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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Romania	Afghanistan	Romania
1960	9,035,043	18,406,905	-	-
1961	9,214,083	18,555,250	1.98%	0.81%
1962	9,404,406	18,676,550	2.07%	0.65%
1963	9,604,487	18,797,850	2.13%	0.65%
1964	9,814,318	18,919,126	2.18%	0.65%
1965	10,036,008	19,031,576	2.26%	0.59%
1966	10,266,395	19,215,450	2.3%	0.97%
1967	10,505,959	19,534,242	2.33%	1.66%
1968	10,756,922	19,799,831	2.39%	1.36%
1969	11,017,409	20,009,141	2.42%	1.06%
1970	11,290,128	20,250,398	2.48%	1.21%
1971	11,567,667	20,461,567	2.46%	1.04%
1972	11,853,696	20,657,957	2.47%	0.96%
1973	12,157,999	20,835,681	2.57%	0.86%
1974	12,469,127	21,029,429	2.56%	0.93%
1975	12,773,954	21,293,583	2.44%	1.26%
1976	13,059,851	21,551,634	2.24%	1.21%
1977	13,340,756	21,756,096	2.15%	0.95%
1978	13,611,441	21,951,464	2.03%	0.9%
1979	13,655,567	22,090,488	0.32%	0.63%
1980	13,169,311	22,207,282	-3.56%	0.53%
1981	11,937,581	22,353,070	-9.35%	0.66%
1982	10,991,378	22,475,741	-7.93%	0.55%
1983	10,917,982	22,560,478	-0.67%	0.38%
1984	11,190,221	22,640,547	2.49%	0.35%
1985	11,426,852	22,732,999	2.11%	0.41%
1986	11,420,074	22,836,841	-0.06%	0.46%
1987	11,387,818	22,949,430	-0.28%	0.49%
1988	11,523,298	23,057,662	1.19%	0.47%
1989	11,874,088	23,161,458	3.04%	0.45%
1990	12,045,660	23,201,835	1.44%	0.17%
1991	12,238,879	23,001,155	1.6%	-0.86%
1992	13,278,974	22,794,284	8.5%	-0.9%
1993	14,943,172	22,763,280	12.5%	-0.14%
1994	16,250,794	22,730,211	8.75%	-0.15%
1995	17,065,836	22,684,270	5.02%	-0.2%
1996	17,763,266	22,619,004	4.09%	-0.29%
1997	18,452,091	22,553,978	3.88%	-0.29%
1998	19,159,996	22,507,344	3.84%	-0.21%
1999	19,887,785	22,472,040	3.8%	-0.16%
2000	20,130,327	22,442,971	1.22%	-0.13%
2001	20,284,307	22,131,970	0.76%	-1.39%
2002	21,378,117	21,730,496	5.39%	-1.81%
2003	22,733,049	21,574,326	6.34%	-0.72%
2004	23,560,654	21,451,748	3.64%	-0.57%
2005	24,404,567	21,319,685	3.58%	-0.62%
2006	25,424,094	21,193,760	4.18%	-0.59%
2007	25,909,852	20,882,982	1.91%	-1.47%
2008	26,482,622	20,537,875	2.21%	-1.65%
2009	27,466,101	20,367,487	3.71%	-0.83%
2010	28,284,089	20,246,871	2.98%	-0.59%
2011	29,347,708	20,147,528	3.76%	-0.49%
2012	30,560,034	20,058,035	4.13%	-0.44%
2013	31,622,704	19,983,693	3.48%	-0.37%
2014	32,792,523	19,908,979	3.7%	-0.37%
2015	33,831,764	19,815,616	3.17%	-0.47%
2016	34,700,612	19,702,267	2.57%	-0.57%
2017	35,688,935	19,588,715	2.85%	-0.58%
2018	36,743,039	19,473,970	2.95%	-0.59%
2019	37,856,121	19,371,648	3.03%	-0.53%
2020	39,068,979	19,265,250	3.2%	-0.55%
2021	40,000,412	19,122,059	2.38%	-0.74%
2022	40,578,842	19,048,502	1.45%	-0.38%
2023	41,454,761	19,059,479	2.16%	0.06%
2024	42,647,492	19,069,340	2.88%	0.05%
2025	43,844,105	18,962,595	2.81%	-0.56%
2026	45,047,056	18,854,232	2.74%	-0.57%
2027	46,258,902	18,744,883	2.69%	-0.58%
2028	47,470,560	18,634,894	2.62%	-0.59%
2029	48,725,707	18,523,736	2.64%	-0.6%
2030	50,039,392	18,411,878	2.7%	-0.6%
2031	51,375,991	18,299,820	2.67%	-0.61%
2032	52,707,835	18,187,406	2.59%	-0.61%
2033	54,044,241	18,074,282	2.54%	-0.62%
2034	55,359,451	17,960,330	2.43%	-0.63%
2035	56,647,220	17,845,182	2.33%	-0.64%
2036	57,953,651	17,728,480	2.31%	-0.65%
2037	59,279,025	17,611,384	2.29%	-0.66%
2038	60,597,829	17,493,684	2.22%	-0.67%
2039	61,944,459	17,375,991	2.22%	-0.67%
2040	63,347,863	17,258,810	2.27%	-0.67%
2041	64,738,834	17,140,535	2.2%	-0.69%
2042	66,060,206	17,022,168	2.04%	-0.69%
2043	67,375,149	16,904,427	1.99%	-0.69%
2044	68,703,950	16,786,029	1.97%	-0.7%
2045	70,021,184	16,667,734	1.92%	-0.7%
2046	71,384,682	16,550,066	1.95%	-0.71%
2047	72,756,288	16,431,566	1.92%	-0.72%
2048	74,109,717	16,312,099	1.86%	-0.73%
2049	75,515,588	16,192,424	1.9%	-0.73%
2050	76,885,118	16,072,989	1.81%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.