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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Tonga	Afghanistan	Tonga
1960	9,035,043	66,170	-	-
1961	9,214,083	68,037	1.98%	2.82%
1962	9,404,406	69,940	2.07%	2.8%
1963	9,604,487	71,885	2.13%	2.78%
1964	9,814,318	73,879	2.18%	2.77%
1965	10,036,008	75,924	2.26%	2.77%
1966	10,266,395	78,002	2.3%	2.74%
1967	10,505,959	79,814	2.33%	2.32%
1968	10,756,922	81,353	2.39%	1.93%
1969	11,017,409	82,885	2.42%	1.88%
1970	11,290,128	84,401	2.48%	1.83%
1971	11,567,667	85,896	2.46%	1.77%
1972	11,853,696	87,356	2.47%	1.7%
1973	12,157,999	88,805	2.57%	1.66%
1974	12,469,127	90,683	2.56%	2.11%
1975	12,773,954	93,017	2.44%	2.57%
1976	13,059,851	95,325	2.24%	2.48%
1977	13,340,756	96,725	2.15%	1.47%
1978	13,611,441	97,204	2.03%	0.5%
1979	13,655,567	97,544	0.32%	0.35%
1980	13,169,311	97,769	-3.56%	0.23%
1981	11,937,581	97,909	-9.35%	0.14%
1982	10,991,378	97,980	-7.93%	0.07%
1983	10,917,982	97,998	-0.67%	0.02%
1984	11,190,221	97,990	2.49%	-0.008%
1985	11,426,852	97,984	2.11%	-0.006%
1986	11,420,074	98,010	-0.06%	0.03%
1987	11,387,818	98,376	-0.28%	0.37%
1988	11,523,298	98,969	1.19%	0.6%
1989	11,874,088	99,403	3.04%	0.44%
1990	12,045,660	99,700	1.44%	0.3%
1991	12,238,879	99,895	1.6%	0.2%
1992	13,278,974	100,022	8.5%	0.13%
1993	14,943,172	100,103	12.5%	0.08%
1994	16,250,794	100,166	8.75%	0.06%
1995	17,065,836	100,225	5.02%	0.06%
1996	17,763,266	100,275	4.09%	0.05%
1997	18,452,091	100,674	3.88%	0.4%
1998	19,159,996	101,388	3.84%	0.71%
1999	19,887,785	102,046	3.8%	0.65%
2000	20,130,327	102,677	1.22%	0.62%
2001	20,284,307	103,288	0.76%	0.6%
2002	21,378,117	103,874	5.39%	0.57%
2003	22,733,049	104,464	6.34%	0.57%
2004	23,560,654	105,071	3.64%	0.58%
2005	24,404,567	105,671	3.58%	0.57%
2006	25,424,094	106,253	4.18%	0.55%
2007	25,909,852	106,726	1.91%	0.45%
2008	26,482,622	107,020	2.21%	0.28%
2009	27,466,101	107,203	3.71%	0.17%
2010	28,284,089	107,400	2.98%	0.18%
2011	29,347,708	107,570	3.76%	0.16%
2012	30,560,034	107,460	4.13%	-0.1%
2013	31,622,704	107,078	3.48%	-0.36%
2014	32,792,523	106,609	3.7%	-0.44%
2015	33,831,764	106,095	3.17%	-0.48%
2016	34,700,612	105,524	2.57%	-0.54%
2017	35,688,935	105,356	2.85%	-0.16%
2018	36,743,039	105,567	2.95%	0.2%
2019	37,856,121	105,669	3.03%	0.1%
2020	39,068,979	105,704	3.2%	0.03%
2021	40,000,412	105,490	2.38%	-0.2%
2022	40,578,842	105,042	1.45%	-0.42%
2023	41,454,761	104,597	2.16%	-0.42%
2024	42,647,492	104,175	2.88%	-0.4%
2025	43,844,105	103,744	2.81%	-0.41%
2026	45,047,056	103,290	2.74%	-0.44%
2027	46,258,902	102,899	2.69%	-0.38%
2028	47,470,560	102,568	2.62%	-0.32%
2029	48,725,707	102,280	2.64%	-0.28%
2030	50,039,392	102,069	2.7%	-0.21%
2031	51,375,991	101,927	2.67%	-0.14%
2032	52,707,835	101,837	2.59%	-0.09%
2033	54,044,241	101,807	2.54%	-0.03%
2034	55,359,451	101,806	2.43%	-0.001%
2035	56,647,220	101,833	2.33%	0.03%
2036	57,953,651	101,895	2.31%	0.06%
2037	59,279,025	101,993	2.29%	0.1%
2038	60,597,829	102,173	2.22%	0.18%
2039	61,944,459	102,367	2.22%	0.19%
2040	63,347,863	102,568	2.27%	0.2%
2041	64,738,834	102,805	2.2%	0.23%
2042	66,060,206	103,038	2.04%	0.23%
2043	67,375,149	103,306	1.99%	0.26%
2044	68,703,950	103,612	1.97%	0.3%
2045	70,021,184	103,928	1.92%	0.3%
2046	71,384,682	104,232	1.95%	0.29%
2047	72,756,288	104,502	1.92%	0.26%
2048	74,109,717	104,744	1.86%	0.23%
2049	75,515,588	104,975	1.9%	0.22%
2050	76,885,118	105,193	1.81%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.