Population in Afghanistan compared to Suriname: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and Suriname: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Suriname	Afghanistan	Suriname
1960	9,035,043	263,918	-	-
1961	9,214,083	272,791	1.98%	3.36%
1962	9,404,406	283,912	2.07%	4.08%
1963	9,604,487	297,034	2.13%	4.62%
1964	9,814,318	309,041	2.18%	4.04%
1965	10,036,008	320,000	2.26%	3.55%
1966	10,266,395	331,135	2.3%	3.48%
1967	10,505,959	342,679	2.33%	3.49%
1968	10,756,922	354,616	2.39%	3.48%
1969	11,017,409	366,906	2.42%	3.47%
1970	11,290,128	379,442	2.48%	3.42%
1971	11,567,667	391,932	2.46%	3.29%
1972	11,853,696	397,413	2.47%	1.4%
1973	12,157,999	395,772	2.57%	-0.41%
1974	12,469,127	393,676	2.56%	-0.53%
1975	12,773,954	391,170	2.44%	-0.64%
1976	13,059,851	388,289	2.24%	-0.74%
1977	13,340,756	385,067	2.15%	-0.83%
1978	13,611,441	381,502	2.03%	-0.93%
1979	13,655,567	377,602	0.32%	-1.02%
1980	13,169,311	375,377	-3.56%	-0.59%
1981	11,937,581	375,459	-9.35%	0.02%
1982	10,991,378	376,555	-7.93%	0.29%
1983	10,917,982	378,746	-0.67%	0.58%
1984	11,190,221	382,193	2.49%	0.91%
1985	11,426,852	386,972	2.11%	1.25%
1986	11,420,074	392,330	-0.06%	1.38%
1987	11,387,818	396,911	-0.28%	1.17%
1988	11,523,298	402,227	1.19%	1.34%
1989	11,874,088	408,409	3.04%	1.54%
1990	12,045,660	412,493	1.44%	1%
1991	12,238,879	415,013	1.6%	0.61%
1992	13,278,974	417,589	8.5%	0.62%
1993	14,943,172	419,352	12.5%	0.42%
1994	16,250,794	422,375	8.75%	0.72%
1995	17,065,836	429,606	5.02%	1.71%
1996	17,763,266	438,830	4.09%	2.15%
1997	18,452,091	448,067	3.88%	2.1%
1998	19,159,996	457,406	3.84%	2.08%
1999	19,887,785	466,916	3.8%	2.08%
2000	20,130,327	476,643	1.22%	2.08%
2001	20,284,307	486,560	0.76%	2.08%
2002	21,378,117	496,551	5.39%	2.05%
2003	22,733,049	506,414	6.34%	1.99%
2004	23,560,654	513,923	3.64%	1.48%
2005	24,404,567	519,313	3.58%	1.05%
2006	25,424,094	524,997	4.18%	1.09%
2007	25,909,852	531,016	1.91%	1.15%
2008	26,482,622	537,245	2.21%	1.17%
2009	27,466,101	543,568	3.71%	1.18%
2010	28,284,089	549,923	2.98%	1.17%
2011	29,347,708	556,269	3.76%	1.15%
2012	30,560,034	562,633	4.13%	1.14%
2013	31,622,704	569,020	3.48%	1.14%
2014	32,792,523	575,373	3.7%	1.12%
2015	33,831,764	581,627	3.17%	1.09%
2016	34,700,612	587,757	2.57%	1.05%
2017	35,688,935	593,713	2.85%	1.01%
2018	36,743,039	599,513	2.95%	0.98%
2019	37,856,121	605,768	3.03%	1.04%
2020	39,068,979	612,317	3.2%	1.08%
2021	40,000,412	617,896	2.38%	0.91%
2022	40,578,842	623,164	1.45%	0.85%
2023	41,454,761	628,886	2.16%	0.92%
2024	42,647,492	634,431	2.88%	0.88%
2025	43,844,105	639,852	2.81%	0.85%
2026	45,047,056	645,257	2.74%	0.84%
2027	46,258,902	650,564	2.69%	0.82%
2028	47,470,560	655,783	2.62%	0.8%
2029	48,725,707	660,793	2.64%	0.76%
2030	50,039,392	665,650	2.7%	0.74%
2031	51,375,991	670,421	2.67%	0.72%
2032	52,707,835	675,070	2.59%	0.69%
2033	54,044,241	679,573	2.54%	0.67%
2034	55,359,451	683,911	2.43%	0.64%
2035	56,647,220	688,189	2.33%	0.63%
2036	57,953,651	692,343	2.31%	0.6%
2037	59,279,025	696,213	2.29%	0.56%
2038	60,597,829	699,908	2.22%	0.53%
2039	61,944,459	703,569	2.22%	0.52%
2040	63,347,863	707,156	2.27%	0.51%
2041	64,738,834	710,619	2.2%	0.49%
2042	66,060,206	713,900	2.04%	0.46%
2043	67,375,149	716,999	1.99%	0.43%
2044	68,703,950	719,920	1.97%	0.41%
2045	70,021,184	722,759	1.92%	0.39%
2046	71,384,682	725,322	1.95%	0.35%
2047	72,756,288	727,726	1.92%	0.33%
2048	74,109,717	730,038	1.86%	0.32%
2049	75,515,588	732,021	1.9%	0.27%
2050	76,885,118	733,898	1.81%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.