Population in Afghanistan compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Philippines	Afghanistan	Philippines
1960	9,035,043	27,891,897	-	-
1961	9,214,083	28,792,621	1.98%	3.23%
1962	9,404,406	29,723,536	2.07%	3.23%
1963	9,604,487	30,674,731	2.13%	3.2%
1964	9,814,318	31,643,032	2.18%	3.16%
1965	10,036,008	32,625,316	2.26%	3.1%
1966	10,266,395	33,617,170	2.3%	3.04%
1967	10,505,959	34,621,320	2.33%	2.99%
1968	10,756,922	35,638,342	2.39%	2.94%
1969	11,017,409	36,660,799	2.42%	2.87%
1970	11,290,128	37,622,204	2.48%	2.62%
1971	11,567,667	38,518,659	2.46%	2.38%
1972	11,853,696	39,408,560	2.47%	2.31%
1973	12,157,999	40,294,130	2.57%	2.25%
1974	12,469,127	41,174,341	2.56%	2.18%
1975	12,773,954	42,120,826	2.44%	2.3%
1976	13,059,851	43,201,488	2.24%	2.57%
1977	13,340,756	44,367,962	2.15%	2.7%
1978	13,611,441	45,575,281	2.03%	2.72%
1979	13,655,567	46,807,103	0.32%	2.7%
1980	13,169,311	48,043,740	-3.56%	2.64%
1981	11,937,581	49,311,727	-9.35%	2.64%
1982	10,991,378	50,695,707	-7.93%	2.81%
1983	10,917,982	52,194,620	-0.67%	2.96%
1984	11,190,221	53,726,181	2.49%	2.93%
1985	11,426,852	55,213,006	2.11%	2.77%
1986	11,420,074	56,645,077	-0.06%	2.59%
1987	11,387,818	58,157,496	-0.28%	2.67%
1988	11,523,298	59,739,052	1.19%	2.72%
1989	11,874,088	61,265,260	3.04%	2.55%
1990	12,045,660	62,854,666	1.44%	2.59%
1991	12,238,879	64,382,249	1.6%	2.43%
1992	13,278,974	65,926,125	8.5%	2.4%
1993	14,943,172	67,530,621	12.5%	2.43%
1994	16,250,794	69,019,291	8.75%	2.2%
1995	17,065,836	70,546,246	5.02%	2.21%
1996	17,763,266	72,190,242	4.09%	2.33%
1997	18,452,091	73,908,810	3.88%	2.38%
1998	19,159,996	75,791,024	3.84%	2.55%
1999	19,887,785	77,753,257	3.8%	2.59%
2000	20,130,327	79,625,397	1.22%	2.41%
2001	20,284,307	81,401,488	0.76%	2.23%
2002	21,378,117	83,068,889	5.39%	2.05%
2003	22,733,049	84,731,835	6.34%	2%
2004	23,560,654	86,394,504	3.64%	1.96%
2005	24,404,567	88,015,962	3.58%	1.88%
2006	25,424,094	89,508,986	4.18%	1.7%
2007	25,909,852	91,075,184	1.91%	1.75%
2008	26,482,622	92,699,095	2.21%	1.78%
2009	27,466,101	94,384,250	3.71%	1.82%
2010	28,284,089	96,337,125	2.98%	2.07%
2011	29,347,708	98,248,614	3.76%	1.98%
2012	30,560,034	100,175,512	4.13%	1.96%
2013	31,622,704	102,076,336	3.48%	1.9%
2014	32,792,523	103,767,130	3.7%	1.66%
2015	33,831,764	105,312,992	3.17%	1.49%
2016	34,700,612	106,735,719	2.57%	1.35%
2017	35,688,935	108,119,693	2.85%	1.3%
2018	36,743,039	109,465,287	2.95%	1.24%
2019	37,856,121	110,804,683	3.03%	1.22%
2020	39,068,979	112,081,264	3.2%	1.15%
2021	40,000,412	113,100,950	2.38%	0.91%
2022	40,578,842	113,964,338	1.45%	0.76%
2023	41,454,761	114,891,199	2.16%	0.81%
2024	42,647,492	115,843,670	2.88%	0.83%
2025	43,844,105	116,786,968	2.81%	0.81%
2026	45,047,056	117,724,479	2.74%	0.8%
2027	46,258,902	118,656,426	2.69%	0.79%
2028	47,470,560	119,583,984	2.62%	0.78%
2029	48,725,707	120,502,132	2.64%	0.77%
2030	50,039,392	121,408,897	2.7%	0.75%
2031	51,375,991	122,301,606	2.67%	0.74%
2032	52,707,835	123,180,341	2.59%	0.72%
2033	54,044,241	124,049,036	2.54%	0.71%
2034	55,359,451	124,904,124	2.43%	0.69%
2035	56,647,220	125,740,977	2.33%	0.67%
2036	57,953,651	126,558,232	2.31%	0.65%
2037	59,279,025	127,352,607	2.29%	0.63%
2038	60,597,829	128,118,535	2.22%	0.6%
2039	61,944,459	128,850,047	2.22%	0.57%
2040	63,347,863	129,546,666	2.27%	0.54%
2041	64,738,834	130,209,810	2.2%	0.51%
2042	66,060,206	130,837,005	2.04%	0.48%
2043	67,375,149	131,427,404	1.99%	0.45%
2044	68,703,950	131,979,673	1.97%	0.42%
2045	70,021,184	132,492,038	1.92%	0.39%
2046	71,384,682	132,962,001	1.95%	0.35%
2047	72,756,288	133,385,290	1.92%	0.32%
2048	74,109,717	133,759,436	1.86%	0.28%
2049	75,515,588	134,089,011	1.9%	0.25%
2050	76,885,118	134,373,439	1.81%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.