Population in Afghanistan compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Sao Tome	Afghanistan	Sao Tome
1960	9,035,043	68,012	-	-
1961	9,214,083	68,707	1.98%	1.02%
1962	9,404,406	69,403	2.07%	1.01%
1963	9,604,487	70,112	2.13%	1.02%
1964	9,814,318	70,865	2.18%	1.07%
1965	10,036,008	71,680	2.26%	1.15%
1966	10,266,395	72,576	2.3%	1.25%
1967	10,505,959	73,596	2.33%	1.41%
1968	10,756,922	74,765	2.39%	1.59%
1969	11,017,409	76,083	2.42%	1.76%
1970	11,290,128	77,626	2.48%	2.03%
1971	11,567,667	79,330	2.46%	2.2%
1972	11,853,696	81,041	2.47%	2.16%
1973	12,157,999	82,798	2.57%	2.17%
1974	12,469,127	84,672	2.56%	2.26%
1975	12,773,954	86,708	2.44%	2.4%
1976	13,059,851	88,922	2.24%	2.55%
1977	13,340,756	91,301	2.15%	2.68%
1978	13,611,441	93,794	2.03%	2.73%
1979	13,655,567	96,252	0.32%	2.62%
1980	13,169,311	98,544	-3.56%	2.38%
1981	11,937,581	100,615	-9.35%	2.1%
1982	10,991,378	102,508	-7.93%	1.88%
1983	10,917,982	104,380	-0.67%	1.83%
1984	11,190,221	106,394	2.49%	1.93%
1985	11,426,852	108,658	2.11%	2.13%
1986	11,420,074	111,150	-0.06%	2.29%
1987	11,387,818	113,919	-0.28%	2.49%
1988	11,523,298	116,939	1.19%	2.65%
1989	11,874,088	119,979	3.04%	2.6%
1990	12,045,660	122,980	1.44%	2.5%
1991	12,238,879	125,697	1.6%	2.21%
1992	13,278,974	128,110	8.5%	1.92%
1993	14,943,172	130,467	12.5%	1.84%
1994	16,250,794	132,732	8.75%	1.74%
1995	17,065,836	134,895	5.02%	1.63%
1996	17,763,266	136,962	4.09%	1.53%
1997	18,452,091	138,922	3.88%	1.43%
1998	19,159,996	140,751	3.84%	1.32%
1999	19,887,785	142,442	3.8%	1.2%
2000	20,130,327	144,018	1.22%	1.11%
2001	20,284,307	146,375	0.76%	1.64%
2002	21,378,117	149,922	5.39%	2.42%
2003	22,733,049	153,814	6.34%	2.6%
2004	23,560,654	157,705	3.64%	2.53%
2005	24,404,567	161,639	3.58%	2.49%
2006	25,424,094	165,638	4.18%	2.47%
2007	25,909,852	169,700	1.91%	2.45%
2008	26,482,622	173,793	2.21%	2.41%
2009	27,466,101	177,853	3.71%	2.34%
2010	28,284,089	181,802	2.98%	2.22%
2011	29,347,708	185,649	3.76%	2.12%
2012	30,560,034	189,439	4.13%	2.04%
2013	31,622,704	193,148	3.48%	1.96%
2014	32,792,523	196,767	3.7%	1.87%
2015	33,831,764	200,291	3.17%	1.79%
2016	34,700,612	203,689	2.57%	1.7%
2017	35,688,935	206,970	2.85%	1.61%
2018	36,743,039	210,187	2.95%	1.55%
2019	37,856,121	213,392	3.03%	1.52%
2020	39,068,979	217,435	3.2%	1.89%
2021	40,000,412	221,961	2.38%	2.08%
2022	40,578,842	226,305	1.45%	1.96%
2023	41,454,761	230,871	2.16%	2.02%
2024	42,647,492	235,536	2.88%	2.02%
2025	43,844,105	240,251	2.81%	2%
2026	45,047,056	244,987	2.74%	1.97%
2027	46,258,902	249,783	2.69%	1.96%
2028	47,470,560	254,657	2.62%	1.95%
2029	48,725,707	259,597	2.64%	1.94%
2030	50,039,392	264,560	2.7%	1.91%
2031	51,375,991	269,566	2.67%	1.89%
2032	52,707,835	274,643	2.59%	1.88%
2033	54,044,241	279,761	2.54%	1.86%
2034	55,359,451	284,911	2.43%	1.84%
2035	56,647,220	290,082	2.33%	1.81%
2036	57,953,651	295,269	2.31%	1.79%
2037	59,279,025	300,439	2.29%	1.75%
2038	60,597,829	305,590	2.22%	1.71%
2039	61,944,459	310,729	2.22%	1.68%
2040	63,347,863	315,833	2.27%	1.64%
2041	64,738,834	320,875	2.2%	1.6%
2042	66,060,206	325,888	2.04%	1.56%
2043	67,375,149	330,908	1.99%	1.54%
2044	68,703,950	335,919	1.97%	1.51%
2045	70,021,184	340,911	1.92%	1.49%
2046	71,384,682	345,883	1.95%	1.46%
2047	72,756,288	350,758	1.92%	1.41%
2048	74,109,717	355,569	1.86%	1.37%
2049	75,515,588	360,353	1.9%	1.35%
2050	76,885,118	365,103	1.81%	1.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,051 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 41,350 (a 20.3% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2006 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.