Population in Afghanistan compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Marshall Islands	Afghanistan	Marshall Islands
1960	9,035,043	14,703	-	-
1961	9,214,083	15,219	1.98%	3.51%
1962	9,404,406	15,755	2.07%	3.52%
1963	9,604,487	16,302	2.13%	3.47%
1964	9,814,318	16,852	2.18%	3.37%
1965	10,036,008	17,402	2.26%	3.26%
1966	10,266,395	17,927	2.3%	3.02%
1967	10,505,959	18,655	2.33%	4.06%
1968	10,756,922	19,862	2.39%	6.47%
1969	11,017,409	21,305	2.42%	7.27%
1970	11,290,128	22,530	2.48%	5.75%
1971	11,567,667	23,366	2.46%	3.71%
1972	11,853,696	23,992	2.47%	2.68%
1973	12,157,999	24,581	2.57%	2.45%
1974	12,469,127	25,296	2.56%	2.91%
1975	12,773,954	26,154	2.44%	3.39%
1976	13,059,851	27,021	2.24%	3.31%
1977	13,340,756	27,906	2.15%	3.28%
1978	13,611,441	28,809	2.03%	3.24%
1979	13,655,567	29,738	0.32%	3.22%
1980	13,169,311	30,774	-3.56%	3.48%
1981	11,937,581	32,017	-9.35%	4.04%
1982	10,991,378	33,397	-7.93%	4.31%
1983	10,917,982	34,811	-0.67%	4.23%
1984	11,190,221	36,264	2.49%	4.17%
1985	11,426,852	37,761	2.11%	4.13%
1986	11,420,074	39,286	-0.06%	4.04%
1987	11,387,818	40,828	-0.28%	3.93%
1988	11,523,298	42,321	1.19%	3.66%
1989	11,874,088	43,586	3.04%	2.99%
1990	12,045,660	44,629	1.44%	2.39%
1991	12,238,879	45,568	1.6%	2.1%
1992	13,278,974	46,388	8.5%	1.8%
1993	14,943,172	47,093	12.5%	1.52%
1994	16,250,794	47,712	8.75%	1.31%
1995	17,065,836	48,266	5.02%	1.16%
1996	17,763,266	48,775	4.09%	1.05%
1997	18,452,091	49,259	3.88%	0.99%
1998	19,159,996	49,717	3.84%	0.93%
1999	19,887,785	50,202	3.8%	0.98%
2000	20,130,327	50,706	1.22%	1%
2001	20,284,307	51,123	0.76%	0.82%
2002	21,378,117	51,425	5.39%	0.59%
2003	22,733,049	51,639	6.34%	0.42%
2004	23,560,654	51,791	3.64%	0.29%
2005	24,404,567	51,906	3.58%	0.22%
2006	25,424,094	51,992	4.18%	0.17%
2007	25,909,852	52,035	1.91%	0.08%
2008	26,482,622	52,030	2.21%	-0.01%
2009	27,466,101	52,019	3.71%	-0.02%
2010	28,284,089	52,044	2.98%	0.05%
2011	29,347,708	51,907	3.76%	-0.26%
2012	30,560,034	51,419	4.13%	-0.94%
2013	31,622,704	50,681	3.48%	-1.44%
2014	32,792,523	49,796	3.7%	-1.75%
2015	33,831,764	48,800	3.17%	-2%
2016	34,700,612	47,709	2.57%	-2.24%
2017	35,688,935	46,529	2.85%	-2.47%
2018	36,743,039	45,285	2.95%	-2.67%
2019	37,856,121	44,007	3.03%	-2.82%
2020	39,068,979	42,706	3.2%	-2.96%
2021	40,000,412	41,367	2.38%	-3.14%
2022	40,578,842	40,077	1.45%	-3.12%
2023	41,454,761	38,827	2.16%	-3.12%
2024	42,647,492	37,548	2.88%	-3.29%
2025	43,844,105	36,281	2.81%	-3.37%
2026	45,047,056	35,078	2.74%	-3.32%
2027	46,258,902	33,976	2.69%	-3.14%
2028	47,470,560	32,977	2.62%	-2.94%
2029	48,725,707	32,054	2.64%	-2.8%
2030	50,039,392	31,191	2.7%	-2.69%
2031	51,375,991	30,420	2.67%	-2.47%
2032	52,707,835	29,740	2.59%	-2.23%
2033	54,044,241	29,142	2.54%	-2.01%
2034	55,359,451	28,608	2.43%	-1.83%
2035	56,647,220	28,147	2.33%	-1.61%
2036	57,953,651	27,751	2.31%	-1.41%
2037	59,279,025	27,405	2.29%	-1.25%
2038	60,597,829	27,092	2.22%	-1.14%
2039	61,944,459	26,836	2.22%	-0.94%
2040	63,347,863	26,598	2.27%	-0.89%
2041	64,738,834	26,396	2.2%	-0.76%
2042	66,060,206	26,217	2.04%	-0.68%
2043	67,375,149	26,054	1.99%	-0.62%
2044	68,703,950	25,913	1.97%	-0.54%
2045	70,021,184	25,777	1.92%	-0.52%
2046	71,384,682	25,653	1.95%	-0.48%
2047	72,756,288	25,543	1.92%	-0.43%
2048	74,109,717	25,429	1.86%	-0.45%
2049	75,515,588	25,311	1.9%	-0.46%
2050	76,885,118	25,195	1.81%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.