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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Mali	Afghanistan	Mali
1960	9,035,043	5,402,550	-	-
1961	9,214,083	5,482,283	1.98%	1.48%
1962	9,404,406	5,563,917	2.07%	1.49%
1963	9,604,487	5,646,605	2.13%	1.49%
1964	9,814,318	5,730,125	2.18%	1.48%
1965	10,036,008	5,815,487	2.26%	1.49%
1966	10,266,395	5,902,204	2.3%	1.49%
1967	10,505,959	5,990,906	2.33%	1.5%
1968	10,756,922	6,082,979	2.39%	1.54%
1969	11,017,409	6,177,704	2.42%	1.56%
1970	11,290,128	6,276,472	2.48%	1.6%
1971	11,567,667	6,377,944	2.46%	1.62%
1972	11,853,696	6,483,726	2.47%	1.66%
1973	12,157,999	6,597,106	2.57%	1.75%
1974	12,469,127	6,715,436	2.56%	1.79%
1975	12,773,954	6,837,261	2.44%	1.81%
1976	13,059,851	6,960,979	2.24%	1.81%
1977	13,340,756	7,090,979	2.15%	1.87%
1978	13,611,441	7,229,651	2.03%	1.96%
1979	13,655,567	7,375,266	0.32%	2.01%
1980	13,169,311	7,530,515	-3.56%	2.1%
1981	11,937,581	7,692,766	-9.35%	2.15%
1982	10,991,378	7,860,194	-7.93%	2.18%
1983	10,917,982	8,034,400	-0.67%	2.22%
1984	11,190,221	8,208,599	2.49%	2.17%
1985	11,426,852	8,374,663	2.11%	2.02%
1986	11,420,074	8,531,277	-0.06%	1.87%
1987	11,387,818	8,681,164	-0.28%	1.76%
1988	11,523,298	8,833,996	1.19%	1.76%
1989	11,874,088	8,999,938	3.04%	1.88%
1990	12,045,660	9,178,830	1.44%	1.99%
1991	12,238,879	9,362,888	1.6%	2.01%
1992	13,278,974	9,553,540	8.5%	2.04%
1993	14,943,172	9,754,786	12.5%	2.11%
1994	16,250,794	9,967,031	8.75%	2.18%
1995	17,065,836	10,185,365	5.02%	2.19%
1996	17,763,266	10,407,278	4.09%	2.18%
1997	18,452,091	10,646,495	3.88%	2.3%
1998	19,159,996	10,919,573	3.84%	2.56%
1999	19,887,785	11,227,415	3.8%	2.82%
2000	20,130,327	11,559,290	1.22%	2.96%
2001	20,284,307	11,912,158	0.76%	3.05%
2002	21,378,117	12,288,050	5.39%	3.16%
2003	22,733,049	12,684,955	6.34%	3.23%
2004	23,560,654	13,102,409	3.64%	3.29%
2005	24,404,567	13,538,647	3.58%	3.33%
2006	25,424,094	13,990,139	4.18%	3.33%
2007	25,909,852	14,457,775	1.91%	3.34%
2008	26,482,622	14,940,782	2.21%	3.34%
2009	27,466,101	15,435,539	3.71%	3.31%
2010	28,284,089	15,945,198	2.98%	3.3%
2011	29,347,708	16,469,049	3.76%	3.29%
2012	30,560,034	16,957,033	4.13%	2.96%
2013	31,622,704	17,459,615	3.48%	2.96%
2014	32,792,523	18,020,267	3.7%	3.21%
2015	33,831,764	18,593,022	3.17%	3.18%
2016	34,700,612	19,191,289	2.57%	3.22%
2017	35,688,935	19,813,011	2.85%	3.24%
2018	36,743,039	20,442,030	2.95%	3.17%
2019	37,856,121	21,068,405	3.03%	3.06%
2020	39,068,979	21,713,836	3.2%	3.06%
2021	40,000,412	22,388,630	2.38%	3.11%
2022	40,578,842	23,072,640	1.45%	3.06%
2023	41,454,761	23,769,127	2.16%	3.02%
2024	42,647,492	24,478,595	2.88%	2.98%
2025	43,844,105	25,198,817	2.81%	2.94%
2026	45,047,056	25,932,275	2.74%	2.91%
2027	46,258,902	26,679,171	2.69%	2.88%
2028	47,470,560	27,440,613	2.62%	2.85%
2029	48,725,707	28,215,513	2.64%	2.82%
2030	50,039,392	29,002,864	2.7%	2.79%
2031	51,375,991	29,804,545	2.67%	2.76%
2032	52,707,835	30,618,893	2.59%	2.73%
2033	54,044,241	31,442,801	2.54%	2.69%
2034	55,359,451	32,276,672	2.43%	2.65%
2035	56,647,220	33,118,344	2.33%	2.61%
2036	57,953,651	33,967,889	2.31%	2.57%
2037	59,279,025	34,823,450	2.29%	2.52%
2038	60,597,829	35,685,576	2.22%	2.48%
2039	61,944,459	36,549,487	2.22%	2.42%
2040	63,347,863	37,413,641	2.27%	2.36%
2041	64,738,834	38,280,868	2.2%	2.32%
2042	66,060,206	39,151,280	2.04%	2.27%
2043	67,375,149	40,026,317	1.99%	2.24%
2044	68,703,950	40,902,500	1.97%	2.19%
2045	70,021,184	41,778,984	1.92%	2.14%
2046	71,384,682	42,655,642	1.95%	2.1%
2047	72,756,288	43,530,852	1.92%	2.05%
2048	74,109,717	44,405,715	1.86%	2.01%
2049	75,515,588	45,279,772	1.9%	1.97%
2050	76,885,118	46,154,079	1.81%	1.93%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Mali gained 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Mali's population increased by 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Mali was ranked 66th in 2005 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 79% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.