The latest officially reported population of Afghanistan was 42,647,492 in 2024 vs 36,554,707 people in Poland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Afghanistan's population is 44,810,409 people compared to 36,176,920 in Poland.
Population statistics:
- Afghanistan's population is 1.24 times bigger than Poland's.
- Afghanistan is ranked the 36th most populous country in the world, while Poland is the 46th.
- The countries together account for 0.98% of the world: 0.54% for Afghanistan vs 0.44% for Poland.
- For the last 10 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs -0.36% in Poland.
- Since 2005, the population of Afghanistan has increased from 24.4M people to 44.8M (83.6% growth), while Poland has declined from 38.2M to 36.2M (5.21% decline).
- Afghanistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 130M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.
Afghanistan vs Poland: live population counter
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| Current population |
44810409
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36176920
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| Population rank | 36/197 | 46/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.54% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
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3.96 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.5 seconds
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
2.19 minutes
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1.29 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.9 minutes
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2.21 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -44,089 | -238,062 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,268 | -363 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,731 | -132,646 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.88% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 20/197 | 179/197 |
Afghanistan and Poland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,035,043 | 29,637,450 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 | 29,964,000 | 1.98% | 1.1% |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 | 30,308,500 | 2.07% | 1.15% |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 | 30,712,000 | 2.13% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 | 31,139,450 | 2.18% | 1.39% |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 | 31,444,950 | 2.26% | 0.98% |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 | 31,681,000 | 2.3% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 | 31,987,155 | 2.33% | 0.97% |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 | 32,294,655 | 2.39% | 0.96% |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 | 32,548,300 | 2.42% | 0.79% |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 | 32,664,300 | 2.48% | 0.36% |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 | 32,783,500 | 2.46% | 0.36% |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 | 33,055,650 | 2.47% | 0.83% |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 | 33,357,200 | 2.57% | 0.91% |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 | 33,678,899 | 2.56% | 0.96% |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 | 34,015,199 | 2.44% | 1% |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 | 34,356,300 | 2.24% | 1% |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 | 34,689,050 | 2.15% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 | 34,965,600 | 2.03% | 0.8% |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 | 35,247,217 | 0.32% | 0.81% |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 | 35,574,150 | -3.56% | 0.93% |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 | 35,898,587 | -9.35% | 0.91% |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 | 36,230,481 | -7.93% | 0.92% |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 | 36,571,808 | -0.67% | 0.94% |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 | 36,904,134 | 2.49% | 0.91% |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 | 37,201,885 | 2.11% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 | 37,456,119 | -0.06% | 0.68% |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 | 37,668,045 | -0.28% | 0.57% |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 | 37,824,487 | 1.19% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 | 37,961,529 | 3.04% | 0.36% |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 | 38,110,782 | 1.44% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 | 38,246,193 | 1.6% | 0.36% |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 | 38,363,667 | 8.5% | 0.31% |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 | 38,461,408 | 12.5% | 0.25% |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 | 38,542,652 | 8.75% | 0.21% |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 | 38,594,998 | 5.02% | 0.14% |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 | 38,624,370 | 4.09% | 0.08% |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 | 38,649,660 | 3.88% | 0.07% |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 | 38,663,481 | 3.84% | 0.04% |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 | 38,660,271 | 3.8% | -0.008% |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 | 38,258,629 | 1.22% | -1.04% |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 | 38,248,076 | 0.76% | -0.03% |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 | 38,230,364 | 5.39% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 | 38,204,570 | 6.34% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 | 38,182,222 | 3.64% | -0.06% |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 | 38,165,445 | 3.58% | -0.04% |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 | 38,141,267 | 4.18% | -0.06% |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 | 38,120,560 | 1.91% | -0.05% |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 | 38,125,759 | 2.21% | 0.01% |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 | 38,151,603 | 3.71% | 0.07% |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 | 38,042,794 | 2.98% | -0.29% |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 | 38,063,255 | 3.76% | 0.05% |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 | 38,063,164 | 4.13% | -0% |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 | 38,040,196 | 3.48% | -0.06% |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 | 38,011,735 | 3.7% | -0.07% |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 | 37,986,412 | 3.17% | -0.07% |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 | 37,970,087 | 2.57% | -0.04% |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 | 37,974,826 | 2.85% | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 | 37,974,750 | 2.95% | -0% |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 | 37,965,475 | 3.03% | -0.02% |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 | 37,515,748 | 3.2% | -1.18% |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 | 36,981,559 | 2.38% | -1.42% |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 | 36,821,749 | 1.45% | -0.43% |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 | 36,687,353 | 2.16% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 | 36,554,707 | 2.88% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 43,844,105 | 36,176,920 | 2.81% | -1.03% |
| 2026 | 45,047,056 | 35,894,534 | 2.74% | -0.78% |
| 2027 | 46,258,902 | 35,753,988 | 2.69% | -0.39% |
| 2028 | 47,470,560 | 35,605,295 | 2.62% | -0.42% |
| 2029 | 48,725,707 | 35,447,860 | 2.64% | -0.44% |
| 2030 | 50,039,392 | 35,283,068 | 2.7% | -0.46% |
| 2031 | 51,375,991 | 35,111,838 | 2.67% | -0.49% |
| 2032 | 52,707,835 | 34,934,626 | 2.59% | -0.5% |
| 2033 | 54,044,241 | 34,753,118 | 2.54% | -0.52% |
| 2034 | 55,359,451 | 34,567,292 | 2.43% | -0.53% |
| 2035 | 56,647,220 | 34,377,478 | 2.33% | -0.55% |
| 2036 | 57,953,651 | 34,183,187 | 2.31% | -0.57% |
| 2037 | 59,279,025 | 33,984,777 | 2.29% | -0.58% |
| 2038 | 60,597,829 | 33,782,992 | 2.22% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 61,944,459 | 33,577,269 | 2.22% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 63,347,863 | 33,368,049 | 2.27% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 64,738,834 | 33,156,329 | 2.2% | -0.63% |
| 2042 | 66,060,206 | 32,941,367 | 2.04% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 67,375,149 | 32,722,775 | 1.99% | -0.66% |
| 2044 | 68,703,950 | 32,501,991 | 1.97% | -0.67% |
| 2045 | 70,021,184 | 32,278,695 | 1.92% | -0.69% |
| 2046 | 71,384,682 | 32,052,771 | 1.95% | -0.7% |
| 2047 | 72,756,288 | 31,824,481 | 1.92% | -0.71% |
| 2048 | 74,109,717 | 31,593,911 | 1.86% | -0.72% |
| 2049 | 75,515,588 | 31,360,713 | 1.9% | -0.74% |
| 2050 | 76,885,118 | 31,124,396 | 1.81% | -0.75% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).
Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.
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 Poland
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| Life expectancy | 66.5 years | 79 years |
| Average age | 22.1 years | 42.7 years |
| Median age | 18.2 years | 42.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 4.84 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.4 ppl/mi² | 309 ppl/mi² |
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