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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Mexico	Afghanistan	Mexico
1960	9,035,043	36,724,615	-	-
1961	9,214,083	37,890,118	1.98%	3.17%
1962	9,404,406	39,129,200	2.07%	3.27%
1963	9,604,487	40,424,065	2.13%	3.31%
1964	9,814,318	41,772,049	2.18%	3.33%
1965	10,036,008	43,174,477	2.26%	3.36%
1966	10,266,395	44,629,106	2.3%	3.37%
1967	10,505,959	46,129,608	2.33%	3.36%
1968	10,756,922	47,668,303	2.39%	3.34%
1969	11,017,409	49,233,194	2.42%	3.28%
1970	11,290,128	50,814,953	2.48%	3.21%
1971	11,567,667	52,412,558	2.46%	3.14%
1972	11,853,696	54,030,168	2.47%	3.09%
1973	12,157,999	55,667,284	2.57%	3.03%
1974	12,469,127	57,320,149	2.56%	2.97%
1975	12,773,954	58,982,400	2.44%	2.9%
1976	13,059,851	60,645,512	2.24%	2.82%
1977	13,340,756	62,308,493	2.15%	2.74%
1978	13,611,441	63,979,046	2.03%	2.68%
1979	13,655,567	65,648,865	0.32%	2.61%
1980	13,169,311	67,300,334	-3.56%	2.52%
1981	11,937,581	68,892,108	-9.35%	2.37%
1982	10,991,378	70,433,260	-7.93%	2.24%
1983	10,917,982	71,971,240	-0.67%	2.18%
1984	11,190,221	73,506,846	2.49%	2.13%
1985	11,426,852	75,043,414	2.11%	2.09%
1986	11,420,074	76,585,637	-0.06%	2.06%
1987	11,387,818	78,136,651	-0.28%	2.03%
1988	11,523,298	79,695,531	1.19%	2%
1989	11,874,088	81,247,182	3.04%	1.95%
1990	12,045,660	82,820,170	1.44%	1.94%
1991	12,238,879	84,430,572	1.6%	1.94%
1992	13,278,974	86,044,809	8.5%	1.91%
1993	14,943,172	87,653,807	12.5%	1.87%
1994	16,250,794	89,259,205	8.75%	1.83%
1995	17,065,836	90,862,455	5.02%	1.8%
1996	17,763,266	92,452,702	4.09%	1.75%
1997	18,452,091	94,021,207	3.88%	1.7%
1998	19,159,996	95,575,245	3.84%	1.65%
1999	19,887,785	97,115,707	3.8%	1.61%
2000	20,130,327	98,625,552	1.22%	1.55%
2001	20,284,307	100,099,099	0.76%	1.49%
2002	21,378,117	101,548,624	5.39%	1.45%
2003	22,733,049	102,978,515	6.34%	1.41%
2004	23,560,654	104,394,131	3.64%	1.37%
2005	24,404,567	105,811,504	3.58%	1.36%
2006	25,424,094	107,253,666	4.18%	1.36%
2007	25,909,852	108,774,360	1.91%	1.42%
2008	26,482,622	110,374,288	2.21%	1.47%
2009	27,466,101	111,999,721	3.71%	1.47%
2010	28,284,089	113,623,895	2.98%	1.45%
2011	29,347,708	115,243,504	3.76%	1.43%
2012	30,560,034	116,818,208	4.13%	1.37%
2013	31,622,704	118,343,573	3.48%	1.31%
2014	32,792,523	119,784,261	3.7%	1.22%
2015	33,831,764	121,072,306	3.17%	1.08%
2016	34,700,612	122,251,351	2.57%	0.97%
2017	35,688,935	123,400,057	2.85%	0.94%
2018	36,743,039	124,573,711	2.95%	0.95%
2019	37,856,121	125,762,982	3.03%	0.95%
2020	39,068,979	126,799,054	3.2%	0.82%
2021	40,000,412	127,648,148	2.38%	0.67%
2022	40,578,842	128,613,117	1.45%	0.76%
2023	41,454,761	129,739,759	2.16%	0.88%
2024	42,647,492	130,861,007	2.88%	0.86%
2025	43,844,105	131,946,905	2.81%	0.83%
2026	45,047,056	132,997,664	2.74%	0.8%
2027	46,258,902	134,017,711	2.69%	0.77%
2028	47,470,560	135,008,697	2.62%	0.74%
2029	48,725,707	135,970,893	2.64%	0.71%
2030	50,039,392	136,904,747	2.7%	0.69%
2031	51,375,991	137,811,068	2.67%	0.66%
2032	52,707,835	138,690,189	2.59%	0.64%
2033	54,044,241	139,542,087	2.54%	0.61%
2034	55,359,451	140,362,026	2.43%	0.59%
2035	56,647,220	141,150,818	2.33%	0.56%
2036	57,953,651	141,909,168	2.31%	0.54%
2037	59,279,025	142,637,546	2.29%	0.51%
2038	60,597,829	143,336,222	2.22%	0.49%
2039	61,944,459	143,998,296	2.22%	0.46%
2040	63,347,863	144,624,328	2.27%	0.43%
2041	64,738,834	145,217,780	2.2%	0.41%
2042	66,060,206	145,777,459	2.04%	0.39%
2043	67,375,149	146,300,011	1.99%	0.36%
2044	68,703,950	146,787,722	1.97%	0.33%
2045	70,021,184	147,240,096	1.92%	0.31%
2046	71,384,682	147,654,160	1.95%	0.28%
2047	72,756,288	148,030,153	1.92%	0.25%
2048	74,109,717	148,372,233	1.86%	0.23%
2049	75,515,588	148,677,894	1.9%	0.21%
2050	76,885,118	148,946,272	1.81%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.