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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	South Sudan	Afghanistan	South Sudan
1960	9,035,043	2,931,559	-	-
1961	9,214,083	2,976,724	1.98%	1.54%
1962	9,404,406	3,024,308	2.07%	1.6%
1963	9,604,487	3,072,669	2.13%	1.6%
1964	9,814,318	3,129,918	2.18%	1.86%
1965	10,036,008	3,189,835	2.26%	1.91%
1966	10,266,395	3,236,423	2.3%	1.46%
1967	10,505,959	3,277,648	2.33%	1.27%
1968	10,756,922	3,321,528	2.39%	1.34%
1969	11,017,409	3,365,533	2.42%	1.32%
1970	11,290,128	3,409,614	2.48%	1.31%
1971	11,567,667	3,468,646	2.46%	1.73%
1972	11,853,696	3,542,497	2.47%	2.13%
1973	12,157,999	3,627,383	2.57%	2.4%
1974	12,469,127	3,723,259	2.56%	2.64%
1975	12,773,954	3,821,494	2.44%	2.64%
1976	13,059,851	3,921,910	2.24%	2.63%
1977	13,340,756	4,024,032	2.15%	2.6%
1978	13,611,441	4,127,657	2.03%	2.58%
1979	13,655,567	4,232,605	0.32%	2.54%
1980	13,169,311	4,339,030	-3.56%	2.51%
1981	11,937,581	4,447,272	-9.35%	2.49%
1982	10,991,378	4,557,686	-7.93%	2.48%
1983	10,917,982	4,661,574	-0.67%	2.28%
1984	11,190,221	4,750,627	2.49%	1.91%
1985	11,426,852	4,834,296	2.11%	1.76%
1986	11,420,074	4,921,240	-0.06%	1.8%
1987	11,387,818	4,962,395	-0.28%	0.84%
1988	11,523,298	4,848,029	1.19%	-2.3%
1989	11,874,088	4,713,229	3.04%	-2.78%
1990	12,045,660	4,737,633	1.44%	0.52%
1991	12,238,879	4,836,677	1.6%	2.09%
1992	13,278,974	4,909,749	8.5%	1.51%
1993	14,943,172	4,956,002	12.5%	0.94%
1994	16,250,794	5,071,184	8.75%	2.32%
1995	17,065,836	5,225,836	5.02%	3.05%
1996	17,763,266	5,356,925	4.09%	2.51%
1997	18,452,091	5,509,136	3.88%	2.84%
1998	19,159,996	5,620,068	3.84%	2.01%
1999	19,887,785	5,771,628	3.8%	2.7%
2000	20,130,327	6,032,267	1.22%	4.52%
2001	20,284,307	6,308,391	0.76%	4.58%
2002	21,378,117	6,596,806	5.39%	4.57%
2003	22,733,049	6,903,127	6.34%	4.64%
2004	23,560,654	7,233,041	3.64%	4.78%
2005	24,404,567	7,590,143	3.58%	4.94%
2006	25,424,094	7,976,526	4.18%	5.09%
2007	25,909,852	8,388,788	1.91%	5.17%
2008	26,482,622	8,817,647	2.21%	5.11%
2009	27,466,101	9,243,556	3.71%	4.83%
2010	28,284,089	9,745,953	2.98%	5.44%
2011	29,347,708	10,288,109	3.76%	5.56%
2012	30,560,034	10,756,240	4.13%	4.55%
2013	31,622,704	11,166,275	3.48%	3.81%
2014	32,792,523	11,235,073	3.7%	0.62%
2015	33,831,764	11,107,561	3.17%	-1.13%
2016	34,700,612	10,830,102	2.57%	-2.5%
2017	35,688,935	10,259,154	2.85%	-5.27%
2018	36,743,039	10,122,977	2.95%	-1.33%
2019	37,856,121	10,423,384	3.03%	2.97%
2020	39,068,979	10,698,467	3.2%	2.64%
2021	40,000,412	10,865,780	2.38%	1.56%
2022	40,578,842	11,021,177	1.45%	1.43%
2023	41,454,761	11,483,374	2.16%	4.19%
2024	42,647,492	11,943,408	2.88%	4.01%
2025	43,844,105	12,188,793	2.81%	2.05%
2026	45,047,056	12,436,036	2.74%	2.03%
2027	46,258,902	12,687,301	2.69%	2.02%
2028	47,470,560	12,941,503	2.62%	2%
2029	48,725,707	13,198,080	2.64%	1.98%
2030	50,039,392	13,457,446	2.7%	1.97%
2031	51,375,991	13,725,413	2.67%	1.99%
2032	52,707,835	13,996,343	2.59%	1.97%
2033	54,044,241	14,261,762	2.54%	1.9%
2034	55,359,451	14,527,550	2.43%	1.86%
2035	56,647,220	14,798,602	2.33%	1.87%
2036	57,953,651	15,070,098	2.31%	1.83%
2037	59,279,025	15,335,700	2.29%	1.76%
2038	60,597,829	15,595,968	2.22%	1.7%
2039	61,944,459	15,850,696	2.22%	1.63%
2040	63,347,863	16,101,470	2.27%	1.58%
2041	64,738,834	16,350,149	2.2%	1.54%
2042	66,060,206	16,593,361	2.04%	1.49%
2043	67,375,149	16,829,209	1.99%	1.42%
2044	68,703,950	17,060,176	1.97%	1.37%
2045	70,021,184	17,286,412	1.92%	1.33%
2046	71,384,682	17,509,693	1.95%	1.29%
2047	72,756,288	17,728,331	1.92%	1.25%
2048	74,109,717	17,938,437	1.86%	1.19%
2049	75,515,588	18,142,893	1.9%	1.14%
2050	76,885,118	18,341,968	1.81%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.