The latest officially reported population of Afghanistan was 42,647,492 in 2024 vs 5,281,538 people in Oman in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Afghanistan's population is 44,810,409 people compared to 5,636,678 in Oman.
Population statistics:
- Afghanistan's population is 7.95 times bigger than Oman's.
- Afghanistan is ranked the 36th most populous country in the world, while Oman is the 120th.
- The countries together account for 0.61% of the world: 0.54% for Afghanistan vs 0.07% for Oman.
- For the last 10 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +2.99% in Oman.
- Since 2005, the population of Afghanistan has increased from 24.4M people to 44.8M (83.6% growth), while Oman has grown from 2.46M to 5.64M (129.2% growth).
- Afghanistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 130M people compared to the peak of 12.1M people in 2100 for Oman.
Afghanistan vs Oman: live population counter
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| Current population |
44810409
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5636678
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| Population rank | 36/197 | 120/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.54% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
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2.26 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.5 seconds
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6.18 minutes
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| One death every |
2.19 minutes
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54.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.9 minutes
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3.41 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -44,089 | +154,219 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,268 | +636 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,731 | +232,269 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.88% | +4.6% |
| Population growth rate rank | 20/197 | 4/197 |
Afghanistan and Oman: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,035,043 | 530,485 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 | 539,854 | 1.98% | 1.77% |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 | 549,941 | 2.07% | 1.87% |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 | 560,827 | 2.13% | 1.98% |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 | 572,577 | 2.18% | 2.1% |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 | 585,236 | 2.26% | 2.21% |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 | 598,804 | 2.3% | 2.32% |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 | 613,318 | 2.33% | 2.42% |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 | 628,798 | 2.39% | 2.52% |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 | 645,255 | 2.42% | 2.62% |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 | 662,680 | 2.48% | 2.7% |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 | 681,119 | 2.46% | 2.78% |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 | 700,593 | 2.47% | 2.86% |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 | 721,179 | 2.57% | 2.94% |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 | 746,988 | 2.56% | 3.58% |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 | 778,864 | 2.44% | 4.27% |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 | 814,701 | 2.24% | 4.6% |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 | 855,314 | 2.15% | 4.99% |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 | 900,304 | 2.03% | 5.26% |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 | 949,116 | 0.32% | 5.42% |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 | 1,001,248 | -3.56% | 5.49% |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 | 1,057,320 | -9.35% | 5.6% |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 | 1,117,678 | -7.93% | 5.71% |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 | 1,181,459 | -0.67% | 5.71% |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 | 1,247,716 | 2.49% | 5.61% |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 | 1,325,480 | 2.11% | 6.23% |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 | 1,413,419 | -0.06% | 6.63% |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 | 1,500,996 | -0.28% | 6.2% |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 | 1,588,568 | 1.19% | 5.83% |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 | 1,676,228 | 3.04% | 5.52% |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 | 1,763,954 | 1.44% | 5.23% |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 | 1,851,473 | 1.6% | 4.96% |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 | 1,938,238 | 8.5% | 4.69% |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 | 2,021,675 | 12.5% | 4.3% |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 | 2,081,834 | 8.75% | 2.98% |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 | 2,120,528 | 5.02% | 1.86% |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 | 2,156,926 | 4.09% | 1.72% |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 | 2,190,720 | 3.88% | 1.57% |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 | 2,222,489 | 3.84% | 1.45% |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 | 2,252,909 | 3.8% | 1.37% |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 | 2,282,131 | 1.22% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 | 2,310,217 | 0.76% | 1.23% |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 | 2,337,140 | 5.39% | 1.17% |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 | 2,363,796 | 6.34% | 1.14% |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 | 2,404,821 | 3.64% | 1.74% |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 | 2,459,802 | 3.58% | 2.29% |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 | 2,514,795 | 4.18% | 2.24% |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 | 2,570,174 | 1.91% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 | 2,626,529 | 2.21% | 2.19% |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 | 2,684,659 | 3.71% | 2.21% |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 | 2,757,446 | 2.98% | 2.71% |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 | 3,076,763 | 3.76% | 11.6% |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 | 3,547,106 | 4.13% | 15.3% |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 | 3,833,913 | 3.48% | 8.09% |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 | 4,002,439 | 3.7% | 4.4% |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 | 4,184,895 | 3.17% | 4.56% |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 | 4,390,877 | 2.57% | 4.92% |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 | 4,537,396 | 2.85% | 3.34% |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 | 4,597,877 | 2.95% | 1.33% |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 | 4,591,241 | 3.03% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 | 4,522,497 | 3.2% | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 | 4,500,424 | 2.38% | -0.49% |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 | 4,730,226 | 1.45% | 5.11% |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 | 5,049,269 | 2.16% | 6.74% |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 | 5,281,538 | 2.88% | 4.6% |
| 2025 | 43,844,105 | 5,494,693 | 2.81% | 4.04% |
| 2026 | 45,047,056 | 5,671,451 | 2.74% | 3.22% |
| 2027 | 46,258,902 | 5,814,719 | 2.69% | 2.53% |
| 2028 | 47,470,560 | 5,929,317 | 2.62% | 1.97% |
| 2029 | 48,725,707 | 6,026,178 | 2.64% | 1.63% |
| 2030 | 50,039,392 | 6,112,708 | 2.7% | 1.44% |
| 2031 | 51,375,991 | 6,194,366 | 2.67% | 1.34% |
| 2032 | 52,707,835 | 6,275,465 | 2.59% | 1.31% |
| 2033 | 54,044,241 | 6,356,248 | 2.54% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 55,359,451 | 6,436,919 | 2.43% | 1.27% |
| 2035 | 56,647,220 | 6,517,799 | 2.33% | 1.26% |
| 2036 | 57,953,651 | 6,599,101 | 2.31% | 1.25% |
| 2037 | 59,279,025 | 6,681,041 | 2.29% | 1.24% |
| 2038 | 60,597,829 | 6,763,781 | 2.22% | 1.24% |
| 2039 | 61,944,459 | 6,847,380 | 2.22% | 1.24% |
| 2040 | 63,347,863 | 6,931,970 | 2.27% | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 64,738,834 | 7,017,684 | 2.2% | 1.24% |
| 2042 | 66,060,206 | 7,104,475 | 2.04% | 1.24% |
| 2043 | 67,375,149 | 7,192,217 | 1.99% | 1.24% |
| 2044 | 68,703,950 | 7,280,846 | 1.97% | 1.23% |
| 2045 | 70,021,184 | 7,370,221 | 1.92% | 1.23% |
| 2046 | 71,384,682 | 7,460,268 | 1.95% | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 72,756,288 | 7,550,973 | 1.92% | 1.22% |
| 2048 | 74,109,717 | 7,642,323 | 1.86% | 1.21% |
| 2049 | 75,515,588 | 7,734,352 | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| 2050 | 76,885,118 | 7,826,991 | 1.81% | 1.2% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Oman gained 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Oman's population increased by 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth).
Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Oman was ranked 138th in 2005 and ranked 120th 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 Oman will increase by 38.9% to 7,826,991 people and rank change from 120th to 113th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kabul | 4.27M |
| Kandahar | 614K |
| Herat | 556K |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | 469K |
| Kunduz | 357K |
| Jalalabad | 263K |
| Lashkargah | 202K |
| Sheberghan | 176K |
| Khost | 160K |
| Ghazni | 143K |
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Population differences between Afghanistan and Oman
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| Life expectancy | 66.5 years | 80.5 years |
| Average age | 22.1 years | 29.6 years |
| Median age | 18.2 years | 30.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 62.2:37.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.84 births per woman | 2.53 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.4 ppl/mi² | 44.2 ppl/mi² |
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