Population in Afghanistan compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Saint Lucia	Afghanistan	Saint Lucia
1960	9,035,043	92,585	-	-
1961	9,214,083	93,490	1.98%	0.98%
1962	9,404,406	94,505	2.07%	1.09%
1963	9,604,487	95,519	2.13%	1.07%
1964	9,814,318	96,505	2.18%	1.03%
1965	10,036,008	97,493	2.26%	1.02%
1966	10,266,395	98,463	2.3%	0.99%
1967	10,505,959	99,504	2.33%	1.06%
1968	10,756,922	100,675	2.39%	1.18%
1969	11,017,409	101,879	2.42%	1.2%
1970	11,290,128	103,165	2.48%	1.26%
1971	11,567,667	104,564	2.46%	1.36%
1972	11,853,696	106,002	2.47%	1.38%
1973	12,157,999	107,498	2.57%	1.41%
1974	12,469,127	109,076	2.56%	1.47%
1975	12,773,954	110,725	2.44%	1.51%
1976	13,059,851	112,425	2.24%	1.54%
1977	13,340,756	114,135	2.15%	1.52%
1978	13,611,441	115,834	2.03%	1.49%
1979	13,655,567	117,528	0.32%	1.46%
1980	13,169,311	119,290	-3.56%	1.5%
1981	11,937,581	121,166	-9.35%	1.57%
1982	10,991,378	123,087	-7.93%	1.59%
1983	10,917,982	125,044	-0.67%	1.59%
1984	11,190,221	127,067	2.49%	1.62%
1985	11,426,852	129,159	2.11%	1.65%
1986	11,420,074	131,239	-0.06%	1.61%
1987	11,387,818	133,227	-0.28%	1.51%
1988	11,523,298	135,000	1.19%	1.33%
1989	11,874,088	136,512	3.04%	1.12%
1990	12,045,660	137,857	1.44%	0.99%
1991	12,238,879	139,520	1.6%	1.21%
1992	13,278,974	141,617	8.5%	1.5%
1993	14,943,172	143,726	12.5%	1.49%
1994	16,250,794	145,890	8.75%	1.51%
1995	17,065,836	148,208	5.02%	1.59%
1996	17,763,266	150,436	4.09%	1.5%
1997	18,452,091	152,569	3.88%	1.42%
1998	19,159,996	154,677	3.84%	1.38%
1999	19,887,785	156,702	3.8%	1.31%
2000	20,130,327	158,616	1.22%	1.22%
2001	20,284,307	160,237	0.76%	1.02%
2002	21,378,117	161,641	5.39%	0.88%
2003	22,733,049	162,976	6.34%	0.83%
2004	23,560,654	164,239	3.64%	0.77%
2005	24,404,567	165,450	3.58%	0.74%
2006	25,424,094	166,639	4.18%	0.72%
2007	25,909,852	167,758	1.91%	0.67%
2008	26,482,622	168,808	2.21%	0.63%
2009	27,466,101	169,869	3.71%	0.63%
2010	28,284,089	170,906	2.98%	0.61%
2011	29,347,708	171,801	3.76%	0.52%
2012	30,560,034	172,587	4.13%	0.46%
2013	31,622,704	173,369	3.48%	0.45%
2014	32,792,523	174,138	3.7%	0.44%
2015	33,831,764	174,905	3.17%	0.44%
2016	34,700,612	175,646	2.57%	0.42%
2017	35,688,935	176,342	2.85%	0.4%
2018	36,743,039	177,017	2.95%	0.38%
2019	37,856,121	177,661	3.03%	0.36%
2020	39,068,979	178,250	3.2%	0.33%
2021	40,000,412	178,522	2.38%	0.15%
2022	40,578,842	178,781	1.45%	0.15%
2023	41,454,761	179,285	2.16%	0.28%
2024	42,647,492	179,744	2.88%	0.26%
2025	43,844,105	180,148	2.81%	0.23%
2026	45,047,056	180,489	2.74%	0.19%
2027	46,258,902	180,771	2.69%	0.16%
2028	47,470,560	181,003	2.62%	0.13%
2029	48,725,707	181,198	2.64%	0.11%
2030	50,039,392	181,360	2.7%	0.09%
2031	51,375,991	181,463	2.67%	0.06%
2032	52,707,835	181,495	2.59%	0.02%
2033	54,044,241	181,458	2.54%	-0.02%
2034	55,359,451	181,354	2.43%	-0.06%
2035	56,647,220	181,177	2.33%	-0.1%
2036	57,953,651	180,948	2.31%	-0.13%
2037	59,279,025	180,636	2.29%	-0.17%
2038	60,597,829	180,230	2.22%	-0.22%
2039	61,944,459	179,781	2.22%	-0.25%
2040	63,347,863	179,296	2.27%	-0.27%
2041	64,738,834	178,760	2.2%	-0.3%
2042	66,060,206	178,187	2.04%	-0.32%
2043	67,375,149	177,593	1.99%	-0.33%
2044	68,703,950	176,937	1.97%	-0.37%
2045	70,021,184	176,243	1.92%	-0.39%
2046	71,384,682	175,520	1.95%	-0.41%
2047	72,756,288	174,726	1.92%	-0.45%
2048	74,109,717	173,877	1.86%	-0.49%
2049	75,515,588	172,991	1.9%	-0.51%
2050	76,885,118	172,081	1.81%	-0.53%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.