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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Malta	Afghanistan	Malta
1960	9,035,043	326,550	-	-
1961	9,214,083	325,250	1.98%	-0.4%
1962	9,404,406	323,900	2.07%	-0.42%
1963	9,604,487	322,550	2.13%	-0.42%
1964	9,814,318	321,250	2.18%	-0.4%
1965	10,036,008	318,800	2.26%	-0.76%
1966	10,266,395	315,200	2.3%	-1.13%
1967	10,505,959	311,550	2.33%	-1.16%
1968	10,756,922	307,900	2.39%	-1.17%
1969	11,017,409	304,300	2.42%	-1.17%
1970	11,290,128	302,650	2.48%	-0.54%
1971	11,567,667	302,700	2.46%	0.02%
1972	11,853,696	302,450	2.47%	-0.08%
1973	12,157,999	302,200	2.57%	-0.08%
1974	12,469,127	301,996	2.56%	-0.07%
1975	12,773,954	304,222	2.44%	0.74%
1976	13,059,851	305,774	2.24%	0.51%
1977	13,340,756	306,970	2.15%	0.39%
1978	13,611,441	310,182	2.03%	1.05%
1979	13,655,567	313,342	0.32%	1.02%
1980	13,169,311	316,645	-3.56%	1.05%
1981	11,937,581	318,982	-9.35%	0.74%
1982	10,991,378	325,898	-7.93%	2.17%
1983	10,917,982	330,524	-0.67%	1.42%
1984	11,190,221	330,593	2.49%	0.02%
1985	11,426,852	336,452	2.11%	1.77%
1986	11,420,074	342,121	-0.06%	1.68%
1987	11,387,818	344,485	-0.28%	0.69%
1988	11,523,298	347,325	1.19%	0.82%
1989	11,874,088	350,722	3.04%	0.98%
1990	12,045,660	354,170	1.44%	0.98%
1991	12,238,879	363,845	1.6%	2.73%
1992	13,278,974	367,618	8.5%	1.04%
1993	14,943,172	371,308	12.5%	1%
1994	16,250,794	374,797	8.75%	0.94%
1995	17,065,836	377,419	5.02%	0.7%
1996	17,763,266	379,905	4.09%	0.66%
1997	18,452,091	382,791	3.88%	0.76%
1998	19,159,996	385,287	3.84%	0.65%
1999	19,887,785	387,578	3.8%	0.59%
2000	20,130,327	390,087	1.22%	0.65%
2001	20,284,307	393,028	0.76%	0.75%
2002	21,378,117	395,969	5.39%	0.75%
2003	22,733,049	398,582	6.34%	0.66%
2004	23,560,654	401,268	3.64%	0.67%
2005	24,404,567	403,834	3.58%	0.64%
2006	25,424,094	405,308	4.18%	0.37%
2007	25,909,852	406,724	1.91%	0.35%
2008	26,482,622	409,379	2.21%	0.65%
2009	27,466,101	412,477	3.71%	0.76%
2010	28,284,089	414,508	2.98%	0.49%
2011	29,347,708	416,268	3.76%	0.42%
2012	30,560,034	420,028	4.13%	0.9%
2013	31,622,704	424,810	3.48%	1.14%
2014	32,792,523	433,481	3.7%	2.04%
2015	33,831,764	444,220	3.17%	2.48%
2016	34,700,612	454,505	2.57%	2.32%
2017	35,688,935	467,106	2.85%	2.77%
2018	36,743,039	483,903	2.95%	3.6%
2019	37,856,121	503,912	3.03%	4.13%
2020	39,068,979	515,490	3.2%	2.3%
2021	40,000,412	518,150	2.38%	0.52%
2022	40,578,842	531,113	1.45%	2.5%
2023	41,454,761	552,747	2.16%	4.07%
2024	42,647,492	568,847	2.88%	2.91%
2025	43,844,105	574,955	2.81%	1.07%
2026	45,047,056	578,756	2.74%	0.66%
2027	46,258,902	580,829	2.69%	0.36%
2028	47,470,560	582,657	2.62%	0.31%
2029	48,725,707	584,129	2.64%	0.25%
2030	50,039,392	585,315	2.7%	0.2%
2031	51,375,991	586,254	2.67%	0.16%
2032	52,707,835	586,948	2.59%	0.12%
2033	54,044,241	587,297	2.54%	0.06%
2034	55,359,451	587,151	2.43%	-0.02%
2035	56,647,220	586,661	2.33%	-0.08%
2036	57,953,651	586,003	2.31%	-0.11%
2037	59,279,025	585,174	2.29%	-0.14%
2038	60,597,829	584,125	2.22%	-0.18%
2039	61,944,459	582,893	2.22%	-0.21%
2040	63,347,863	581,634	2.27%	-0.22%
2041	64,738,834	580,285	2.2%	-0.23%
2042	66,060,206	578,871	2.04%	-0.24%
2043	67,375,149	577,384	1.99%	-0.26%
2044	68,703,950	575,789	1.97%	-0.28%
2045	70,021,184	574,143	1.92%	-0.29%
2046	71,384,682	572,420	1.95%	-0.3%
2047	72,756,288	570,534	1.92%	-0.33%
2048	74,109,717	568,553	1.86%	-0.35%
2049	75,515,588	566,709	1.9%	-0.32%
2050	76,885,118	564,751	1.81%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.