Population in Afghanistan compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	North Korea	Afghanistan	North Korea
1960	9,035,043	11,722,953	-	-
1961	9,214,083	11,990,713	1.98%	2.28%
1962	9,404,406	12,262,882	2.07%	2.27%
1963	9,604,487	12,567,057	2.13%	2.48%
1964	9,814,318	12,889,770	2.18%	2.57%
1965	10,036,008	13,219,369	2.26%	2.56%
1966	10,266,395	13,569,094	2.3%	2.65%
1967	10,505,959	13,958,350	2.33%	2.87%
1968	10,756,922	14,365,596	2.39%	2.92%
1969	11,017,409	14,767,615	2.42%	2.8%
1970	11,290,128	15,172,775	2.48%	2.74%
1971	11,567,667	15,572,457	2.46%	2.63%
1972	11,853,696	15,975,069	2.47%	2.59%
1973	12,157,999	16,350,367	2.57%	2.35%
1974	12,469,127	16,673,121	2.56%	1.97%
1975	12,773,954	16,971,055	2.44%	1.79%
1976	13,059,851	17,243,450	2.24%	1.61%
1977	13,340,756	17,492,798	2.15%	1.45%
1978	13,611,441	17,735,995	2.03%	1.39%
1979	13,655,567	17,983,470	0.32%	1.4%
1980	13,169,311	18,236,786	-3.56%	1.41%
1981	11,937,581	18,501,295	-9.35%	1.45%
1982	10,991,378	18,776,357	-7.93%	1.49%
1983	10,917,982	19,054,034	-0.67%	1.48%
1984	11,190,221	19,335,043	2.49%	1.47%
1985	11,426,852	19,620,388	2.11%	1.48%
1986	11,420,074	19,910,855	-0.06%	1.48%
1987	11,387,818	20,205,483	-0.28%	1.48%
1988	11,523,298	20,503,161	1.19%	1.47%
1989	11,874,088	20,804,367	3.04%	1.47%
1990	12,045,660	21,112,137	1.44%	1.48%
1991	12,238,879	21,428,638	1.6%	1.5%
1992	13,278,974	21,750,911	8.5%	1.5%
1993	14,943,172	22,073,352	12.5%	1.48%
1994	16,250,794	22,393,975	8.75%	1.45%
1995	17,065,836	22,669,304	5.02%	1.23%
1996	17,763,266	22,895,746	4.09%	1%
1997	18,452,091	23,110,830	3.88%	0.94%
1998	19,159,996	23,311,564	3.84%	0.87%
1999	19,887,785	23,497,599	3.8%	0.8%
2000	20,130,327	23,665,910	1.22%	0.72%
2001	20,284,307	23,815,358	0.76%	0.63%
2002	21,378,117	23,943,973	5.39%	0.54%
2003	22,733,049	24,090,380	6.34%	0.61%
2004	23,560,654	24,254,943	3.64%	0.68%
2005	24,404,567	24,396,433	3.58%	0.58%
2006	25,424,094	24,524,507	4.18%	0.52%
2007	25,909,852	24,646,383	1.91%	0.5%
2008	26,482,622	24,764,618	2.21%	0.48%
2009	27,466,101	24,878,332	3.71%	0.46%
2010	28,284,089	24,987,258	2.98%	0.44%
2011	29,347,708	25,097,874	3.76%	0.44%
2012	30,560,034	25,211,728	4.13%	0.45%
2013	31,622,704	25,329,451	3.48%	0.47%
2014	32,792,523	25,451,262	3.7%	0.48%
2015	33,831,764	25,575,350	3.17%	0.49%
2016	34,700,612	25,698,326	2.57%	0.48%
2017	35,688,935	25,817,709	2.85%	0.46%
2018	36,743,039	25,931,147	2.95%	0.44%
2019	37,856,121	26,037,632	3.03%	0.41%
2020	39,068,979	26,136,312	3.2%	0.38%
2021	40,000,412	26,232,534	2.38%	0.37%
2022	40,578,842	26,328,845	1.45%	0.37%
2023	41,454,761	26,418,204	2.16%	0.34%
2024	42,647,492	26,498,823	2.88%	0.31%
2025	43,844,105	26,571,033	2.81%	0.27%
2026	45,047,056	26,633,682	2.74%	0.24%
2027	46,258,902	26,686,492	2.69%	0.2%
2028	47,470,560	26,729,261	2.62%	0.16%
2029	48,725,707	26,762,008	2.64%	0.12%
2030	50,039,392	26,784,894	2.7%	0.09%
2031	51,375,991	26,797,946	2.67%	0.05%
2032	52,707,835	26,801,071	2.59%	0.01%
2033	54,044,241	26,795,061	2.54%	-0.02%
2034	55,359,451	26,780,481	2.43%	-0.05%
2035	56,647,220	26,757,705	2.33%	-0.09%
2036	57,953,651	26,727,309	2.31%	-0.11%
2037	59,279,025	26,689,907	2.29%	-0.14%
2038	60,597,829	26,646,323	2.22%	-0.16%
2039	61,944,459	26,596,967	2.22%	-0.19%
2040	63,347,863	26,542,417	2.27%	-0.21%
2041	64,738,834	26,483,475	2.2%	-0.22%
2042	66,060,206	26,420,812	2.04%	-0.24%
2043	67,375,149	26,354,324	1.99%	-0.25%
2044	68,703,950	26,284,000	1.97%	-0.27%
2045	70,021,184	26,210,196	1.92%	-0.28%
2046	71,384,682	26,132,922	1.95%	-0.29%
2047	72,756,288	26,052,086	1.92%	-0.31%
2048	74,109,717	25,967,581	1.86%	-0.32%
2049	75,515,588	25,879,244	1.9%	-0.34%
2050	76,885,118	25,787,120	1.81%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.