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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Rwanda	Afghanistan	Rwanda
1960	9,035,043	3,022,294	-	-
1961	9,214,083	3,106,779	1.98%	2.8%
1962	9,404,406	3,186,025	2.07%	2.55%
1963	9,604,487	3,258,890	2.13%	2.29%
1964	9,814,318	3,334,834	2.18%	2.33%
1965	10,036,008	3,423,210	2.26%	2.65%
1966	10,266,395	3,521,626	2.3%	2.87%
1967	10,505,959	3,629,577	2.33%	3.07%
1968	10,756,922	3,744,010	2.39%	3.15%
1969	11,017,409	3,861,271	2.42%	3.13%
1970	11,290,128	3,980,669	2.48%	3.09%
1971	11,567,667	4,100,044	2.46%	3%
1972	11,853,696	4,220,335	2.47%	2.93%
1973	12,157,999	4,345,047	2.57%	2.96%
1974	12,469,127	4,474,228	2.56%	2.97%
1975	12,773,954	4,607,728	2.44%	2.98%
1976	13,059,851	4,745,954	2.24%	3%
1977	13,340,756	4,888,240	2.15%	3%
1978	13,611,441	5,035,171	2.03%	3.01%
1979	13,655,567	5,189,541	0.32%	3.07%
1980	13,169,311	5,353,259	-3.56%	3.15%
1981	11,937,581	5,527,230	-9.35%	3.25%
1982	10,991,378	5,711,549	-7.93%	3.33%
1983	10,917,982	5,905,311	-0.67%	3.39%
1984	11,190,221	6,107,627	2.49%	3.43%
1985	11,426,852	6,317,228	2.11%	3.43%
1986	11,420,074	6,531,881	-0.06%	3.4%
1987	11,387,818	6,749,493	-0.28%	3.33%
1988	11,523,298	6,968,071	1.19%	3.24%
1989	11,874,088	7,184,706	3.04%	3.11%
1990	12,045,660	7,375,307	1.44%	2.65%
1991	12,238,879	7,526,966	1.6%	2.06%
1992	13,278,974	7,683,266	8.5%	2.08%
1993	14,943,172	7,981,132	12.5%	3.88%
1994	16,250,794	6,792,352	8.75%	-14.9%
1995	17,065,836	5,674,118	5.02%	-16.5%
1996	17,763,266	6,708,764	4.09%	18.2%
1997	18,452,091	7,755,238	3.88%	15.6%
1998	19,159,996	8,081,681	3.84%	4.21%
1999	19,887,785	8,147,912	3.8%	0.82%
2000	20,130,327	8,213,931	1.22%	0.81%
2001	20,284,307	8,287,094	0.76%	0.89%
2002	21,378,117	8,400,180	5.39%	1.36%
2003	22,733,049	8,586,875	6.34%	2.22%
2004	23,560,654	8,816,844	3.64%	2.68%
2005	24,404,567	9,054,528	3.58%	2.7%
2006	25,424,094	9,299,246	4.18%	2.7%
2007	25,909,852	9,549,933	1.91%	2.7%
2008	26,482,622	9,804,269	2.21%	2.66%
2009	27,466,101	10,060,432	3.71%	2.61%
2010	28,284,089	10,317,553	2.98%	2.56%
2011	29,347,708	10,573,733	3.76%	2.48%
2012	30,560,034	10,829,901	4.13%	2.42%
2013	31,622,704	11,093,340	3.48%	2.43%
2014	32,792,523	11,364,757	3.7%	2.45%
2015	33,831,764	11,640,022	3.17%	2.42%
2016	34,700,612	11,919,183	2.57%	2.4%
2017	35,688,935	12,202,060	2.85%	2.37%
2018	36,743,039	12,487,996	2.95%	2.34%
2019	37,856,121	12,776,103	3.03%	2.31%
2020	39,068,979	13,065,837	3.2%	2.27%
2021	40,000,412	13,355,260	2.38%	2.22%
2022	40,578,842	13,651,030	1.45%	2.21%
2023	41,454,761	13,954,471	2.16%	2.22%
2024	42,647,492	14,256,567	2.88%	2.16%
2025	43,844,105	14,569,343	2.81%	2.19%
2026	45,047,056	14,889,694	2.74%	2.2%
2027	46,258,902	15,214,324	2.69%	2.18%
2028	47,470,560	15,536,461	2.62%	2.12%
2029	48,725,707	15,844,649	2.64%	1.98%
2030	50,039,392	16,154,698	2.7%	1.96%
2031	51,375,991	16,473,106	2.67%	1.97%
2032	52,707,835	16,771,820	2.59%	1.81%
2033	54,044,241	17,073,475	2.54%	1.8%
2034	55,359,451	17,402,250	2.43%	1.93%
2035	56,647,220	17,746,315	2.33%	1.98%
2036	57,953,651	18,076,769	2.31%	1.86%
2037	59,279,025	18,395,838	2.29%	1.77%
2038	60,597,829	18,729,778	2.22%	1.82%
2039	61,944,459	19,076,783	2.22%	1.85%
2040	63,347,863	19,440,762	2.27%	1.91%
2041	64,738,834	19,806,170	2.2%	1.88%
2042	66,060,206	20,153,979	2.04%	1.76%
2043	67,375,149	20,500,826	1.99%	1.72%
2044	68,703,950	20,837,079	1.97%	1.64%
2045	70,021,184	21,152,650	1.92%	1.51%
2046	71,384,682	21,459,144	1.95%	1.45%
2047	72,756,288	21,764,578	1.92%	1.42%
2048	74,109,717	22,086,112	1.86%	1.48%
2049	75,515,588	22,403,887	1.9%	1.44%
2050	76,885,118	22,707,896	1.81%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.