Population in Afghanistan compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Solomon Islands	Afghanistan	Solomon Islands
1960	9,035,043	139,688	-	-
1961	9,214,083	142,912	1.98%	2.31%
1962	9,404,406	146,201	2.07%	2.3%
1963	9,604,487	149,589	2.13%	2.32%
1964	9,814,318	153,085	2.18%	2.34%
1965	10,036,008	156,686	2.26%	2.35%
1966	10,266,395	160,393	2.3%	2.37%
1967	10,505,959	164,245	2.33%	2.4%
1968	10,756,922	168,282	2.39%	2.46%
1969	11,017,409	172,476	2.42%	2.49%
1970	11,290,128	176,579	2.48%	2.38%
1971	11,567,667	180,637	2.46%	2.3%
1972	11,853,696	184,994	2.47%	2.41%
1973	12,157,999	189,774	2.57%	2.58%
1974	12,469,127	195,041	2.56%	2.78%
1975	12,773,954	200,744	2.44%	2.92%
1976	13,059,851	207,194	2.24%	3.21%
1977	13,340,756	214,418	2.15%	3.49%
1978	13,611,441	222,029	2.03%	3.55%
1979	13,655,567	229,953	0.32%	3.57%
1980	13,169,311	238,135	-3.56%	3.56%
1981	11,937,581	246,555	-9.35%	3.54%
1982	10,991,378	255,200	-7.93%	3.51%
1983	10,917,982	264,068	-0.67%	3.47%
1984	11,190,221	273,163	2.49%	3.44%
1985	11,426,852	282,455	2.11%	3.4%
1986	11,420,074	291,842	-0.06%	3.32%
1987	11,387,818	301,414	-0.28%	3.28%
1988	11,523,298	311,265	1.19%	3.27%
1989	11,874,088	321,282	3.04%	3.22%
1990	12,045,660	331,435	1.44%	3.16%
1991	12,238,879	341,738	1.6%	3.11%
1992	13,278,974	352,205	8.5%	3.06%
1993	14,943,172	362,839	12.5%	3.02%
1994	16,250,794	373,675	8.75%	2.99%
1995	17,065,836	384,733	5.02%	2.96%
1996	17,763,266	396,009	4.09%	2.93%
1997	18,452,091	407,474	3.88%	2.9%
1998	19,159,996	419,071	3.84%	2.85%
1999	19,887,785	430,500	3.8%	2.73%
2000	20,130,327	440,469	1.22%	2.32%
2001	20,284,307	449,125	0.76%	1.97%
2002	21,378,117	457,671	5.39%	1.9%
2003	22,733,049	466,154	6.34%	1.85%
2004	23,560,654	474,611	3.64%	1.81%
2005	24,404,567	483,080	3.58%	1.78%
2006	25,424,094	491,594	4.18%	1.76%
2007	25,909,852	500,156	1.91%	1.74%
2008	26,482,622	508,790	2.21%	1.73%
2009	27,466,101	518,141	3.71%	1.84%
2010	28,284,089	532,968	2.98%	2.86%
2011	29,347,708	552,945	3.76%	3.75%
2012	30,560,034	573,606	4.13%	3.74%
2013	31,622,704	594,945	3.48%	3.72%
2014	32,792,523	616,908	3.7%	3.69%
2015	33,831,764	639,415	3.17%	3.65%
2016	34,700,612	662,379	2.57%	3.59%
2017	35,688,935	685,672	2.85%	3.52%
2018	36,743,039	709,101	2.95%	3.42%
2019	37,856,121	728,147	3.03%	2.69%
2020	39,068,979	744,498	3.2%	2.25%
2021	40,000,412	762,591	2.38%	2.43%
2022	40,578,842	781,066	1.45%	2.42%
2023	41,454,761	800,005	2.16%	2.42%
2024	42,647,492	819,198	2.88%	2.4%
2025	43,844,105	838,646	2.81%	2.37%
2026	45,047,056	858,283	2.74%	2.34%
2027	46,258,902	878,097	2.69%	2.31%
2028	47,470,560	898,073	2.62%	2.27%
2029	48,725,707	918,152	2.64%	2.24%
2030	50,039,392	938,340	2.7%	2.2%
2031	51,375,991	958,614	2.67%	2.16%
2032	52,707,835	978,977	2.59%	2.12%
2033	54,044,241	999,314	2.54%	2.08%
2034	55,359,451	1,019,534	2.43%	2.02%
2035	56,647,220	1,039,655	2.33%	1.97%
2036	57,953,651	1,059,521	2.31%	1.91%
2037	59,279,025	1,079,088	2.29%	1.85%
2038	60,597,829	1,098,284	2.22%	1.78%
2039	61,944,459	1,117,085	2.22%	1.71%
2040	63,347,863	1,135,445	2.27%	1.64%
2041	64,738,834	1,153,450	2.2%	1.59%
2042	66,060,206	1,171,334	2.04%	1.55%
2043	67,375,149	1,189,113	1.99%	1.52%
2044	68,703,950	1,206,729	1.97%	1.48%
2045	70,021,184	1,224,188	1.92%	1.45%
2046	71,384,682	1,241,491	1.95%	1.41%
2047	72,756,288	1,258,611	1.92%	1.38%
2048	74,109,717	1,275,579	1.86%	1.35%
2049	75,515,588	1,292,414	1.9%	1.32%
2050	76,885,118	1,309,098	1.81%	1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th in 2005 and ranked 161st 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 the Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.