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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Thailand	Afghanistan	Thailand
1960	9,035,043	26,851,747	-	-
1961	9,214,083	27,650,334	1.98%	2.97%
1962	9,404,406	28,481,040	2.07%	3%
1963	9,604,487	29,342,322	2.13%	3.02%
1964	9,814,318	30,232,141	2.18%	3.03%
1965	10,036,008	31,149,337	2.26%	3.03%
1966	10,266,395	32,086,071	2.3%	3.01%
1967	10,505,959	33,037,801	2.33%	2.97%
1968	10,756,922	34,002,560	2.39%	2.92%
1969	11,017,409	34,973,782	2.42%	2.86%
1970	11,290,128	35,954,408	2.48%	2.8%
1971	11,567,667	36,937,387	2.46%	2.73%
1972	11,853,696	37,933,929	2.47%	2.7%
1973	12,157,999	38,947,787	2.57%	2.67%
1974	12,469,127	39,952,891	2.56%	2.58%
1975	12,773,954	40,940,005	2.44%	2.47%
1976	13,059,851	41,896,504	2.24%	2.34%
1977	13,340,756	42,843,974	2.15%	2.26%
1978	13,611,441	43,788,976	2.03%	2.21%
1979	13,655,567	44,718,434	0.32%	2.12%
1980	13,169,311	45,650,022	-3.56%	2.08%
1981	11,937,581	46,575,855	-9.35%	2.03%
1982	10,991,378	47,494,577	-7.93%	1.97%
1983	10,917,982	48,423,309	-0.67%	1.96%
1984	11,190,221	49,351,708	2.49%	1.92%
1985	11,426,852	50,270,753	2.11%	1.86%
1986	11,420,074	51,177,834	-0.06%	1.8%
1987	11,387,818	52,074,105	-0.28%	1.75%
1988	11,523,298	52,969,595	1.19%	1.72%
1989	11,874,088	53,848,956	3.04%	1.66%
1990	12,045,660	54,738,329	1.44%	1.65%
1991	12,238,879	55,637,434	1.6%	1.64%
1992	13,278,974	56,528,834	8.5%	1.6%
1993	14,943,172	57,408,198	12.5%	1.56%
1994	16,250,794	58,260,854	8.75%	1.49%
1995	17,065,836	59,098,232	5.02%	1.44%
1996	17,763,266	59,920,064	4.09%	1.39%
1997	18,452,091	60,724,584	3.88%	1.34%
1998	19,159,996	61,522,630	3.84%	1.31%
1999	19,887,785	62,299,043	3.8%	1.26%
2000	20,130,327	63,007,815	1.22%	1.14%
2001	20,284,307	63,651,141	0.76%	1.02%
2002	21,378,117	64,266,437	5.39%	0.97%
2003	22,733,049	64,868,166	6.34%	0.94%
2004	23,560,654	65,452,047	3.64%	0.9%
2005	24,404,567	66,017,420	3.58%	0.86%
2006	25,424,094	66,567,687	4.18%	0.83%
2007	25,909,852	67,102,394	1.91%	0.8%
2008	26,482,622	67,619,830	2.21%	0.77%
2009	27,466,101	68,121,080	3.71%	0.74%
2010	28,284,089	68,579,447	2.98%	0.67%
2011	29,347,708	69,007,208	3.76%	0.62%
2012	30,560,034	69,436,098	4.13%	0.62%
2013	31,622,704	69,845,114	3.48%	0.59%
2014	32,792,523	70,216,367	3.7%	0.53%
2015	33,831,764	70,540,795	3.17%	0.46%
2016	34,700,612	70,859,841	2.57%	0.45%
2017	35,688,935	71,160,187	2.85%	0.42%
2018	36,743,039	71,376,079	2.95%	0.3%
2019	37,856,121	71,522,271	3.03%	0.2%
2020	39,068,979	71,641,484	3.2%	0.17%
2021	40,000,412	71,727,332	2.38%	0.12%
2022	40,578,842	71,735,329	1.45%	0.01%
2023	41,454,761	71,702,435	2.16%	-0.05%
2024	42,647,492	71,668,011	2.88%	-0.05%
2025	43,844,105	71,619,867	2.81%	-0.07%
2026	45,047,056	71,559,621	2.74%	-0.08%
2027	46,258,902	71,488,156	2.69%	-0.1%
2028	47,470,560	71,406,996	2.62%	-0.11%
2029	48,725,707	71,316,195	2.64%	-0.13%
2030	50,039,392	71,215,017	2.7%	-0.14%
2031	51,375,991	71,104,025	2.67%	-0.16%
2032	52,707,835	70,982,286	2.59%	-0.17%
2033	54,044,241	70,847,947	2.54%	-0.19%
2034	55,359,451	70,701,651	2.43%	-0.21%
2035	56,647,220	70,540,884	2.33%	-0.23%
2036	57,953,651	70,366,496	2.31%	-0.25%
2037	59,279,025	70,180,031	2.29%	-0.26%
2038	60,597,829	69,979,034	2.22%	-0.29%
2039	61,944,459	69,763,928	2.22%	-0.31%
2040	63,347,863	69,535,003	2.27%	-0.33%
2041	64,738,834	69,288,477	2.2%	-0.35%
2042	66,060,206	69,025,348	2.04%	-0.38%
2043	67,375,149	68,748,075	1.99%	-0.4%
2044	68,703,950	68,456,533	1.97%	-0.42%
2045	70,021,184	68,150,148	1.92%	-0.45%
2046	71,384,682	67,827,309	1.95%	-0.47%
2047	72,756,288	67,489,358	1.92%	-0.5%
2048	74,109,717	67,136,737	1.86%	-0.52%
2049	75,515,588	66,767,316	1.9%	-0.55%
2050	76,885,118	66,382,732	1.81%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Afghanistan's population will grow by 70.6% to 76,885,118 people with a rank change from 36th to 25th. The population of Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.