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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Russia	Afghanistan	Russia
1960	9,035,043	119,897,000	-	-
1961	9,214,083	121,236,000	1.98%	1.12%
1962	9,404,406	122,591,000	2.07%	1.12%
1963	9,604,487	123,960,000	2.13%	1.12%
1964	9,814,318	125,345,000	2.18%	1.12%
1965	10,036,008	126,745,000	2.26%	1.12%
1966	10,266,395	127,468,000	2.3%	0.57%
1967	10,505,959	128,196,000	2.33%	0.57%
1968	10,756,922	128,928,000	2.39%	0.57%
1969	11,017,409	129,664,000	2.42%	0.57%
1970	11,290,128	130,404,000	2.48%	0.57%
1971	11,567,667	131,155,000	2.46%	0.58%
1972	11,853,696	131,909,000	2.47%	0.57%
1973	12,157,999	132,669,000	2.57%	0.58%
1974	12,469,127	133,432,000	2.56%	0.58%
1975	12,773,954	134,200,000	2.44%	0.58%
1976	13,059,851	135,147,000	2.24%	0.71%
1977	13,340,756	136,100,000	2.15%	0.71%
1978	13,611,441	137,060,000	2.03%	0.71%
1979	13,655,567	138,027,000	0.32%	0.71%
1980	13,169,311	139,010,000	-3.56%	0.71%
1981	11,937,581	139,941,000	-9.35%	0.67%
1982	10,991,378	140,823,000	-7.93%	0.63%
1983	10,917,982	141,668,000	-0.67%	0.6%
1984	11,190,221	142,745,000	2.49%	0.76%
1985	11,426,852	143,858,000	2.11%	0.78%
1986	11,420,074	144,894,000	-0.06%	0.72%
1987	11,387,818	145,908,000	-0.28%	0.7%
1988	11,523,298	146,857,000	1.19%	0.65%
1989	11,874,088	147,721,000	3.04%	0.59%
1990	12,045,660	147,969,406	1.44%	0.17%
1991	12,238,879	148,394,216	1.6%	0.29%
1992	13,278,974	148,538,197	8.5%	0.1%
1993	14,943,172	148,458,777	12.5%	-0.05%
1994	16,250,794	148,407,912	8.75%	-0.03%
1995	17,065,836	148,375,787	5.02%	-0.02%
1996	17,763,266	148,160,129	4.09%	-0.15%
1997	18,452,091	147,915,361	3.88%	-0.17%
1998	19,159,996	147,670,784	3.84%	-0.17%
1999	19,887,785	147,214,776	3.8%	-0.31%
2000	20,130,327	146,596,869	1.22%	-0.42%
2001	20,284,307	145,976,482	0.76%	-0.42%
2002	21,378,117	145,306,497	5.39%	-0.46%
2003	22,733,049	144,648,618	6.34%	-0.45%
2004	23,560,654	144,067,316	3.64%	-0.4%
2005	24,404,567	143,518,814	3.58%	-0.38%
2006	25,424,094	143,049,637	4.18%	-0.33%
2007	25,909,852	142,805,114	1.91%	-0.17%
2008	26,482,622	142,742,366	2.21%	-0.04%
2009	27,466,101	142,785,348	3.71%	0.03%
2010	28,284,089	142,849,468	2.98%	0.04%
2011	29,347,708	143,018,195	3.76%	0.12%
2012	30,560,034	143,378,447	4.13%	0.25%
2013	31,622,704	143,805,638	3.48%	0.3%
2014	32,792,523	144,237,223	3.7%	0.3%
2015	33,831,764	144,640,716	3.17%	0.28%
2016	34,700,612	145,015,460	2.57%	0.26%
2017	35,688,935	145,293,260	2.85%	0.19%
2018	36,743,039	145,398,106	2.95%	0.07%
2019	37,856,121	145,453,291	3.03%	0.04%
2020	39,068,979	145,245,148	3.2%	-0.14%
2021	40,000,412	144,746,762	2.38%	-0.34%
2022	40,578,842	144,236,933	1.45%	-0.35%
2023	41,454,761	143,826,130	2.16%	-0.28%
2024	42,647,492	143,533,851	2.88%	-0.2%
2025	43,844,105	142,718,132	2.81%	-0.57%
2026	45,047,056	142,120,553	2.74%	-0.42%
2027	46,258,902	141,773,330	2.69%	-0.24%
2028	47,470,560	141,402,326	2.62%	-0.26%
2029	48,725,707	141,021,009	2.64%	-0.27%
2030	50,039,392	140,628,883	2.7%	-0.28%
2031	51,375,991	140,218,596	2.67%	-0.29%
2032	52,707,835	139,807,207	2.59%	-0.29%
2033	54,044,241	139,414,947	2.54%	-0.28%
2034	55,359,451	139,034,543	2.43%	-0.27%
2035	56,647,220	138,666,694	2.33%	-0.26%
2036	57,953,651	138,311,757	2.31%	-0.26%
2037	59,279,025	137,968,177	2.29%	-0.25%
2038	60,597,829	137,643,032	2.22%	-0.24%
2039	61,944,459	137,336,299	2.22%	-0.22%
2040	63,347,863	137,053,347	2.27%	-0.21%
2041	64,738,834	136,795,588	2.2%	-0.19%
2042	66,060,206	136,558,692	2.04%	-0.17%
2043	67,375,149	136,335,849	1.99%	-0.16%
2044	68,703,950	136,124,845	1.97%	-0.15%
2045	70,021,184	135,933,758	1.92%	-0.14%
2046	71,384,682	135,756,848	1.95%	-0.13%
2047	72,756,288	135,574,181	1.92%	-0.13%
2048	74,109,717	135,372,557	1.86%	-0.15%
2049	75,515,588	135,156,911	1.9%	-0.16%
2050	76,885,118	134,923,391	1.81%	-0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.