%
1970	11,290,128	123,219	2.48%	3.06%
1971	11,567,667	127,035	2.46%	3.1%
1972	11,853,696	130,968	2.47%	3.1%
1973	12,157,999	134,952	2.57%	3.04%
1974	12,469,127	138,978	2.56%	2.98%
1975	12,773,954	143,158	2.44%	3.01%
1976	13,059,851	147,525	2.24%	3.05%
1977	13,340,756	151,930	2.15%	2.99%
1978	13,611,441	156,159	2.03%	2.78%
1979	13,655,567	160,360	0.32%	2.69%
1980	13,169,311	164,835	-3.56%	2.79%
1981	11,937,581	169,532	-9.35%	2.85%
1982	10,991,378	174,333	-7.93%	2.83%
1983	10,917,982	179,128	-0.67%	2.75%
1984	11,190,221	184,198	2.49%	2.83%
1985	11,426,852	190,169	2.11%	3.24%
1986	11,420,074	196,935	-0.06%	3.56%
1987	11,387,818	203,944	-0.28%	3.56%
1988	11,523,298	210,885	1.19%	3.4%
1989	11,874,088	217,738	3.04%	3.25%
1990	12,045,660	224,762	1.44%	3.23%
1991	12,238,879	231,802	1.6%	3.13%
1992	13,278,974	238,543	8.5%	2.91%
1993	14,943,172	244,884	12.5%	2.66%
1994	16,250,794	250,822	8.75%	2.42%
1995	17,065,836	256,649	5.02%	2.32%
1996	17,763,266	262,347	4.09%	2.22%
1997	18,452,091	267,707	3.88%	2.04%
1998	19,159,996	272,723	3.84%	1.87%
1999	19,887,785	277,412	3.8%	1.72%
2000	20,130,327	282,019	1.22%	1.66%
2001	20,284,307	286,767	0.76%	1.68%
2002	21,378,117	291,616	5.39%	1.69%
2003	22,733,049	296,491	6.34%	1.67%
2004	23,560,654	301,413	3.64%	1.66%
2005	24,404,567	306,429	3.58%	1.66%
2006	25,424,094	313,851	4.18%	2.42%
2007	25,909,852	324,479	1.91%	3.39%
2008	26,482,622	336,170	2.21%	3.6%
2009	27,466,101	348,275	3.71%	3.6%
2010	28,284,089	360,792	2.98%	3.59%
2011	29,347,708	373,674	3.76%	3.57%
2012	30,560,034	386,818	4.13%	3.52%
2013	31,622,704	400,070	3.48%	3.43%
2014	32,792,523	413,617	3.7%	3.39%
2015	33,831,764	428,154	3.17%	3.51%
2016	34,700,612	443,308	2.57%	3.54%
2017	35,688,935	458,287	2.85%	3.38%
2018	36,743,039	473,099	2.95%	3.23%
2019	37,856,121	487,731	3.03%	3.09%
2020	39,068,979	502,118	3.2%	2.95%
2021	40,000,412	516,154	2.38%	2.8%
2022	40,578,842	524,106	1.45%	1.54%
2023	41,454,761	525,994	2.16%	0.36%
2024	42,647,492	527,799	2.88%	0.34%
2025	43,844,105	529,677	2.81%	0.36%
2026	45,047,056	531,514	2.74%	0.35%
2027	46,258,902	533,433	2.69%	0.36%
2028	47,470,560	535,502	2.62%	0.39%
2029	48,725,707	537,574	2.64%	0.39%
2030	50,039,392	539,667	2.7%	0.39%
2031	51,375,991	541,929	2.67%	0.42%
2032	52,707,835	544,288	2.59%	0.44%
2033	54,044,241	546,723	2.54%	0.45%
2034	55,359,451	549,162	2.43%	0.45%
2035	56,647,220	551,599	2.33%	0.44%
2036	57,953,651	554,092	2.31%	0.45%
2037	59,279,025	556,637	2.29%	0.46%
2038	60,597,829	559,231	2.22%	0.47%
2039	61,944,459	561,958	2.22%	0.49%
2040	63,347,863	564,800	2.27%	0.51%
2041	64,738,834	567,606	2.2%	0.5%
2042	66,060,206	570,381	2.04%	0.49%
2043	67,375,149	573,138	1.99%	0.48%
2044	68,703,950	575,811	1.97%	0.47%
2045	70,021,184	578,459	1.92%	0.46%
2046	71,384,682	581,026	1.95%	0.44%
2047	72,756,288	583,393	1.92%	0.41%
2048	74,109,717	585,720	1.86%	0.4%
2049	75,515,588	587,988	1.9%	0.39%
2050	76,885,118	589,960	1.81%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.