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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Tanzania	Afghanistan	Tanzania
1960	9,035,043	9,901,419	-	-
1961	9,214,083	10,187,886	1.98%	2.89%
1962	9,404,406	10,487,756	2.07%	2.94%
1963	9,604,487	10,799,528	2.13%	2.97%
1964	9,814,318	11,127,826	2.18%	3.04%
1965	10,036,008	11,470,728	2.26%	3.08%
1966	10,266,395	11,827,459	2.3%	3.11%
1967	10,505,959	12,200,109	2.33%	3.15%
1968	10,756,922	12,602,076	2.39%	3.29%
1969	11,017,409	13,036,700	2.42%	3.45%
1970	11,290,128	13,492,677	2.48%	3.5%
1971	11,567,667	13,971,451	2.46%	3.55%
1972	11,853,696	14,479,308	2.47%	3.63%
1973	12,157,999	15,010,101	2.57%	3.67%
1974	12,469,127	15,561,630	2.56%	3.67%
1975	12,773,954	16,138,361	2.44%	3.71%
1976	13,059,851	16,736,211	2.24%	3.7%
1977	13,340,756	17,352,929	2.15%	3.68%
1978	13,611,441	17,976,566	2.03%	3.59%
1979	13,655,567	18,592,038	0.32%	3.42%
1980	13,169,311	19,189,769	-3.56%	3.21%
1981	11,937,581	19,784,703	-9.35%	3.1%
1982	10,991,378	20,398,571	-7.93%	3.1%
1983	10,917,982	21,079,874	-0.67%	3.34%
1984	11,190,221	21,779,066	2.49%	3.32%
1985	11,426,852	22,501,693	2.11%	3.32%
1986	11,420,074	23,258,959	-0.06%	3.37%
1987	11,387,818	24,030,378	-0.28%	3.32%
1988	11,523,298	24,769,686	1.19%	3.08%
1989	11,874,088	25,438,759	3.04%	2.7%
1990	12,045,660	26,110,207	1.44%	2.64%
1991	12,238,879	26,780,436	1.6%	2.57%
1992	13,278,974	27,457,588	8.5%	2.53%
1993	14,943,172	28,332,692	12.5%	3.19%
1994	16,250,794	29,442,356	8.75%	3.92%
1995	17,065,836	30,383,497	5.02%	3.2%
1996	17,763,266	30,945,762	4.09%	1.85%
1997	18,452,091	31,578,089	3.88%	2.04%
1998	19,159,996	32,420,458	3.84%	2.67%
1999	19,887,785	33,300,330	3.8%	2.71%
2000	20,130,327	34,260,139	1.22%	2.88%
2001	20,284,307	35,198,299	0.76%	2.74%
2002	21,378,117	36,121,304	5.39%	2.62%
2003	22,733,049	37,089,555	6.34%	2.68%
2004	23,560,654	38,109,668	3.64%	2.75%
2005	24,404,567	39,182,076	3.58%	2.81%
2006	25,424,094	40,294,902	4.18%	2.84%
2007	25,909,852	41,435,512	1.91%	2.83%
2008	26,482,622	42,570,728	2.21%	2.74%
2009	27,466,101	43,633,982	3.71%	2.5%
2010	28,284,089	44,758,488	2.98%	2.58%
2011	29,347,708	46,029,367	3.76%	2.84%
2012	30,560,034	47,374,260	4.13%	2.92%
2013	31,622,704	48,824,128	3.48%	3.06%
2014	32,792,523	50,351,512	3.7%	3.13%
2015	33,831,764	52,020,962	3.17%	3.32%
2016	34,700,612	53,824,013	2.57%	3.47%
2017	35,688,935	55,652,890	2.85%	3.4%
2018	36,743,039	57,437,145	2.95%	3.21%
2019	37,856,121	59,174,891	3.03%	3.03%
2020	39,068,979	60,972,798	3.2%	3.04%
2021	40,000,412	62,830,412	2.38%	3.05%
2022	40,578,842	64,711,821	1.45%	2.99%
2023	41,454,761	66,617,606	2.16%	2.95%
2024	42,647,492	68,560,157	2.88%	2.92%
2025	43,844,105	70,545,858	2.81%	2.9%
2026	45,047,056	72,563,773	2.74%	2.86%
2027	46,258,902	74,604,804	2.69%	2.81%
2028	47,470,560	76,670,483	2.62%	2.77%
2029	48,725,707	78,773,192	2.64%	2.74%
2030	50,039,392	80,913,118	2.7%	2.72%
2031	51,375,991	83,087,927	2.67%	2.69%
2032	52,707,835	85,293,126	2.59%	2.65%
2033	54,044,241	87,520,491	2.54%	2.61%
2034	55,359,451	89,788,673	2.43%	2.59%
2035	56,647,220	92,091,418	2.33%	2.56%
2036	57,953,651	94,420,808	2.31%	2.53%
2037	59,279,025	96,775,766	2.29%	2.49%
2038	60,597,829	99,156,465	2.22%	2.46%
2039	61,944,459	101,567,525	2.22%	2.43%
2040	63,347,863	103,999,350	2.27%	2.39%
2041	64,738,834	106,448,475	2.2%	2.35%
2042	66,060,206	108,926,272	2.04%	2.33%
2043	67,375,149	111,433,788	1.99%	2.3%
2044	68,703,950	113,966,263	1.97%	2.27%
2045	70,021,184	116,525,463	1.92%	2.25%
2046	71,384,682	119,109,670	1.95%	2.22%
2047	72,756,288	121,721,018	1.92%	2.19%
2048	74,109,717	124,351,294	1.86%	2.16%
2049	75,515,588	126,981,394	1.9%	2.12%
2050	76,885,118	129,621,083	1.81%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.