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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Uganda	Afghanistan	Uganda
1960	9,035,043	7,640,973	-	-
1961	9,214,083	7,862,217	1.98%	2.9%
1962	9,404,406	8,092,231	2.07%	2.93%
1963	9,604,487	8,333,663	2.13%	2.98%
1964	9,814,318	8,586,363	2.18%	3.03%
1965	10,036,008	8,849,203	2.26%	3.06%
1966	10,266,395	9,122,864	2.3%	3.09%
1967	10,505,959	9,408,924	2.33%	3.14%
1968	10,756,922	9,708,632	2.39%	3.19%
1969	11,017,409	10,014,858	2.42%	3.15%
1970	11,290,128	10,321,603	2.48%	3.06%
1971	11,567,667	10,618,206	2.46%	2.87%
1972	11,853,696	10,885,796	2.47%	2.52%
1973	12,157,999	11,144,236	2.57%	2.37%
1974	12,469,127	11,424,846	2.56%	2.52%
1975	12,773,954	11,725,240	2.44%	2.63%
1976	13,059,851	12,037,294	2.24%	2.66%
1977	13,340,756	12,359,669	2.15%	2.68%
1978	13,611,441	12,692,113	2.03%	2.69%
1979	13,655,567	13,002,163	0.32%	2.44%
1980	13,169,311	13,275,741	-3.56%	2.1%
1981	11,937,581	13,556,452	-9.35%	2.11%
1982	10,991,378	13,873,631	-7.93%	2.34%
1983	10,917,982	14,221,881	-0.67%	2.51%
1984	11,190,221	14,607,677	2.49%	2.71%
1985	11,426,852	15,023,681	2.11%	2.85%
1986	11,420,074	15,467,579	-0.06%	2.95%
1987	11,387,818	15,954,170	-0.28%	3.15%
1988	11,523,298	16,470,483	1.19%	3.24%
1989	11,874,088	17,010,698	3.04%	3.28%
1990	12,045,660	17,569,897	1.44%	3.29%
1991	12,238,879	18,155,901	1.6%	3.34%
1992	13,278,974	18,785,032	8.5%	3.47%
1993	14,943,172	19,445,161	12.5%	3.51%
1994	16,250,794	20,108,801	8.75%	3.41%
1995	17,065,836	20,665,667	5.02%	2.77%
1996	17,763,266	21,231,550	4.09%	2.74%
1997	18,452,091	21,856,046	3.88%	2.94%
1998	19,159,996	22,515,806	3.84%	3.02%
1999	19,887,785	23,257,281	3.8%	3.29%
2000	20,130,327	24,000,150	1.22%	3.19%
2001	20,284,307	24,745,676	0.76%	3.11%
2002	21,378,117	25,532,870	5.39%	3.18%
2003	22,733,049	26,352,124	6.34%	3.21%
2004	23,560,654	27,154,515	3.64%	3.04%
2005	24,404,567	27,963,289	3.58%	2.98%
2006	25,424,094	28,794,003	4.18%	2.97%
2007	25,909,852	29,653,430	1.91%	2.98%
2008	26,482,622	30,539,553	2.21%	2.99%
2009	27,466,101	31,451,151	3.71%	2.98%
2010	28,284,089	32,390,802	2.98%	2.99%
2011	29,347,708	33,354,543	3.76%	2.98%
2012	30,560,034	34,337,438	4.13%	2.95%
2013	31,622,704	35,337,042	3.48%	2.91%
2014	32,792,523	36,395,539	3.7%	3%
2015	33,831,764	37,531,446	3.17%	3.12%
2016	34,700,612	38,799,152	2.57%	3.38%
2017	35,688,935	40,177,388	2.85%	3.55%
2018	36,743,039	41,565,831	2.95%	3.46%
2019	37,856,121	42,999,637	3.03%	3.45%
2020	39,068,979	44,457,152	3.2%	3.39%
2021	40,000,412	45,910,930	2.38%	3.27%
2022	40,578,842	47,312,719	1.45%	3.05%
2023	41,454,761	48,656,601	2.16%	2.84%
2024	42,647,492	50,015,092	2.88%	2.79%
2025	43,844,105	51,384,895	2.81%	2.74%
2026	45,047,056	52,761,471	2.74%	2.68%
2027	46,258,902	54,144,274	2.69%	2.62%
2028	47,470,560	55,532,564	2.62%	2.56%
2029	48,725,707	56,922,797	2.64%	2.5%
2030	50,039,392	58,312,944	2.7%	2.44%
2031	51,375,991	59,703,537	2.67%	2.38%
2032	52,707,835	61,089,060	2.59%	2.32%
2033	54,044,241	62,464,116	2.54%	2.25%
2034	55,359,451	63,833,872	2.43%	2.19%
2035	56,647,220	65,205,570	2.33%	2.15%
2036	57,953,651	66,573,737	2.31%	2.1%
2037	59,279,025	67,942,634	2.29%	2.06%
2038	60,597,829	69,312,210	2.22%	2.02%
2039	61,944,459	70,669,875	2.22%	1.96%
2040	63,347,863	72,020,414	2.27%	1.91%
2041	64,738,834	73,372,658	2.2%	1.88%
2042	66,060,206	74,730,004	2.04%	1.85%
2043	67,375,149	76,090,991	1.99%	1.82%
2044	68,703,950	77,449,517	1.97%	1.79%
2045	70,021,184	78,797,995	1.92%	1.74%
2046	71,384,682	80,139,174	1.95%	1.7%
2047	72,756,288	81,478,503	1.92%	1.67%
2048	74,109,717	82,812,102	1.86%	1.64%
2049	75,515,588	84,130,056	1.9%	1.59%
2050	76,885,118	85,431,202	1.81%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.