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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Nauru	Afghanistan	Nauru
1960	9,035,043	4,607	-	-
1961	9,214,083	4,774	1.98%	3.62%
1962	9,404,406	4,979	2.07%	4.29%
1963	9,604,487	5,226	2.13%	4.96%
1964	9,814,318	5,515	2.18%	5.53%
1965	10,036,008	5,832	2.26%	5.75%
1966	10,266,395	6,043	2.3%	3.62%
1967	10,505,959	6,135	2.33%	1.52%
1968	10,756,922	6,328	2.39%	3.15%
1969	11,017,409	6,581	2.42%	4%
1970	11,290,128	6,710	2.48%	1.96%
1971	11,567,667	6,762	2.46%	0.77%
1972	11,853,696	6,812	2.47%	0.74%
1973	12,157,999	6,866	2.57%	0.79%
1974	12,469,127	6,923	2.56%	0.83%
1975	12,773,954	6,987	2.44%	0.92%
1976	13,059,851	7,064	2.24%	1.1%
1977	13,340,756	7,163	2.15%	1.4%
1978	13,611,441	7,298	2.03%	1.88%
1979	13,655,567	7,468	0.32%	2.33%
1980	13,169,311	7,649	-3.56%	2.42%
1981	11,937,581	7,839	-9.35%	2.48%
1982	10,991,378	8,040	-7.93%	2.56%
1983	10,917,982	8,216	-0.67%	2.19%
1984	11,190,221	8,377	2.49%	1.96%
1985	11,426,852	8,551	2.11%	2.08%
1986	11,420,074	8,742	-0.06%	2.23%
1987	11,387,818	8,946	-0.28%	2.33%
1988	11,523,298	9,165	1.19%	2.45%
1989	11,874,088	9,390	3.04%	2.45%
1990	12,045,660	9,622	1.44%	2.47%
1991	12,238,879	9,850	1.6%	2.37%
1992	13,278,974	10,021	8.5%	1.74%
1993	14,943,172	10,102	12.5%	0.81%
1994	16,250,794	10,137	8.75%	0.35%
1995	17,065,836	10,165	5.02%	0.28%
1996	17,763,266	10,183	4.09%	0.18%
1997	18,452,091	10,197	3.88%	0.14%
1998	19,159,996	10,198	3.84%	0.01%
1999	19,887,785	10,187	3.8%	-0.11%
2000	20,130,327	10,168	1.22%	-0.19%
2001	20,284,307	10,130	0.76%	-0.37%
2002	21,378,117	10,082	5.39%	-0.47%
2003	22,733,049	10,059	6.34%	-0.23%
2004	23,560,654	10,060	3.64%	0.01%
2005	24,404,567	10,049	3.58%	-0.11%
2006	25,424,094	10,034	4.18%	-0.15%
2007	25,909,852	10,020	1.91%	-0.14%
2008	26,482,622	10,009	2.21%	-0.11%
2009	27,466,101	10,016	3.71%	0.07%
2010	28,284,089	10,043	2.98%	0.27%
2011	29,347,708	10,098	3.76%	0.55%
2012	30,560,034	10,267	4.13%	1.67%
2013	31,622,704	10,517	3.48%	2.43%
2014	32,792,523	10,742	3.7%	2.14%
2015	33,831,764	10,954	3.17%	1.97%
2016	34,700,612	11,150	2.57%	1.79%
2017	35,688,935	11,324	2.85%	1.56%
2018	36,743,039	11,477	2.95%	1.35%
2019	37,856,121	11,587	3.03%	0.96%
2020	39,068,979	11,643	3.2%	0.48%
2021	40,000,412	11,709	2.38%	0.57%
2022	40,578,842	11,801	1.45%	0.79%
2023	41,454,761	11,875	2.16%	0.63%
2024	42,647,492	11,947	2.88%	0.61%
2025	43,844,105	12,030	2.81%	0.7%
2026	45,047,056	12,103	2.74%	0.61%
2027	46,258,902	12,196	2.69%	0.77%
2028	47,470,560	12,296	2.62%	0.82%
2029	48,725,707	12,403	2.64%	0.87%
2030	50,039,392	12,519	2.7%	0.94%
2031	51,375,991	12,645	2.67%	1%
2032	52,707,835	12,785	2.59%	1.11%
2033	54,044,241	12,921	2.54%	1.06%
2034	55,359,451	13,071	2.43%	1.16%
2035	56,647,220	13,230	2.33%	1.22%
2036	57,953,651	13,391	2.31%	1.21%
2037	59,279,025	13,541	2.29%	1.12%
2038	60,597,829	13,697	2.22%	1.16%
2039	61,944,459	13,857	2.22%	1.17%
2040	63,347,863	14,041	2.27%	1.33%
2041	64,738,834	14,220	2.2%	1.27%
2042	66,060,206	14,402	2.04%	1.28%
2043	67,375,149	14,579	1.99%	1.23%
2044	68,703,950	14,754	1.97%	1.2%
2045	70,021,184	14,920	1.92%	1.13%
2046	71,384,682	15,098	1.95%	1.19%
2047	72,756,288	15,268	1.92%	1.12%
2048	74,109,717	15,431	1.86%	1.07%
2049	75,515,588	15,595	1.9%	1.06%
2050	76,885,118	15,751	1.81%	1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Nauru gained 1,116 people (a 11.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 954 (a 8.56% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Nauru was ranked 196th in 2006 and ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.1% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.