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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Poland	Afghanistan	Poland
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	36,559,233	2.88%	-0.35%
2025	43,844,105	36,181,399	2.81%	-1.03%
2026	45,047,056	35,898,979	2.74%	-0.78%
2027	46,258,902	35,758,415	2.69%	-0.39%
2028	47,470,560	35,609,703	2.62%	-0.42%
2029	48,725,707	35,452,249	2.64%	-0.44%
2030	50,039,392	35,287,436	2.7%	-0.46%
2031	51,375,991	35,116,185	2.67%	-0.49%
2032	52,707,835	34,938,952	2.59%	-0.5%
2033	54,044,241	34,757,421	2.54%	-0.52%
2034	55,359,451	34,571,572	2.43%	-0.53%
2035	56,647,220	34,381,734	2.33%	-0.55%
2036	57,953,651	34,187,419	2.31%	-0.57%
2037	59,279,025	33,988,985	2.29%	-0.58%
2038	60,597,829	33,787,175	2.22%	-0.59%
2039	61,944,459	33,581,427	2.22%	-0.61%
2040	63,347,863	33,372,181	2.27%	-0.62%
2041	64,738,834	33,160,435	2.2%	-0.63%
2042	66,060,206	32,945,446	2.04%	-0.65%
2043	67,375,149	32,726,827	1.99%	-0.66%
2044	68,703,950	32,506,015	1.97%	-0.67%
2045	70,021,184	32,282,692	1.92%	-0.69%
2046	71,384,682	32,056,740	1.95%	-0.7%
2047	72,756,288	31,828,421	1.92%	-0.71%
2048	74,109,717	31,597,823	1.86%	-0.72%
2049	75,515,588	31,364,596	1.9%	-0.74%
2050	76,885,118	31,128,250	1.81%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Poland lost 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2006 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.