The latest officially reported population of Afghanistan was 42,647,492 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Afghanistan's population is 45,060,300 people compared to 4,626,304 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Afghanistan's population is 9.74 times bigger than Panama's.
- Afghanistan is ranked the 36th most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.6% of the world: 0.54% for Afghanistan vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2006, the population of Afghanistan has increased from 25.4M people to 45.1M (77.2% growth), while Panama has grown from 3.38M to 4.63M (37.1% growth).
- Afghanistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 130M people compared to the peak of 6.03M people in 2080 for Panama.
Afghanistan vs Panama: live population counter
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| Current population |
45060300
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4626304
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| Population rank | 36/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.54% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
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9.25 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.5 seconds
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7.35 minutes
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| One death every |
2.19 minutes
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24.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.9 minutes
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1.31 hours
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| Annual migration change | -44,089 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,268 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,731 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.88% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 20/197 | 84/197 |
Afghanistan and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,035,043 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 | 1,159,870 | 1.98% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 | 1,195,301 | 2.07% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 | 1,232,124 | 2.13% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 | 1,270,065 | 2.18% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 | 1,308,835 | 2.26% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 | 1,348,388 | 2.3% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 | 1,388,628 | 2.33% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 | 1,429,447 | 2.39% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 | 1,470,886 | 2.42% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 | 1,513,070 | 2.48% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 | 1,556,081 | 2.46% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 | 1,599,723 | 2.47% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 | 1,643,690 | 2.57% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 | 1,687,926 | 2.56% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 | 1,732,389 | 2.44% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 | 1,776,935 | 2.24% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 | 1,821,543 | 2.15% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 | 1,866,311 | 2.03% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 | 1,911,552 | 0.32% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 | 1,957,534 | -3.56% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 | 2,004,418 | -9.35% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 | 2,052,271 | -7.93% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 | 2,101,106 | -0.67% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 | 2,150,782 | 2.49% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 | 2,200,915 | 2.11% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 | 2,251,325 | -0.06% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 | 2,301,970 | -0.28% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 | 2,352,848 | 1.19% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 | 2,403,820 | 3.04% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 | 2,455,583 | 1.44% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 | 2,508,265 | 1.6% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 | 2,561,336 | 8.5% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 | 2,615,099 | 12.5% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 | 2,669,546 | 8.75% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 | 2,724,557 | 5.02% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 | 2,780,227 | 4.09% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 | 2,836,695 | 3.88% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 | 2,893,914 | 3.84% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 | 2,951,822 | 3.8% | 2% |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 | 3,010,369 | 1.22% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 | 3,069,537 | 0.76% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 | 3,129,344 | 5.39% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 | 3,189,807 | 6.34% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 | 3,251,155 | 3.64% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 | 3,313,026 | 3.58% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 | 3,375,024 | 4.18% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 | 3,437,490 | 1.91% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 | 3,500,648 | 2.21% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 | 3,564,381 | 3.71% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 | 3,628,535 | 2.98% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 | 3,693,505 | 3.76% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 | 3,759,256 | 4.13% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 | 3,825,329 | 3.48% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 | 3,892,101 | 3.7% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 | 3,960,035 | 3.17% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 | 4,029,086 | 2.57% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 | 4,098,707 | 2.85% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 | 4,167,860 | 2.95% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 | 4,234,700 | 3.03% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 | 4,293,261 | 3.2% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 | 4,345,405 | 2.38% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 | 4,400,773 | 1.45% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 | 4,458,759 | 2.16% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 | 4,515,577 | 2.88% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 43,844,105 | 4,571,195 | 2.81% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 45,047,056 | 4,625,720 | 2.74% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 46,258,902 | 4,679,241 | 2.69% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 47,470,560 | 4,731,818 | 2.62% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 48,725,707 | 4,783,378 | 2.64% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 50,039,392 | 4,833,856 | 2.7% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 51,375,991 | 4,883,390 | 2.67% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 52,707,835 | 4,932,075 | 2.59% | 1% |
| 2033 | 54,044,241 | 4,979,812 | 2.54% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 55,359,451 | 5,026,494 | 2.43% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 56,647,220 | 5,072,267 | 2.33% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 57,953,651 | 5,117,124 | 2.31% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 59,279,025 | 5,161,085 | 2.29% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 60,597,829 | 5,204,053 | 2.22% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 61,944,459 | 5,245,902 | 2.22% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 63,347,863 | 5,286,595 | 2.27% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 64,738,834 | 5,326,183 | 2.2% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 66,060,206 | 5,364,671 | 2.04% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 67,375,149 | 5,402,037 | 1.99% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 68,703,950 | 5,438,259 | 1.97% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 70,021,184 | 5,473,283 | 1.92% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 71,384,682 | 5,507,148 | 1.95% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 72,756,288 | 5,539,873 | 1.92% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 74,109,717 | 5,571,404 | 1.86% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 75,515,588 | 5,601,670 | 1.9% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 76,885,118 | 5,630,681 | 1.81% | 0.52% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Panama gained 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Panama's population increased by 597,218 (a 14.8% growth).
Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Panama was ranked 128th in 2006 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 21.7% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
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 Panama
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| Life expectancy | 66.8 years | 80.1 years |
| Average age | 22.1 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 18.2 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 4.84 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.4 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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