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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Palau	Afghanistan	Palau
1960	9,035,043	9,328	-	-
1961	9,214,083	9,555	1.98%	2.43%
1962	9,404,406	9,793	2.07%	2.49%
1963	9,604,487	10,037	2.13%	2.49%
1964	9,814,318	10,292	2.18%	2.54%
1965	10,036,008	10,547	2.26%	2.48%
1966	10,266,395	10,805	2.3%	2.45%
1967	10,505,959	10,988	2.33%	1.69%
1968	10,756,922	11,080	2.39%	0.84%
1969	11,017,409	11,159	2.42%	0.71%
1970	11,290,128	11,368	2.48%	1.87%
1971	11,567,667	11,759	2.46%	3.44%
1972	11,853,696	12,194	2.47%	3.7%
1973	12,157,999	12,552	2.57%	2.94%
1974	12,469,127	12,687	2.56%	1.08%
1975	12,773,954	12,655	2.44%	-0.25%
1976	13,059,851	12,598	2.24%	-0.45%
1977	13,340,756	12,525	2.15%	-0.58%
1978	13,611,441	12,440	2.03%	-0.68%
1979	13,655,567	12,337	0.32%	-0.83%
1980	13,169,311	12,271	-3.56%	-0.53%
1981	11,937,581	12,402	-9.35%	1.07%
1982	10,991,378	12,694	-7.93%	2.35%
1983	10,917,982	13,006	-0.67%	2.46%
1984	11,190,221	13,337	2.49%	2.54%
1985	11,426,852	13,688	2.11%	2.63%
1986	11,420,074	14,024	-0.06%	2.45%
1987	11,387,818	14,334	-0.28%	2.21%
1988	11,523,298	14,645	1.19%	2.17%
1989	11,874,088	14,945	3.04%	2.05%
1990	12,045,660	15,259	1.44%	2.1%
1991	12,238,879	15,614	1.6%	2.33%
1992	13,278,974	15,989	8.5%	2.4%
1993	14,943,172	16,372	12.5%	2.4%
1994	16,250,794	16,770	8.75%	2.43%
1995	17,065,836	17,195	5.02%	2.53%
1996	17,763,266	17,654	4.09%	2.67%
1997	18,452,091	18,108	3.88%	2.57%
1998	19,159,996	18,524	3.84%	2.3%
1999	19,887,785	18,901	3.8%	2.04%
2000	20,130,327	19,178	1.22%	1.47%
2001	20,284,307	19,352	0.76%	0.91%
2002	21,378,117	19,503	5.39%	0.78%
2003	22,733,049	19,659	6.34%	0.8%
2004	23,560,654	19,820	3.64%	0.82%
2005	24,404,567	19,819	3.58%	-0.005%
2006	25,424,094	19,593	4.18%	-1.14%
2007	25,909,852	19,302	1.91%	-1.49%
2008	26,482,622	19,009	2.21%	-1.52%
2009	27,466,101	18,709	3.71%	-1.58%
2010	28,284,089	18,396	2.98%	-1.67%
2011	29,347,708	18,078	3.76%	-1.73%
2012	30,560,034	17,765	4.13%	-1.73%
2013	31,622,704	17,648	3.48%	-0.66%
2014	32,792,523	17,715	3.7%	0.38%
2015	33,831,764	17,770	3.17%	0.31%
2016	34,700,612	17,797	2.57%	0.15%
2017	35,688,935	17,812	2.85%	0.08%
2018	36,743,039	17,814	2.95%	0.01%
2019	37,856,121	17,798	3.03%	-0.09%
2020	39,068,979	17,792	3.2%	-0.03%
2021	40,000,412	17,783	2.38%	-0.05%
2022	40,578,842	17,759	1.45%	-0.13%
2023	41,454,761	17,727	2.16%	-0.18%
2024	42,647,492	17,695	2.88%	-0.18%
2025	43,844,105	17,663	2.81%	-0.18%
2026	45,047,056	17,618	2.74%	-0.25%
2027	46,258,902	17,564	2.69%	-0.31%
2028	47,470,560	17,504	2.62%	-0.34%
2029	48,725,707	17,436	2.64%	-0.39%
2030	50,039,392	17,376	2.7%	-0.34%
2031	51,375,991	17,299	2.67%	-0.44%
2032	52,707,835	17,228	2.59%	-0.41%
2033	54,044,241	17,163	2.54%	-0.38%
2034	55,359,451	17,092	2.43%	-0.41%
2035	56,647,220	17,012	2.33%	-0.47%
2036	57,953,651	16,940	2.31%	-0.43%
2037	59,279,025	16,858	2.29%	-0.48%
2038	60,597,829	16,779	2.22%	-0.47%
2039	61,944,459	16,689	2.22%	-0.54%
2040	63,347,863	16,604	2.27%	-0.51%
2041	64,738,834	16,510	2.2%	-0.57%
2042	66,060,206	16,403	2.04%	-0.65%
2043	67,375,149	16,302	1.99%	-0.61%
2044	68,703,950	16,202	1.97%	-0.62%
2045	70,021,184	16,097	1.92%	-0.65%
2046	71,384,682	15,977	1.95%	-0.74%
2047	72,756,288	15,863	1.92%	-0.71%
2048	74,109,717	15,749	1.86%	-0.72%
2049	75,515,588	15,632	1.9%	-0.74%
2050	76,885,118	15,515	1.81%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.