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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Morocco	Afghanistan	Morocco
1960	9,035,043	11,624,933	-	-
1961	9,214,083	11,931,085	1.98%	2.63%
1962	9,404,406	12,253,092	2.07%	2.7%
1963	9,604,487	12,577,502	2.13%	2.65%
1964	9,814,318	12,898,886	2.18%	2.56%
1965	10,036,008	13,239,171	2.26%	2.64%
1966	10,266,395	13,597,065	2.3%	2.7%
1967	10,505,959	13,968,175	2.33%	2.73%
1968	10,756,922	14,347,899	2.39%	2.72%
1969	11,017,409	14,734,255	2.42%	2.69%
1970	11,290,128	15,129,449	2.48%	2.68%
1971	11,567,667	15,527,225	2.46%	2.63%
1972	11,853,696	15,924,692	2.47%	2.56%
1973	12,157,999	16,326,269	2.57%	2.52%
1974	12,469,127	16,733,842	2.56%	2.5%
1975	12,773,954	17,150,786	2.44%	2.49%
1976	13,059,851	17,574,182	2.24%	2.47%
1977	13,340,756	18,014,756	2.15%	2.51%
1978	13,611,441	18,477,385	2.03%	2.57%
1979	13,655,567	18,955,589	0.32%	2.59%
1980	13,169,311	19,459,943	-3.56%	2.66%
1981	11,937,581	19,985,401	-9.35%	2.7%
1982	10,991,378	20,520,318	-7.93%	2.68%
1983	10,917,982	21,060,696	-0.67%	2.63%
1984	11,190,221	21,593,778	2.49%	2.53%
1985	11,426,852	22,113,953	2.11%	2.41%
1986	11,420,074	22,600,803	-0.06%	2.2%
1987	11,387,818	23,054,392	-0.28%	2.01%
1988	11,523,298	23,500,524	1.19%	1.94%
1989	11,874,088	23,939,414	3.04%	1.87%
1990	12,045,660	24,375,551	1.44%	1.82%
1991	12,238,879	24,799,014	1.6%	1.74%
1992	13,278,974	25,212,468	8.5%	1.67%
1993	14,943,172	25,614,586	12.5%	1.59%
1994	16,250,794	26,000,822	8.75%	1.51%
1995	17,065,836	26,399,429	5.02%	1.53%
1996	17,763,266	26,808,107	4.09%	1.55%
1997	18,452,091	27,213,337	3.88%	1.51%
1998	19,159,996	27,621,648	3.84%	1.5%
1999	19,887,785	28,027,179	3.8%	1.47%
2000	20,130,327	28,423,435	1.22%	1.41%
2001	20,284,307	28,814,643	0.76%	1.38%
2002	21,378,117	29,198,142	5.39%	1.33%
2003	22,733,049	29,571,415	6.34%	1.28%
2004	23,560,654	29,953,018	3.64%	1.29%
2005	24,404,567	30,358,144	3.58%	1.35%
2006	25,424,094	30,771,178	4.18%	1.36%
2007	25,909,852	31,186,468	1.91%	1.35%
2008	26,482,622	31,606,767	2.21%	1.35%
2009	27,466,101	32,030,778	3.71%	1.34%
2010	28,284,089	32,467,016	2.98%	1.36%
2011	29,347,708	32,912,588	3.76%	1.37%
2012	30,560,034	33,355,241	4.13%	1.34%
2013	31,622,704	33,787,571	3.48%	1.3%
2014	32,792,523	34,204,780	3.7%	1.23%
2015	33,831,764	34,607,588	3.17%	1.18%
2016	34,700,612	35,023,457	2.57%	1.2%
2017	35,688,935	35,446,392	2.85%	1.21%
2018	36,743,039	35,839,760	2.95%	1.11%
2019	37,856,121	36,210,898	3.03%	1.04%
2020	39,068,979	36,584,208	3.2%	1.03%
2021	40,000,412	36,954,442	2.38%	1.01%
2022	40,578,842	37,329,064	1.45%	1.01%
2023	41,454,761	37,712,505	2.16%	1.03%
2024	42,647,492	38,081,173	2.88%	0.98%
2025	43,844,105	38,430,771	2.81%	0.92%
2026	45,047,056	38,762,439	2.74%	0.86%
2027	46,258,902	39,080,092	2.69%	0.82%
2028	47,470,560	39,384,122	2.62%	0.78%
2029	48,725,707	39,674,554	2.64%	0.74%
2030	50,039,392	39,953,461	2.7%	0.7%
2031	51,375,991	40,221,736	2.67%	0.67%
2032	52,707,835	40,477,986	2.59%	0.64%
2033	54,044,241	40,722,975	2.54%	0.61%
2034	55,359,451	40,957,241	2.43%	0.58%
2035	56,647,220	41,182,092	2.33%	0.55%
2036	57,953,651	41,398,224	2.31%	0.52%
2037	59,279,025	41,604,025	2.29%	0.5%
2038	60,597,829	41,802,267	2.22%	0.48%
2039	61,944,459	41,990,437	2.22%	0.45%
2040	63,347,863	42,168,202	2.27%	0.42%
2041	64,738,834	42,339,039	2.2%	0.41%
2042	66,060,206	42,500,324	2.04%	0.38%
2043	67,375,149	42,650,491	1.99%	0.35%
2044	68,703,950	42,792,499	1.97%	0.33%
2045	70,021,184	42,925,305	1.92%	0.31%
2046	71,384,682	43,046,175	1.95%	0.28%
2047	72,756,288	43,158,165	1.92%	0.26%
2048	74,109,717	43,262,402	1.86%	0.24%
2049	75,515,588	43,355,724	1.9%	0.22%
2050	76,885,118	43,440,428	1.81%	0.2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Morocco gained 4,249,444 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Morocco's population increased by 4,089,604 (a 11.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Morocco was ranked 37th in 2005 and ranked 41st 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 Morocco will increase by 12.3% to 43,440,428 people and rank change from 41st to 50th.