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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Portugal	Afghanistan	Portugal
1960	9,035,043	8,857,716	-	-
1961	9,214,083	8,929,316	1.98%	0.81%
1962	9,404,406	8,993,985	2.07%	0.72%
1963	9,604,487	9,030,355	2.13%	0.4%
1964	9,814,318	9,035,365	2.18%	0.06%
1965	10,036,008	8,998,595	2.26%	-0.41%
1966	10,266,395	8,930,990	2.3%	-0.75%
1967	10,505,959	8,874,520	2.33%	-0.63%
1968	10,756,922	8,836,650	2.39%	-0.43%
1969	11,017,409	8,757,705	2.42%	-0.89%
1970	11,290,128	8,680,431	2.48%	-0.88%
1971	11,567,667	8,643,756	2.46%	-0.42%
1972	11,853,696	8,630,430	2.47%	-0.15%
1973	12,157,999	8,633,100	2.57%	0.03%
1974	12,469,127	8,754,365	2.56%	1.4%
1975	12,773,954	9,093,470	2.44%	3.87%
1976	13,059,851	9,355,810	2.24%	2.88%
1977	13,340,756	9,455,675	2.15%	1.07%
1978	13,611,441	9,558,250	2.03%	1.08%
1979	13,655,567	9,661,265	0.32%	1.08%
1980	13,169,311	9,766,312	-3.56%	1.09%
1981	11,937,581	9,851,362	-9.35%	0.87%
1982	10,991,378	9,911,771	-7.93%	0.61%
1983	10,917,982	9,957,865	-0.67%	0.47%
1984	11,190,221	9,996,232	2.49%	0.39%
1985	11,426,852	10,023,613	2.11%	0.27%
1986	11,420,074	10,032,734	-0.06%	0.09%
1987	11,387,818	10,030,031	-0.28%	-0.03%
1988	11,523,298	10,019,610	1.19%	-0.1%
1989	11,874,088	10,005,000	3.04%	-0.15%
1990	12,045,660	9,983,218	1.44%	-0.22%
1991	12,238,879	9,960,235	1.6%	-0.23%
1992	13,278,974	9,952,494	8.5%	-0.08%
1993	14,943,172	9,964,675	12.5%	0.12%
1994	16,250,794	9,991,525	8.75%	0.27%
1995	17,065,836	10,026,176	5.02%	0.35%
1996	17,763,266	10,063,945	4.09%	0.38%
1997	18,452,091	10,108,977	3.88%	0.45%
1998	19,159,996	10,160,196	3.84%	0.51%
1999	19,887,785	10,217,828	3.8%	0.57%
2000	20,130,327	10,289,898	1.22%	0.71%
2001	20,284,307	10,362,722	0.76%	0.71%
2002	21,378,117	10,419,631	5.39%	0.55%
2003	22,733,049	10,458,821	6.34%	0.38%
2004	23,560,654	10,483,861	3.64%	0.24%
2005	24,404,567	10,503,330	3.58%	0.19%
2006	25,424,094	10,522,288	4.18%	0.18%
2007	25,909,852	10,542,964	1.91%	0.2%
2008	26,482,622	10,558,177	2.21%	0.14%
2009	27,466,101	10,568,247	3.71%	0.1%
2010	28,284,089	10,573,100	2.98%	0.05%
2011	29,347,708	10,557,560	3.76%	-0.15%
2012	30,560,034	10,514,844	4.13%	-0.4%
2013	31,622,704	10,457,295	3.48%	-0.55%
2014	32,792,523	10,401,062	3.7%	-0.54%
2015	33,831,764	10,358,076	3.17%	-0.41%
2016	34,700,612	10,325,452	2.57%	-0.31%
2017	35,688,935	10,300,300	2.85%	-0.24%
2018	36,743,039	10,283,822	2.95%	-0.16%
2019	37,856,121	10,286,263	3.03%	0.02%
2020	39,068,979	10,297,081	3.2%	0.11%
2021	40,000,412	10,361,831	2.38%	0.63%
2022	40,578,842	10,434,332	1.45%	0.7%
2023	41,454,761	10,578,174	2.16%	1.38%
2024	42,647,492	10,694,681	2.88%	1.1%
2025	43,844,105	10,680,873	2.81%	-0.13%
2026	45,047,056	10,663,982	2.74%	-0.16%
2027	46,258,902	10,646,150	2.69%	-0.17%
2028	47,470,560	10,625,957	2.62%	-0.19%
2029	48,725,707	10,604,587	2.64%	-0.2%
2030	50,039,392	10,584,552	2.7%	-0.19%
2031	51,375,991	10,564,548	2.67%	-0.19%
2032	52,707,835	10,542,600	2.59%	-0.21%
2033	54,044,241	10,519,640	2.54%	-0.22%
2034	55,359,451	10,496,056	2.43%	-0.22%
2035	56,647,220	10,472,033	2.33%	-0.23%
2036	57,953,651	10,447,836	2.31%	-0.23%
2037	59,279,025	10,423,350	2.29%	-0.23%
2038	60,597,829	10,398,185	2.22%	-0.24%
2039	61,944,459	10,371,223	2.22%	-0.26%
2040	63,347,863	10,342,789	2.27%	-0.27%
2041	64,738,834	10,314,869	2.2%	-0.27%
2042	66,060,206	10,287,416	2.04%	-0.27%
2043	67,375,149	10,257,925	1.99%	-0.29%
2044	68,703,950	10,226,892	1.97%	-0.3%
2045	70,021,184	10,195,202	1.92%	-0.31%
2046	71,384,682	10,162,323	1.95%	-0.32%
2047	72,756,288	10,128,572	1.92%	-0.33%
2048	74,109,717	10,094,854	1.86%	-0.33%
2049	75,515,588	10,059,522	1.9%	-0.35%
2050	76,885,118	10,022,734	1.81%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.