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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Nepal	Afghanistan	Nepal
1960	9,035,043	10,123,658	-	-
1961	9,214,083	10,318,396	1.98%	1.92%
1962	9,404,406	10,521,116	2.07%	1.96%
1963	9,604,487	10,729,818	2.13%	1.98%
1964	9,814,318	10,946,392	2.18%	2.02%
1965	10,036,008	11,173,411	2.26%	2.07%
1966	10,266,395	11,408,710	2.3%	2.11%
1967	10,505,959	11,652,716	2.33%	2.14%
1968	10,756,922	11,906,266	2.39%	2.18%
1969	11,017,409	12,167,036	2.42%	2.19%
1970	11,290,128	12,436,190	2.48%	2.21%
1971	11,567,667	12,710,061	2.46%	2.2%
1972	11,853,696	12,989,099	2.47%	2.2%
1973	12,157,999	13,275,239	2.57%	2.2%
1974	12,469,127	13,568,435	2.56%	2.21%
1975	12,773,954	13,870,695	2.44%	2.23%
1976	13,059,851	14,177,649	2.24%	2.21%
1977	13,340,756	14,499,175	2.15%	2.27%
1978	13,611,441	14,839,695	2.03%	2.35%
1979	13,655,567	15,190,590	0.32%	2.36%
1980	13,169,311	15,553,105	-3.56%	2.39%
1981	11,937,581	15,922,423	-9.35%	2.37%
1982	10,991,378	16,297,987	-7.93%	2.36%
1983	10,917,982	16,689,119	-0.67%	2.4%
1984	11,190,221	17,085,242	2.49%	2.37%
1985	11,426,852	17,477,692	2.11%	2.3%
1986	11,420,074	17,868,124	-0.06%	2.23%
1987	11,387,818	18,250,505	-0.28%	2.14%
1988	11,523,298	18,638,661	1.19%	2.13%
1989	11,874,088	19,057,807	3.04%	2.25%
1990	12,045,660	19,524,573	1.44%	2.45%
1991	12,238,879	20,036,500	1.6%	2.62%
1992	13,278,974	20,609,707	8.5%	2.86%
1993	14,943,172	21,180,159	12.5%	2.77%
1994	16,250,794	21,717,479	8.75%	2.54%
1995	17,065,836	22,245,439	5.02%	2.43%
1996	17,763,266	22,741,862	4.09%	2.23%
1997	18,452,091	23,219,463	3.88%	2.1%
1998	19,159,996	23,680,357	3.84%	1.98%
1999	19,887,785	24,125,199	3.8%	1.88%
2000	20,130,327	24,546,509	1.22%	1.75%
2001	20,284,307	24,946,748	0.76%	1.63%
2002	21,378,117	25,328,981	5.39%	1.53%
2003	22,733,049	25,688,758	6.34%	1.42%
2004	23,560,654	26,016,656	3.64%	1.28%
2005	24,404,567	26,309,458	3.58%	1.13%
2006	25,424,094	26,565,425	4.18%	0.97%
2007	25,909,852	26,788,492	1.91%	0.84%
2008	26,482,622	26,990,037	2.21%	0.75%
2009	27,466,101	27,173,035	3.71%	0.68%
2010	28,284,089	27,341,952	2.98%	0.62%
2011	29,347,708	27,464,494	3.76%	0.45%
2012	30,560,034	27,534,915	4.13%	0.26%
2013	31,622,704	27,589,996	3.48%	0.2%
2014	32,792,523	27,672,370	3.7%	0.3%
2015	33,831,764	27,823,629	3.17%	0.55%
2016	34,700,612	27,955,462	2.57%	0.47%
2017	35,688,935	28,011,258	2.85%	0.2%
2018	36,743,039	28,079,689	2.95%	0.24%
2019	37,856,121	28,414,064	3.03%	1.19%
2020	39,068,979	28,966,574	3.2%	1.94%
2021	40,000,412	29,475,010	2.38%	1.76%
2022	40,578,842	29,715,436	1.45%	0.82%
2023	41,454,761	29,694,614	2.16%	-0.07%
2024	42,647,492	29,651,054	2.88%	-0.15%
2025	43,844,105	29,618,120	2.81%	-0.11%
2026	45,047,056	29,629,406	2.74%	0.04%
2027	46,258,902	29,727,164	2.69%	0.33%
2028	47,470,560	29,947,588	2.62%	0.74%
2029	48,725,707	30,232,115	2.64%	0.95%
2030	50,039,392	30,509,999	2.7%	0.92%
2031	51,375,991	30,780,916	2.67%	0.89%
2032	52,707,835	31,045,411	2.59%	0.86%
2033	54,044,241	31,304,035	2.54%	0.83%
2034	55,359,451	31,555,068	2.43%	0.8%
2035	56,647,220	31,798,003	2.33%	0.77%
2036	57,953,651	32,033,714	2.31%	0.74%
2037	59,279,025	32,262,286	2.29%	0.71%
2038	60,597,829	32,484,801	2.22%	0.69%
2039	61,944,459	32,700,695	2.22%	0.66%
2040	63,347,863	32,909,540	2.27%	0.64%
2041	64,738,834	33,112,254	2.2%	0.62%
2042	66,060,206	33,309,062	2.04%	0.59%
2043	67,375,149	33,499,440	1.99%	0.57%
2044	68,703,950	33,683,331	1.97%	0.55%
2045	70,021,184	33,861,058	1.92%	0.53%
2046	71,384,682	34,032,994	1.95%	0.51%
2047	72,756,288	34,197,261	1.92%	0.48%
2048	74,109,717	34,352,077	1.86%	0.45%
2049	75,515,588	34,500,201	1.9%	0.43%
2050	76,885,118	34,642,021	1.81%	0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.