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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Turkey	Afghanistan	Turkey
1960	9,035,043	28,329,898	-	-
1961	9,214,083	29,119,238	1.98%	2.79%
1962	9,404,406	29,916,147	2.07%	2.74%
1963	9,604,487	30,726,841	2.13%	2.71%
1964	9,814,318	31,543,072	2.18%	2.66%
1965	10,036,008	32,345,220	2.26%	2.54%
1966	10,266,395	33,177,672	2.3%	2.57%
1967	10,505,959	34,050,421	2.33%	2.63%
1968	10,756,922	34,921,684	2.39%	2.56%
1969	11,017,409	35,787,774	2.42%	2.48%
1970	11,290,128	36,638,465	2.48%	2.38%
1971	11,567,667	37,518,611	2.46%	2.4%
1972	11,853,696	38,430,221	2.47%	2.43%
1973	12,157,999	39,329,533	2.57%	2.34%
1974	12,469,127	40,210,234	2.56%	2.24%
1975	12,773,954	41,053,126	2.44%	2.1%
1976	13,059,851	41,899,984	2.24%	2.06%
1977	13,340,756	42,773,298	2.15%	2.08%
1978	13,611,441	43,645,306	2.03%	2.04%
1979	13,655,567	44,510,429	0.32%	1.98%
1980	13,169,311	45,408,815	-3.56%	2.02%
1981	11,937,581	46,321,190	-9.35%	2.01%
1982	10,991,378	47,322,096	-7.93%	2.16%
1983	10,917,982	48,447,410	-0.67%	2.38%
1984	11,190,221	49,574,069	2.49%	2.33%
1985	11,426,852	50,687,115	2.11%	2.25%
1986	11,420,074	51,777,772	-0.06%	2.15%
1987	11,387,818	52,843,670	-0.28%	2.06%
1988	11,523,298	53,909,626	1.19%	2.02%
1989	11,874,088	54,976,723	3.04%	1.98%
1990	12,045,660	56,015,628	1.44%	1.89%
1991	12,238,879	57,009,887	1.6%	1.77%
1992	13,278,974	57,990,118	8.5%	1.72%
1993	14,943,172	58,999,167	12.5%	1.74%
1994	16,250,794	60,033,836	8.75%	1.75%
1995	17,065,836	61,024,503	5.02%	1.65%
1996	17,763,266	61,951,134	4.09%	1.52%
1997	18,452,091	62,852,966	3.88%	1.46%
1998	19,159,996	63,734,383	3.84%	1.4%
1999	19,887,785	64,591,923	3.8%	1.35%
2000	20,130,327	65,425,961	1.22%	1.29%
2001	20,284,307	66,245,128	0.76%	1.25%
2002	21,378,117	67,048,795	5.39%	1.21%
2003	22,733,049	67,831,730	6.34%	1.17%
2004	23,560,654	68,592,617	3.64%	1.12%
2005	24,404,567	69,329,557	3.58%	1.07%
2006	25,424,094	70,045,349	4.18%	1.03%
2007	25,909,852	70,158,112	1.91%	0.16%
2008	26,482,622	71,051,678	2.21%	1.27%
2009	27,466,101	72,039,206	3.71%	1.39%
2010	28,284,089	73,142,150	2.98%	1.53%
2011	29,347,708	74,223,629	3.76%	1.48%
2012	30,560,034	75,175,827	4.13%	1.28%
2013	31,622,704	76,147,624	3.48%	1.29%
2014	32,792,523	77,181,884	3.7%	1.36%
2015	33,831,764	78,218,479	3.17%	1.34%
2016	34,700,612	79,277,962	2.57%	1.35%
2017	35,688,935	80,312,698	2.85%	1.31%
2018	36,743,039	81,407,204	2.95%	1.36%
2019	37,856,121	82,579,440	3.03%	1.44%
2020	39,068,979	83,384,680	3.2%	0.98%
2021	40,000,412	84,147,318	2.38%	0.91%
2022	40,578,842	84,979,913	1.45%	0.99%
2023	41,454,761	85,325,965	2.16%	0.41%
2024	42,647,492	85,518,661	2.88%	0.23%
2025	43,844,105	85,725,557	2.81%	0.24%
2026	45,047,056	85,960,835	2.74%	0.27%
2027	46,258,902	86,227,115	2.69%	0.31%
2028	47,470,560	86,502,744	2.62%	0.32%
2029	48,725,707	86,771,652	2.64%	0.31%
2030	50,039,392	87,037,680	2.7%	0.31%
2031	51,375,991	87,297,191	2.67%	0.3%
2032	52,707,835	87,537,075	2.59%	0.27%
2033	54,044,241	87,762,403	2.54%	0.26%
2034	55,359,451	87,974,138	2.43%	0.24%
2035	56,647,220	88,172,739	2.33%	0.23%
2036	57,953,651	88,364,318	2.31%	0.22%
2037	59,279,025	88,545,669	2.29%	0.21%
2038	60,597,829	88,707,268	2.22%	0.18%
2039	61,944,459	88,849,956	2.22%	0.16%
2040	63,347,863	88,975,510	2.27%	0.14%
2041	64,738,834	89,083,304	2.2%	0.12%
2042	66,060,206	89,177,769	2.04%	0.11%
2043	67,375,149	89,254,147	1.99%	0.09%
2044	68,703,950	89,311,458	1.97%	0.06%
2045	70,021,184	89,349,806	1.92%	0.04%
2046	71,384,682	89,375,429	1.95%	0.03%
2047	72,756,288	89,383,765	1.92%	0.009%
2048	74,109,717	89,361,174	1.86%	-0.03%
2049	75,515,588	89,306,566	1.9%	-0.06%
2050	76,885,118	89,218,346	1.81%	-0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.