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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Pakistan	Afghanistan	Pakistan
1960	9,035,043	45,709,310	-	-
1961	9,214,083	46,921,277	1.98%	2.65%
1962	9,404,406	48,156,128	2.07%	2.63%
1963	9,604,487	49,447,776	2.13%	2.68%
1964	9,814,318	50,799,999	2.18%	2.73%
1965	10,036,008	52,209,010	2.26%	2.77%
1966	10,266,395	53,678,667	2.3%	2.81%
1967	10,505,959	55,214,768	2.33%	2.86%
1968	10,756,922	56,810,507	2.39%	2.89%
1969	11,017,409	58,460,939	2.42%	2.91%
1970	11,290,128	60,166,719	2.48%	2.92%
1971	11,567,667	61,847,899	2.46%	2.79%
1972	11,853,696	63,583,194	2.47%	2.81%
1973	12,157,999	65,461,912	2.57%	2.95%
1974	12,469,127	67,415,487	2.56%	2.98%
1975	12,773,954	69,461,175	2.44%	3.03%
1976	13,059,851	71,620,254	2.24%	3.11%
1977	13,340,756	73,901,827	2.15%	3.19%
1978	13,611,441	76,307,379	2.03%	3.26%
1979	13,655,567	78,997,039	0.32%	3.52%
1980	13,169,311	82,291,010	-3.56%	4.17%
1981	11,937,581	85,802,049	-9.35%	4.27%
1982	10,991,378	89,089,246	-7.93%	3.83%
1983	10,917,982	92,227,711	-0.67%	3.52%
1984	11,190,221	95,164,936	2.49%	3.18%
1985	11,426,852	98,229,285	2.11%	3.22%
1986	11,420,074	101,606,764	-0.06%	3.44%
1987	11,387,818	105,130,717	-0.28%	3.47%
1988	11,523,298	108,724,739	1.19%	3.42%
1989	11,874,088	112,336,629	3.04%	3.32%
1990	12,045,660	116,155,576	1.44%	3.4%
1991	12,238,879	120,060,406	1.6%	3.36%
1992	13,278,974	123,546,848	8.5%	2.9%
1993	14,943,172	127,020,117	12.5%	2.81%
1994	16,250,794	130,748,083	8.75%	2.93%
1995	17,065,836	134,582,253	5.02%	2.93%
1996	17,763,266	138,557,092	4.09%	2.95%
1997	18,452,091	142,531,804	3.88%	2.87%
1998	19,159,996	146,522,356	3.84%	2.8%
1999	19,887,785	150,565,377	3.8%	2.76%
2000	20,130,327	154,879,127	1.22%	2.87%
2001	20,284,307	159,270,907	0.76%	2.84%
2002	21,378,117	163,222,549	5.39%	2.48%
2003	22,733,049	167,110,248	6.34%	2.38%
2004	23,560,654	171,286,000	3.64%	2.5%
2005	24,404,567	175,453,212	3.58%	2.43%
2006	25,424,094	179,682,690	4.18%	2.41%
2007	25,909,852	184,493,231	1.91%	2.68%
2008	26,482,622	189,499,113	2.21%	2.71%
2009	27,466,101	194,376,534	3.71%	2.57%
2010	28,284,089	199,239,047	2.98%	2.5%
2011	29,347,708	203,746,065	3.76%	2.26%
2012	30,560,034	207,667,125	4.13%	1.92%
2013	31,622,704	211,073,978	3.48%	1.64%
2014	32,792,523	214,264,647	3.7%	1.51%
2015	33,831,764	217,290,883	3.17%	1.41%
2016	34,700,612	220,138,869	2.57%	1.31%
2017	35,688,935	223,273,967	2.85%	1.42%
2018	36,743,039	226,928,892	2.95%	1.64%
2019	37,856,121	230,800,899	3.03%	1.71%
2020	39,068,979	235,001,746	3.2%	1.82%
2021	40,000,412	239,477,801	2.38%	1.9%
2022	40,578,842	243,700,667	1.45%	1.76%
2023	41,454,761	247,504,495	2.16%	1.56%
2024	42,647,492	251,269,164	2.88%	1.52%
2025	43,844,105	255,219,564	2.81%	1.57%
2026	45,047,056	259,299,796	2.74%	1.6%
2027	46,258,902	263,515,827	2.69%	1.63%
2028	47,470,560	267,881,923	2.62%	1.66%
2029	48,725,707	272,337,520	2.64%	1.66%
2030	50,039,392	276,883,261	2.7%	1.67%
2031	51,375,991	281,528,070	2.67%	1.68%
2032	52,707,835	286,241,141	2.59%	1.67%
2033	54,044,241	291,012,268	2.54%	1.67%
2034	55,359,451	295,820,153	2.43%	1.65%
2035	56,647,220	300,643,518	2.33%	1.63%
2036	57,953,651	305,491,504	2.31%	1.61%
2037	59,279,025	310,353,293	2.29%	1.59%
2038	60,597,829	315,227,709	2.22%	1.57%
2039	61,944,459	320,105,882	2.22%	1.55%
2040	63,347,863	324,937,703	2.27%	1.51%
2041	64,738,834	329,746,478	2.2%	1.48%
2042	66,060,206	334,551,874	2.04%	1.46%
2043	67,375,149	339,334,851	1.99%	1.43%
2044	68,703,950	344,095,467	1.97%	1.4%
2045	70,021,184	348,837,732	1.92%	1.38%
2046	71,384,682	353,552,859	1.95%	1.35%
2047	72,756,288	358,207,159	1.92%	1.32%
2048	74,109,717	362,796,532	1.86%	1.28%
2049	75,515,588	367,344,429	1.9%	1.25%
2050	76,885,118	371,863,804	1.81%	1.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Pakistan gained 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2006 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.