Population in Afghanistan compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Netherlands	Afghanistan	Netherlands
1960	9,035,043	11,486,631	-	-
1961	9,214,083	11,638,712	1.98%	1.32%
1962	9,404,406	11,805,689	2.07%	1.43%
1963	9,604,487	11,965,966	2.13%	1.36%
1964	9,814,318	12,127,120	2.18%	1.35%
1965	10,036,008	12,294,732	2.26%	1.38%
1966	10,266,395	12,456,251	2.3%	1.31%
1967	10,505,959	12,598,201	2.33%	1.14%
1968	10,756,922	12,729,721	2.39%	1.04%
1969	11,017,409	12,877,984	2.42%	1.16%
1970	11,290,128	13,038,526	2.48%	1.25%
1971	11,567,667	13,194,497	2.46%	1.2%
1972	11,853,696	13,328,593	2.47%	1.02%
1973	12,157,999	13,439,322	2.57%	0.83%
1974	12,469,127	13,545,056	2.56%	0.79%
1975	12,773,954	13,666,335	2.44%	0.9%
1976	13,059,851	13,774,037	2.24%	0.79%
1977	13,340,756	13,856,185	2.15%	0.6%
1978	13,611,441	13,941,700	2.03%	0.62%
1979	13,655,567	14,038,270	0.32%	0.69%
1980	13,169,311	14,149,800	-3.56%	0.79%
1981	11,937,581	14,247,208	-9.35%	0.69%
1982	10,991,378	14,312,690	-7.93%	0.46%
1983	10,917,982	14,367,070	-0.67%	0.38%
1984	11,190,221	14,424,211	2.49%	0.4%
1985	11,426,852	14,491,632	2.11%	0.47%
1986	11,420,074	14,572,278	-0.06%	0.56%
1987	11,387,818	14,665,037	-0.28%	0.64%
1988	11,523,298	14,760,094	1.19%	0.65%
1989	11,874,088	14,848,907	3.04%	0.6%
1990	12,045,660	14,951,510	1.44%	0.69%
1991	12,238,879	15,069,798	1.6%	0.79%
1992	13,278,974	15,184,166	8.5%	0.76%
1993	14,943,172	15,290,368	12.5%	0.7%
1994	16,250,794	15,382,838	8.75%	0.6%
1995	17,065,836	15,459,006	5.02%	0.5%
1996	17,763,266	15,530,498	4.09%	0.46%
1997	18,452,091	15,610,650	3.88%	0.52%
1998	19,159,996	15,707,209	3.84%	0.62%
1999	19,887,785	15,812,088	3.8%	0.67%
2000	20,130,327	15,925,513	1.22%	0.72%
2001	20,284,307	16,046,180	0.76%	0.76%
2002	21,378,117	16,148,929	5.39%	0.64%
2003	22,733,049	16,225,302	6.34%	0.47%
2004	23,560,654	16,281,779	3.64%	0.35%
2005	24,404,567	16,319,868	3.58%	0.23%
2006	25,424,094	16,346,101	4.18%	0.16%
2007	25,909,852	16,381,696	1.91%	0.22%
2008	26,482,622	16,445,593	2.21%	0.39%
2009	27,466,101	16,530,388	3.71%	0.52%
2010	28,284,089	16,615,394	2.98%	0.51%
2011	29,347,708	16,693,074	3.76%	0.47%
2012	30,560,034	16,754,962	4.13%	0.37%
2013	31,622,704	16,804,432	3.48%	0.3%
2014	32,792,523	16,865,008	3.7%	0.36%
2015	33,831,764	16,939,923	3.17%	0.44%
2016	34,700,612	17,030,314	2.57%	0.53%
2017	35,688,935	17,131,296	2.85%	0.59%
2018	36,743,039	17,231,624	2.95%	0.59%
2019	37,856,121	17,344,874	3.03%	0.66%
2020	39,068,979	17,441,500	3.2%	0.56%
2021	40,000,412	17,533,044	2.38%	0.52%
2022	40,578,842	17,700,982	1.45%	0.96%
2023	41,454,761	17,877,117	2.16%	1%
2024	42,647,492	17,994,237	2.88%	0.66%
2025	43,844,105	18,110,800	2.81%	0.65%
2026	45,047,056	18,211,436	2.74%	0.56%
2027	46,258,902	18,299,531	2.69%	0.48%
2028	47,470,560	18,379,573	2.62%	0.44%
2029	48,725,707	18,452,044	2.64%	0.39%
2030	50,039,392	18,515,913	2.7%	0.35%
2031	51,375,991	18,571,934	2.67%	0.3%
2032	52,707,835	18,621,087	2.59%	0.26%
2033	54,044,241	18,664,975	2.54%	0.24%
2034	55,359,451	18,702,456	2.43%	0.2%
2035	56,647,220	18,733,223	2.33%	0.16%
2036	57,953,651	18,760,054	2.31%	0.14%
2037	59,279,025	18,781,793	2.29%	0.12%
2038	60,597,829	18,798,283	2.22%	0.09%
2039	61,944,459	18,810,276	2.22%	0.06%
2040	63,347,863	18,817,745	2.27%	0.04%
2041	64,738,834	18,820,870	2.2%	0.02%
2042	66,060,206	18,819,607	2.04%	-0.007%
2043	67,375,149	18,815,261	1.99%	-0.02%
2044	68,703,950	18,807,564	1.97%	-0.04%
2045	70,021,184	18,797,005	1.92%	-0.06%
2046	71,384,682	18,785,724	1.95%	-0.06%
2047	72,756,288	18,771,651	1.92%	-0.07%
2048	74,109,717	18,754,325	1.86%	-0.09%
2049	75,515,588	18,735,299	1.9%	-0.1%
2050	76,885,118	18,714,579	1.81%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.