Population in Afghanistan compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	South Korea	Afghanistan	South Korea
1960	9,035,043	25,012,374	-	-
1961	9,214,083	25,765,673	1.98%	3.01%
1962	9,404,406	26,513,030	2.07%	2.9%
1963	9,604,487	27,261,747	2.13%	2.82%
1964	9,814,318	27,984,155	2.18%	2.65%
1965	10,036,008	28,704,674	2.26%	2.57%
1966	10,266,395	29,435,571	2.3%	2.55%
1967	10,505,959	30,130,983	2.33%	2.36%
1968	10,756,922	30,838,302	2.39%	2.35%
1969	11,017,409	31,544,266	2.42%	2.29%
1970	11,290,128	32,240,827	2.48%	2.21%
1971	11,567,667	32,882,704	2.46%	1.99%
1972	11,853,696	33,505,406	2.47%	1.89%
1973	12,157,999	34,103,149	2.57%	1.78%
1974	12,469,127	34,692,266	2.56%	1.73%
1975	12,773,954	35,280,725	2.44%	1.7%
1976	13,059,851	35,848,523	2.24%	1.61%
1977	13,340,756	36,411,795	2.15%	1.57%
1978	13,611,441	36,969,185	2.03%	1.53%
1979	13,655,567	37,534,236	0.32%	1.53%
1980	13,169,311	38,123,775	-3.56%	1.57%
1981	11,937,581	38,723,248	-9.35%	1.57%
1982	10,991,378	39,326,352	-7.93%	1.56%
1983	10,917,982	39,910,403	-0.67%	1.49%
1984	11,190,221	40,405,956	2.49%	1.24%
1985	11,426,852	40,805,744	2.11%	0.99%
1986	11,420,074	41,213,674	-0.06%	1%
1987	11,387,818	41,621,690	-0.28%	0.99%
1988	11,523,298	42,031,247	1.19%	0.98%
1989	11,874,088	42,449,038	3.04%	0.99%
1990	12,045,660	42,869,283	1.44%	0.99%
1991	12,238,879	43,295,704	1.6%	0.99%
1992	13,278,974	43,747,962	8.5%	1.04%
1993	14,943,172	44,194,628	12.5%	1.02%
1994	16,250,794	44,641,540	8.75%	1.01%
1995	17,065,836	45,092,991	5.02%	1.01%
1996	17,763,266	45,524,681	4.09%	0.96%
1997	18,452,091	45,953,580	3.88%	0.94%
1998	19,159,996	46,286,503	3.84%	0.72%
1999	19,887,785	46,616,677	3.8%	0.71%
2000	20,130,327	47,008,111	1.22%	0.84%
2001	20,284,307	47,370,164	0.76%	0.77%
2002	21,378,117	47,644,736	5.39%	0.58%
2003	22,733,049	47,892,330	6.34%	0.52%
2004	23,560,654	48,082,519	3.64%	0.4%
2005	24,404,567	48,184,561	3.58%	0.21%
2006	25,424,094	48,438,292	4.18%	0.53%
2007	25,909,852	48,683,638	1.91%	0.51%
2008	26,482,622	49,054,708	2.21%	0.76%
2009	27,466,101	49,307,835	3.71%	0.52%
2010	28,284,089	49,554,112	2.98%	0.5%
2011	29,347,708	49,936,638	3.76%	0.77%
2012	30,560,034	50,199,853	4.13%	0.53%
2013	31,622,704	50,428,893	3.48%	0.46%
2014	32,792,523	50,746,659	3.7%	0.63%
2015	33,831,764	51,014,947	3.17%	0.53%
2016	34,700,612	51,217,803	2.57%	0.4%
2017	35,688,935	51,361,911	2.85%	0.28%
2018	36,743,039	51,585,058	2.95%	0.43%
2019	37,856,121	51,764,822	3.03%	0.35%
2020	39,068,979	51,836,239	3.2%	0.14%
2021	40,000,412	51,769,539	2.38%	-0.13%
2022	40,578,842	51,672,569	1.45%	-0.19%
2023	41,454,761	51,712,619	2.16%	0.08%
2024	42,647,492	51,751,065	2.88%	0.07%
2025	43,844,105	51,700,480	2.81%	-0.1%
2026	45,047,056	51,633,793	2.74%	-0.13%
2027	46,258,902	51,552,198	2.69%	-0.16%
2028	47,470,560	51,456,707	2.62%	-0.19%
2029	48,725,707	51,347,230	2.64%	-0.21%
2030	50,039,392	51,221,713	2.7%	-0.24%
2031	51,375,991	51,081,220	2.67%	-0.27%
2032	52,707,835	50,924,233	2.59%	-0.31%
2033	54,044,241	50,747,132	2.54%	-0.35%
2034	55,359,451	50,549,508	2.43%	-0.39%
2035	56,647,220	50,333,286	2.33%	-0.43%
2036	57,953,651	50,098,951	2.31%	-0.47%
2037	59,279,025	49,845,669	2.29%	-0.51%
2038	60,597,829	49,573,234	2.22%	-0.55%
2039	61,944,459	49,283,770	2.22%	-0.58%
2040	63,347,863	48,980,369	2.27%	-0.62%
2041	64,738,834	48,661,905	2.2%	-0.65%
2042	66,060,206	48,331,004	2.04%	-0.68%
2043	67,375,149	47,990,085	1.99%	-0.71%
2044	68,703,950	47,634,183	1.97%	-0.74%
2045	70,021,184	47,263,526	1.92%	-0.78%
2046	71,384,682	46,881,228	1.95%	-0.81%
2047	72,756,288	46,482,133	1.92%	-0.85%
2048	74,109,717	46,063,595	1.86%	-0.9%
2049	75,515,588	45,626,805	1.9%	-0.95%
2050	76,885,118	45,172,356	1.81%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.