Population in Afghanistan compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Papua New Guinea	Afghanistan	Papua New Guinea
1960	9,035,043	1,995,110	-	-
1961	9,214,083	2,046,127	1.98%	2.56%
1962	9,404,406	2,093,919	2.07%	2.34%
1963	9,604,487	2,141,376	2.13%	2.27%
1964	9,814,318	2,188,325	2.18%	2.19%
1965	10,036,008	2,235,820	2.26%	2.17%
1966	10,266,395	2,285,774	2.3%	2.23%
1967	10,505,959	2,337,532	2.33%	2.26%
1968	10,756,922	2,390,803	2.39%	2.28%
1969	11,017,409	2,446,927	2.42%	2.35%
1970	11,290,128	2,505,628	2.48%	2.4%
1971	11,567,667	2,566,421	2.46%	2.43%
1972	11,853,696	2,628,432	2.47%	2.42%
1973	12,157,999	2,690,629	2.57%	2.37%
1974	12,469,127	2,752,671	2.56%	2.31%
1975	12,773,954	2,814,820	2.44%	2.26%
1976	13,059,851	2,877,327	2.24%	2.22%
1977	13,340,756	2,940,327	2.15%	2.19%
1978	13,611,441	3,003,714	2.03%	2.16%
1979	13,655,567	3,067,341	0.32%	2.12%
1980	13,169,311	3,131,512	-3.56%	2.09%
1981	11,937,581	3,197,019	-9.35%	2.09%
1982	10,991,378	3,264,291	-7.93%	2.1%
1983	10,917,982	3,333,633	-0.67%	2.12%
1984	11,190,221	3,405,198	2.49%	2.15%
1985	11,426,852	3,478,936	2.11%	2.17%
1986	11,420,074	3,554,793	-0.06%	2.18%
1987	11,387,818	3,632,543	-0.28%	2.19%
1988	11,523,298	3,711,880	1.19%	2.18%
1989	11,874,088	3,796,078	3.04%	2.27%
1990	12,045,660	3,896,481	1.44%	2.64%
1991	12,238,879	4,021,837	1.6%	3.22%
1992	13,278,974	4,166,699	8.5%	3.6%
1993	14,943,172	4,320,872	12.5%	3.7%
1994	16,250,794	4,480,208	8.75%	3.69%
1995	17,065,836	4,644,278	5.02%	3.66%
1996	17,763,266	4,813,361	4.09%	3.64%
1997	18,452,091	4,987,883	3.88%	3.63%
1998	19,159,996	5,166,390	3.84%	3.58%
1999	19,887,785	5,349,333	3.8%	3.54%
2000	20,130,327	5,537,064	1.22%	3.51%
2001	20,284,307	5,728,435	0.76%	3.46%
2002	21,378,117	5,924,003	5.39%	3.41%
2003	22,733,049	6,123,997	6.34%	3.38%
2004	23,560,654	6,328,041	3.64%	3.33%
2005	24,404,567	6,535,905	3.58%	3.28%
2006	25,424,094	6,747,720	4.18%	3.24%
2007	25,909,852	6,963,345	1.91%	3.2%
2008	26,482,622	7,183,002	2.21%	3.15%
2009	27,466,101	7,406,438	3.71%	3.11%
2010	28,284,089	7,633,523	2.98%	3.07%
2011	29,347,708	7,859,346	3.76%	2.96%
2012	30,560,034	8,081,390	4.13%	2.83%
2013	31,622,704	8,302,698	3.48%	2.74%
2014	32,792,523	8,523,441	3.7%	2.66%
2015	33,831,764	8,743,246	3.17%	2.58%
2016	34,700,612	8,961,718	2.57%	2.5%
2017	35,688,935	9,178,714	2.85%	2.42%
2018	36,743,039	9,394,513	2.95%	2.35%
2019	37,856,121	9,609,010	3.03%	2.28%
2020	39,068,979	9,815,746	3.2%	2.15%
2021	40,000,412	10,012,896	2.38%	2.01%
2022	40,578,842	10,203,169	1.45%	1.9%
2023	41,454,761	10,389,635	2.16%	1.83%
2024	42,647,492	10,576,502	2.88%	1.8%
2025	43,844,105	10,762,813	2.81%	1.76%
2026	45,047,056	10,947,845	2.74%	1.72%
2027	46,258,902	11,131,268	2.69%	1.68%
2028	47,470,560	11,312,895	2.62%	1.63%
2029	48,725,707	11,492,799	2.64%	1.59%
2030	50,039,392	11,671,420	2.7%	1.55%
2031	51,375,991	11,848,221	2.67%	1.51%
2032	52,707,835	12,023,121	2.59%	1.48%
2033	54,044,241	12,196,639	2.54%	1.44%
2034	55,359,451	12,369,248	2.43%	1.42%
2035	56,647,220	12,540,596	2.33%	1.39%
2036	57,953,651	12,710,682	2.31%	1.36%
2037	59,279,025	12,879,737	2.29%	1.33%
2038	60,597,829	13,047,122	2.22%	1.3%
2039	61,944,459	13,212,668	2.22%	1.27%
2040	63,347,863	13,376,156	2.27%	1.24%
2041	64,738,834	13,537,361	2.2%	1.21%
2042	66,060,206	13,696,139	2.04%	1.17%
2043	67,375,149	13,853,410	1.99%	1.15%
2044	68,703,950	14,009,926	1.97%	1.13%
2045	70,021,184	14,165,578	1.92%	1.11%
2046	71,384,682	14,318,889	1.95%	1.08%
2047	72,756,288	14,469,210	1.92%	1.05%
2048	74,109,717	14,617,364	1.86%	1.02%
2049	75,515,588	14,763,600	1.9%	1%
2050	76,885,118	14,906,584	1.81%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.