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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Qatar	Afghanistan	Qatar
1960	9,035,043	36,010	-	-
1961	9,214,083	39,680	1.98%	10.2%
1962	9,404,406	44,630	2.07%	12.5%
1963	9,604,487	50,380	2.13%	12.9%
1964	9,814,318	56,867	2.18%	12.9%
1965	10,036,008	64,065	2.26%	12.7%
1966	10,266,395	72,192	2.3%	12.7%
1967	10,505,959	81,439	2.33%	12.8%
1968	10,756,922	91,749	2.39%	12.7%
1969	11,017,409	103,025	2.42%	12.3%
1970	11,290,128	116,350	2.48%	12.9%
1971	11,567,667	131,346	2.46%	12.9%
1972	11,853,696	146,506	2.47%	11.5%
1973	12,157,999	161,841	2.57%	10.5%
1974	12,469,127	177,362	2.56%	9.59%
1975	12,773,954	193,087	2.44%	8.87%
1976	13,059,851	209,052	2.24%	8.27%
1977	13,340,756	225,285	2.15%	7.77%
1978	13,611,441	241,808	2.03%	7.33%
1979	13,655,567	258,670	0.32%	6.97%
1980	13,169,311	275,913	-3.56%	6.67%
1981	11,937,581	293,553	-9.35%	6.39%
1982	10,991,378	311,537	-7.93%	6.13%
1983	10,917,982	329,709	-0.67%	5.83%
1984	11,190,221	347,878	2.49%	5.51%
1985	11,426,852	365,940	2.11%	5.19%
1986	11,420,074	382,422	-0.06%	4.5%
1987	11,387,818	397,005	-0.28%	3.81%
1988	11,523,298	411,264	1.19%	3.59%
1989	11,874,088	425,646	3.04%	3.5%
1990	12,045,660	440,175	1.44%	3.41%
1991	12,238,879	454,853	1.6%	3.33%
1992	13,278,974	469,657	8.5%	3.25%
1993	14,943,172	484,545	12.5%	3.17%
1994	16,250,794	499,459	8.75%	3.08%
1995	17,065,836	514,325	5.02%	2.98%
1996	17,763,266	529,019	4.09%	2.86%
1997	18,452,091	550,500	3.88%	4.06%
1998	19,159,996	580,540	3.84%	5.46%
1999	19,887,785	612,500	3.8%	5.51%
2000	20,130,327	644,989	1.22%	5.3%
2001	20,284,307	677,925	0.76%	5.11%
2002	21,378,117	711,205	5.39%	4.91%
2003	22,733,049	744,682	6.34%	4.71%
2004	23,560,654	773,332	3.64%	3.85%
2005	24,404,567	825,408	3.58%	6.73%
2006	25,424,094	972,831	4.18%	17.9%
2007	25,909,852	1,208,595	1.91%	24.2%
2008	26,482,622	1,426,938	2.21%	18.1%
2009	27,466,101	1,608,903	3.71%	12.8%
2010	28,284,089	1,616,832	2.98%	0.49%
2011	29,347,708	1,624,761	3.76%	0.49%
2012	30,560,034	1,722,438	4.13%	6.01%
2013	31,622,704	1,916,426	3.48%	11.3%
2014	32,792,523	2,151,745	3.7%	12.3%
2015	33,831,764	2,344,557	3.17%	8.96%
2016	34,700,612	2,477,113	2.57%	5.65%
2017	35,688,935	2,545,820	2.85%	2.77%
2018	36,743,039	2,580,734	2.95%	1.37%
2019	37,856,121	2,638,657	3.03%	2.24%
2020	39,068,979	2,794,148	3.2%	5.89%
2021	40,000,412	2,504,910	2.38%	-10.4%
2022	40,578,842	2,657,333	1.45%	6.08%
2023	41,454,761	2,656,032	2.16%	-0.05%
2024	42,647,492	2,857,822	2.88%	7.6%
2025	43,844,105	2,921,065	2.81%	2.21%
2026	45,047,056	2,975,134	2.74%	1.85%
2027	46,258,902	3,019,526	2.69%	1.49%
2028	47,470,560	3,057,695	2.62%	1.26%
2029	48,725,707	3,092,803	2.64%	1.15%
2030	50,039,392	3,125,174	2.7%	1.05%
2031	51,375,991	3,156,754	2.67%	1.01%
2032	52,707,835	3,189,188	2.59%	1.03%
2033	54,044,241	3,222,500	2.54%	1.04%
2034	55,359,451	3,256,691	2.43%	1.06%
2035	56,647,220	3,291,711	2.33%	1.08%
2036	57,953,651	3,327,585	2.31%	1.09%
2037	59,279,025	3,364,333	2.29%	1.1%
2038	60,597,829	3,401,906	2.22%	1.12%
2039	61,944,459	3,440,293	2.22%	1.13%
2040	63,347,863	3,479,439	2.27%	1.14%
2041	64,738,834	3,519,302	2.2%	1.15%
2042	66,060,206	3,559,840	2.04%	1.15%
2043	67,375,149	3,601,019	1.99%	1.16%
2044	68,703,950	3,642,784	1.97%	1.16%
2045	70,021,184	3,685,111	1.92%	1.16%
2046	71,384,682	3,727,959	1.95%	1.16%
2047	72,756,288	3,771,287	1.92%	1.16%
2048	74,109,717	3,815,108	1.86%	1.16%
2049	75,515,588	3,859,368	1.9%	1.16%
2050	76,885,118	3,904,074	1.81%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.