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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Myanmar	Afghanistan	Myanmar
1960	9,035,043	21,730,250	-	-
1961	9,214,083	22,210,581	1.98%	2.21%
1962	9,404,406	22,704,719	2.07%	2.22%
1963	9,604,487	23,213,408	2.13%	2.24%
1964	9,814,318	23,737,315	2.18%	2.26%
1965	10,036,008	24,279,431	2.26%	2.28%
1966	10,266,395	24,836,496	2.3%	2.29%
1967	10,505,959	25,406,429	2.33%	2.29%
1968	10,756,922	25,989,662	2.39%	2.3%
1969	11,017,409	26,585,112	2.42%	2.29%
1970	11,290,128	27,193,016	2.48%	2.29%
1971	11,567,667	27,807,219	2.46%	2.26%
1972	11,853,696	28,428,324	2.47%	2.23%
1973	12,157,999	29,026,388	2.57%	2.1%
1974	12,469,127	29,598,167	2.56%	1.97%
1975	12,773,954	30,176,565	2.44%	1.95%
1976	13,059,851	30,758,811	2.24%	1.93%
1977	13,340,756	31,355,966	2.15%	1.94%
1978	13,611,441	31,972,976	2.03%	1.97%
1979	13,655,567	32,596,550	0.32%	1.95%
1980	13,169,311	33,227,204	-3.56%	1.93%
1981	11,937,581	33,858,783	-9.35%	1.9%
1982	10,991,378	34,482,965	-7.93%	1.84%
1983	10,917,982	35,162,715	-0.67%	1.97%
1984	11,190,221	35,899,313	2.49%	2.09%
1985	11,426,852	36,622,827	2.11%	2.02%
1986	11,420,074	37,314,878	-0.06%	1.89%
1987	11,387,818	37,971,594	-0.28%	1.76%
1988	11,523,298	38,600,927	1.19%	1.66%
1989	11,874,088	39,214,618	3.04%	1.59%
1990	12,045,660	39,817,251	1.44%	1.54%
1991	12,238,879	40,394,154	1.6%	1.45%
1992	13,278,974	40,950,342	8.5%	1.38%
1993	14,943,172	41,502,429	12.5%	1.35%
1994	16,250,794	42,055,143	8.75%	1.33%
1995	17,065,836	42,605,338	5.02%	1.31%
1996	17,763,266	43,154,860	4.09%	1.29%
1997	18,452,091	43,708,798	3.88%	1.28%
1998	19,159,996	44,257,793	3.84%	1.26%
1999	19,887,785	44,787,724	3.8%	1.2%
2000	20,130,327	45,290,841	1.22%	1.12%
2001	20,284,307	45,771,139	0.76%	1.06%
2002	21,378,117	46,232,653	5.39%	1.01%
2003	22,733,049	46,667,192	6.34%	0.94%
2004	23,560,654	47,068,772	3.64%	0.86%
2005	24,404,567	47,438,365	3.58%	0.79%
2006	25,424,094	47,785,135	4.18%	0.73%
2007	25,909,852	48,125,043	1.91%	0.71%
2008	26,482,622	48,390,793	2.21%	0.55%
2009	27,466,101	48,660,459	3.71%	0.56%
2010	28,284,089	49,024,382	2.98%	0.75%
2011	29,347,708	49,419,820	3.76%	0.81%
2012	30,560,034	49,837,446	4.13%	0.85%
2013	31,622,704	50,262,658	3.48%	0.85%
2014	32,792,523	50,681,634	3.7%	0.83%
2015	33,831,764	51,089,056	3.17%	0.8%
2016	34,700,612	51,495,696	2.57%	0.8%
2017	35,688,935	51,894,938	2.85%	0.78%
2018	36,743,039	52,272,247	2.95%	0.73%
2019	37,856,121	52,640,713	3.03%	0.7%
2020	39,068,979	53,016,522	3.2%	0.71%
2021	40,000,412	53,387,102	2.38%	0.7%
2022	40,578,842	53,756,787	1.45%	0.69%
2023	41,454,761	54,133,798	2.16%	0.7%
2024	42,647,492	54,500,091	2.88%	0.68%
2025	43,844,105	54,850,652	2.81%	0.64%
2026	45,047,056	55,184,831	2.74%	0.61%
2027	46,258,902	55,502,494	2.69%	0.58%
2028	47,470,560	55,802,778	2.62%	0.54%
2029	48,725,707	56,085,147	2.64%	0.51%
2030	50,039,392	56,351,028	2.7%	0.47%
2031	51,375,991	56,601,632	2.67%	0.44%
2032	52,707,835	56,836,048	2.59%	0.41%
2033	54,044,241	57,054,552	2.54%	0.38%
2034	55,359,451	57,257,183	2.43%	0.36%
2035	56,647,220	57,444,471	2.33%	0.33%
2036	57,953,651	57,616,158	2.31%	0.3%
2037	59,279,025	57,773,912	2.29%	0.27%
2038	60,597,829	57,919,868	2.22%	0.25%
2039	61,944,459	58,052,183	2.22%	0.23%
2040	63,347,863	58,169,863	2.27%	0.2%
2041	64,738,834	58,274,275	2.2%	0.18%
2042	66,060,206	58,365,927	2.04%	0.16%
2043	67,375,149	58,443,291	1.99%	0.13%
2044	68,703,950	58,506,418	1.97%	0.11%
2045	70,021,184	58,558,173	1.92%	0.09%
2046	71,384,682	58,596,775	1.95%	0.07%
2047	72,756,288	58,620,774	1.92%	0.04%
2048	74,109,717	58,632,733	1.86%	0.02%
2049	75,515,588	58,633,128	1.9%	0.001%
2050	76,885,118	58,623,237	1.81%	-0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Myanmar gained 3,710,561 people (a 7.77% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Myanmar's population increased by 3,692,606 (a 7.17% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Myanmar was ranked 26th in 2006 and ranked 27th 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 Myanmar will increase by 6.22% to 58,623,237 people and rank change from 27th to 35th.