Population in Afghanistan compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Saudi Arabia	Afghanistan	Saudi Arabia
1960	9,035,043	2,435,403	-	-
1961	9,214,083	2,526,347	1.98%	3.73%
1962	9,404,406	2,620,910	2.07%	3.74%
1963	9,604,487	2,719,341	2.13%	3.76%
1964	9,814,318	2,821,968	2.18%	3.77%
1965	10,036,008	2,928,771	2.26%	3.78%
1966	10,266,395	3,039,887	2.3%	3.79%
1967	10,505,959	3,157,242	2.33%	3.86%
1968	10,756,922	3,282,711	2.39%	3.97%
1969	11,017,409	3,417,114	2.42%	4.09%
1970	11,290,128	3,562,470	2.48%	4.25%
1971	11,567,667	3,724,031	2.46%	4.54%
1972	11,853,696	3,905,722	2.47%	4.88%
1973	12,157,999	4,106,344	2.57%	5.14%
1974	12,469,127	4,323,632	2.56%	5.29%
1975	12,773,954	4,556,287	2.44%	5.38%
1976	13,059,851	4,807,933	2.24%	5.52%
1977	13,340,756	5,083,048	2.15%	5.72%
1978	13,611,441	5,381,902	2.03%	5.88%
1979	13,655,567	5,703,698	0.32%	5.98%
1980	13,169,311	6,047,997	-3.56%	6.04%
1981	11,937,581	6,420,551	-9.35%	6.16%
1982	10,991,378	6,824,486	-7.93%	6.29%
1983	10,917,982	7,252,941	-0.67%	6.28%
1984	11,190,221	7,697,307	2.49%	6.13%
1985	11,426,852	8,151,779	2.11%	5.9%
1986	11,420,074	8,628,639	-0.06%	5.85%
1987	11,387,818	9,130,194	-0.28%	5.81%
1988	11,523,298	9,629,165	1.19%	5.47%
1989	11,874,088	10,128,394	3.04%	5.18%
1990	12,045,660	10,640,691	1.44%	5.06%
1991	12,238,879	11,160,744	1.6%	4.89%
1992	13,278,974	11,686,676	8.5%	4.71%
1993	14,943,172	12,215,862	12.5%	4.53%
1994	16,250,794	12,750,040	8.75%	4.37%
1995	17,065,836	13,289,245	5.02%	4.23%
1996	17,763,266	13,831,009	4.09%	4.08%
1997	18,452,091	14,374,943	3.88%	3.93%
1998	19,159,996	14,922,185	3.84%	3.81%
1999	19,887,785	15,472,075	3.8%	3.69%
2000	20,130,327	16,177,722	1.22%	4.56%
2001	20,284,307	17,041,397	0.76%	5.34%
2002	21,378,117	17,910,910	5.39%	5.1%
2003	22,733,049	18,786,767	6.34%	4.89%
2004	23,560,654	19,669,480	3.64%	4.7%
2005	24,404,567	20,559,890	3.58%	4.53%
2006	25,424,094	21,459,144	4.18%	4.37%
2007	25,909,852	22,368,313	1.91%	4.24%
2008	26,482,622	23,287,877	2.21%	4.11%
2009	27,466,101	24,217,654	3.71%	3.99%
2010	28,284,089	23,978,487	2.98%	-0.99%
2011	29,347,708	25,091,867	3.76%	4.64%
2012	30,560,034	26,168,861	4.13%	4.29%
2013	31,622,704	27,624,004	3.48%	5.56%
2014	32,792,523	28,309,273	3.7%	2.48%
2015	33,831,764	29,816,382	3.17%	5.32%
2016	34,700,612	30,954,198	2.57%	3.82%
2017	35,688,935	30,977,355	2.85%	0.07%
2018	36,743,039	30,196,281	2.95%	-2.52%
2019	37,856,121	30,063,799	3.03%	-0.44%
2020	39,068,979	31,552,510	3.2%	4.95%
2021	40,000,412	30,784,383	2.38%	-2.43%
2022	40,578,842	32,175,224	1.45%	4.52%
2023	41,454,761	33,702,731	2.16%	4.75%
2024	42,647,492	35,300,280	2.88%	4.74%
2025	43,844,105	35,927,625	2.81%	1.78%
2026	45,047,056	36,550,694	2.74%	1.73%
2027	46,258,902	37,167,513	2.69%	1.69%
2028	47,470,560	37,775,810	2.62%	1.64%
2029	48,725,707	38,364,377	2.64%	1.56%
2030	50,039,392	38,918,375	2.7%	1.44%
2031	51,375,991	39,450,880	2.67%	1.37%
2032	52,707,835	39,983,934	2.59%	1.35%
2033	54,044,241	40,517,599	2.54%	1.33%
2034	55,359,451	41,052,423	2.43%	1.32%
2035	56,647,220	41,588,429	2.33%	1.31%
2036	57,953,651	42,125,184	2.31%	1.29%
2037	59,279,025	42,661,908	2.29%	1.27%
2038	60,597,829	43,198,420	2.22%	1.26%
2039	61,944,459	43,734,316	2.22%	1.24%
2040	63,347,863	44,269,571	2.27%	1.22%
2041	64,738,834	44,804,338	2.2%	1.21%
2042	66,060,206	45,338,111	2.04%	1.19%
2043	67,375,149	45,870,896	1.99%	1.18%
2044	68,703,950	46,403,116	1.97%	1.16%
2045	70,021,184	46,934,822	1.92%	1.15%
2046	71,384,682	47,465,267	1.95%	1.13%
2047	72,756,288	47,993,976	1.92%	1.11%
2048	74,109,717	48,521,364	1.86%	1.1%
2049	75,515,588	49,047,461	1.9%	1.08%
2050	76,885,118	49,572,202	1.81%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.