Population in Afghanistan compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Afghanistan and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	United Kingdom	Afghanistan	United Kingdom
1960	9,035,043	52,400,000	-	-
1961	9,214,083	52,800,000	1.98%	0.76%
1962	9,404,406	53,250,000	2.07%	0.85%
1963	9,604,487	53,650,000	2.13%	0.75%
1964	9,814,318	54,000,000	2.18%	0.65%
1965	10,036,008	54,348,050	2.26%	0.64%
1966	10,266,395	54,648,500	2.3%	0.55%
1967	10,505,959	54,943,600	2.33%	0.54%
1968	10,756,922	55,211,700	2.39%	0.49%
1969	11,017,409	55,441,750	2.42%	0.42%
1970	11,290,128	55,663,250	2.48%	0.4%
1971	11,567,667	55,896,223	2.46%	0.42%
1972	11,853,696	56,086,065	2.47%	0.34%
1973	12,157,999	56,194,527	2.57%	0.19%
1974	12,469,127	56,229,974	2.56%	0.06%
1975	12,773,954	56,225,800	2.44%	-0.007%
1976	13,059,851	56,211,968	2.24%	-0.02%
1977	13,340,756	56,193,492	2.15%	-0.03%
1978	13,611,441	56,196,504	2.03%	0.005%
1979	13,655,567	56,246,951	0.32%	0.09%
1980	13,169,311	56,314,216	-3.56%	0.12%
1981	11,937,581	56,333,829	-9.35%	0.03%
1982	10,991,378	56,313,641	-7.93%	-0.04%
1983	10,917,982	56,332,848	-0.67%	0.03%
1984	11,190,221	56,422,072	2.49%	0.16%
1985	11,426,852	56,550,268	2.11%	0.23%
1986	11,420,074	56,681,396	-0.06%	0.23%
1987	11,387,818	56,802,050	-0.28%	0.21%
1988	11,523,298	56,928,327	1.19%	0.22%
1989	11,874,088	57,076,711	3.04%	0.26%
1990	12,045,660	57,247,586	1.44%	0.3%
1991	12,238,879	57,424,897	1.6%	0.31%
1992	13,278,974	57,580,402	8.5%	0.27%
1993	14,943,172	57,718,614	12.5%	0.24%
1994	16,250,794	57,865,745	8.75%	0.25%
1995	17,065,836	58,019,030	5.02%	0.26%
1996	17,763,266	58,166,950	4.09%	0.25%
1997	18,452,091	58,316,954	3.88%	0.26%
1998	19,159,996	58,487,141	3.84%	0.29%
1999	19,887,785	58,682,466	3.8%	0.33%
2000	20,130,327	58,892,514	1.22%	0.36%
2001	20,284,307	59,119,673	0.76%	0.39%
2002	21,378,117	59,370,479	5.39%	0.42%
2003	22,733,049	59,647,577	6.34%	0.47%
2004	23,560,654	59,987,905	3.64%	0.57%
2005	24,404,567	60,401,206	3.58%	0.69%
2006	25,424,094	60,846,820	4.18%	0.74%
2007	25,909,852	61,322,463	1.91%	0.78%
2008	26,482,622	61,806,995	2.21%	0.79%
2009	27,466,101	62,276,270	3.71%	0.76%
2010	28,284,089	62,766,365	2.98%	0.79%
2011	29,347,708	63,258,810	3.76%	0.78%
2012	30,560,034	63,711,000	4.13%	0.71%
2013	31,622,704	64,139,000	3.48%	0.67%
2014	32,792,523	64,620,000	3.7%	0.75%
2015	33,831,764	65,088,000	3.17%	0.72%
2016	34,700,612	65,607,000	2.57%	0.8%
2017	35,688,935	65,966,000	2.85%	0.55%
2018	36,743,039	66,289,000	2.95%	0.49%
2019	37,856,121	66,631,000	3.03%	0.52%
2020	39,068,979	66,744,000	3.2%	0.17%
2021	40,000,412	66,984,000	2.38%	0.36%
2022	40,578,842	67,604,000	1.45%	0.93%
2023	41,454,761	68,492,000	2.16%	1.31%
2024	42,647,492	69,226,000	2.88%	1.07%
2025	43,844,105	69,639,673	2.81%	0.6%
2026	45,047,056	70,020,350	2.74%	0.55%
2027	46,258,902	70,382,853	2.69%	0.52%
2028	47,470,560	70,732,699	2.62%	0.5%
2029	48,725,707	71,061,482	2.64%	0.46%
2030	50,039,392	71,377,535	2.7%	0.44%
2031	51,375,991	71,678,351	2.67%	0.42%
2032	52,707,835	71,959,934	2.59%	0.39%
2033	54,044,241	72,234,509	2.54%	0.38%
2034	55,359,451	72,497,650	2.43%	0.36%
2035	56,647,220	72,749,096	2.33%	0.35%
2036	57,953,651	72,990,847	2.31%	0.33%
2037	59,279,025	73,218,850	2.29%	0.31%
2038	60,597,829	73,441,349	2.22%	0.3%
2039	61,944,459	73,658,392	2.22%	0.3%
2040	63,347,863	73,868,334	2.27%	0.29%
2041	64,738,834	74,074,316	2.2%	0.28%
2042	66,060,206	74,275,779	2.04%	0.27%
2043	67,375,149	74,475,035	1.99%	0.27%
2044	68,703,950	74,667,284	1.97%	0.26%
2045	70,021,184	74,848,605	1.92%	0.24%
2046	71,384,682	75,020,949	1.95%	0.23%
2047	72,756,288	75,184,478	1.92%	0.22%
2048	74,109,717	75,337,543	1.86%	0.2%
2049	75,515,588	75,476,141	1.9%	0.18%
2050	76,885,118	75,600,588	1.81%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.