Population in Afghanistan compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Sri Lanka	Afghanistan	Sri Lanka
1960	9,035,043	9,661,389	-	-
1961	9,214,083	9,899,372	1.98%	2.46%
1962	9,404,406	10,143,754	2.07%	2.47%
1963	9,604,487	10,395,040	2.13%	2.48%
1964	9,814,318	10,653,397	2.18%	2.49%
1965	10,036,008	10,916,965	2.26%	2.47%
1966	10,266,395	11,183,928	2.3%	2.45%
1967	10,505,959	11,457,328	2.33%	2.44%
1968	10,756,922	11,736,088	2.39%	2.43%
1969	11,017,409	12,013,858	2.42%	2.37%
1970	11,290,128	12,287,110	2.48%	2.27%
1971	11,567,667	12,551,910	2.46%	2.16%
1972	11,853,696	12,809,205	2.47%	2.05%
1973	12,157,999	13,060,916	2.57%	1.97%
1974	12,469,127	13,305,693	2.56%	1.87%
1975	12,773,954	13,548,984	2.44%	1.83%
1976	13,059,851	13,796,770	2.24%	1.83%
1977	13,340,756	14,049,371	2.15%	1.83%
1978	13,611,441	14,310,128	2.03%	1.86%
1979	13,655,567	14,579,614	0.32%	1.88%
1980	13,169,311	14,847,974	-3.56%	1.84%
1981	11,937,581	15,099,414	-9.35%	1.69%
1982	10,991,378	15,286,567	-7.93%	1.24%
1983	10,917,982	15,388,794	-0.67%	0.67%
1984	11,190,221	15,441,860	2.49%	0.34%
1985	11,426,852	15,544,154	2.11%	0.66%
1986	11,420,074	15,731,256	-0.06%	1.2%
1987	11,387,818	15,916,576	-0.28%	1.18%
1988	11,523,298	16,078,621	1.19%	1.02%
1989	11,874,088	16,248,557	3.04%	1.06%
1990	12,045,660	16,352,458	1.44%	0.64%
1991	12,238,879	16,475,354	1.6%	0.75%
1992	13,278,974	16,739,284	8.5%	1.6%
1993	14,943,172	17,025,918	12.5%	1.71%
1994	16,250,794	17,275,773	8.75%	1.47%
1995	17,065,836	17,564,068	5.02%	1.67%
1996	17,763,266	17,905,018	4.09%	1.94%
1997	18,452,091	18,248,200	3.88%	1.92%
1998	19,159,996	18,596,003	3.84%	1.91%
1999	19,887,785	18,944,731	3.8%	1.88%
2000	20,130,327	19,293,054	1.22%	1.84%
2001	20,284,307	19,600,362	0.76%	1.59%
2002	21,378,117	19,805,752	5.39%	1.05%
2003	22,733,049	19,951,521	6.34%	0.74%
2004	23,560,654	20,087,605	3.64%	0.68%
2005	24,404,567	20,216,524	3.58%	0.64%
2006	25,424,094	20,352,411	4.18%	0.67%
2007	25,909,852	20,492,545	1.91%	0.69%
2008	26,482,622	20,629,378	2.21%	0.67%
2009	27,466,101	20,756,435	3.71%	0.62%
2010	28,284,089	20,879,089	2.98%	0.59%
2011	29,347,708	21,009,048	3.76%	0.62%
2012	30,560,034	21,169,458	4.13%	0.76%
2013	31,622,704	20,585,000	3.48%	-2.76%
2014	32,792,523	20,778,000	3.7%	0.94%
2015	33,831,764	20,970,000	3.17%	0.92%
2016	34,700,612	21,209,000	2.57%	1.14%
2017	35,688,935	21,453,000	2.85%	1.15%
2018	36,743,039	21,670,000	2.95%	1.01%
2019	37,856,121	21,803,000	3.03%	0.61%
2020	39,068,979	21,919,000	3.2%	0.53%
2021	40,000,412	22,156,000	2.38%	1.08%
2022	40,578,842	22,181,000	1.45%	0.11%
2023	41,454,761	22,037,000	2.16%	-0.65%
2024	42,647,492	21,916,000	2.88%	-0.55%
2025	43,844,105	22,035,440	2.81%	0.54%
2026	45,047,056	22,148,172	2.74%	0.51%
2027	46,258,902	22,255,601	2.69%	0.49%
2028	47,470,560	22,357,682	2.62%	0.46%
2029	48,725,707	22,453,922	2.64%	0.43%
2030	50,039,392	22,546,245	2.7%	0.41%
2031	51,375,991	22,635,106	2.67%	0.39%
2032	52,707,835	22,720,118	2.59%	0.38%
2033	54,044,241	22,802,043	2.54%	0.36%
2034	55,359,451	22,879,527	2.43%	0.34%
2035	56,647,220	22,952,739	2.33%	0.32%
2036	57,953,651	23,022,027	2.31%	0.3%
2037	59,279,025	23,088,877	2.29%	0.29%
2038	60,597,829	23,152,480	2.22%	0.28%
2039	61,944,459	23,211,633	2.22%	0.26%
2040	63,347,863	23,265,986	2.27%	0.23%
2041	64,738,834	23,315,260	2.2%	0.21%
2042	66,060,206	23,359,578	2.04%	0.19%
2043	67,375,149	23,398,752	1.99%	0.17%
2044	68,703,950	23,433,096	1.97%	0.15%
2045	70,021,184	23,464,943	1.92%	0.14%
2046	71,384,682	23,492,738	1.95%	0.12%
2047	72,756,288	23,512,629	1.92%	0.08%
2048	74,109,717	23,525,953	1.86%	0.06%
2049	75,515,588	23,533,940	1.9%	0.03%
2050	76,885,118	23,538,230	1.81%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.