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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Uzbekistan	Afghanistan	Uzbekistan
1960	9,035,043	8,209,109	-	-
1961	9,214,083	8,517,711	1.98%	3.76%
1962	9,404,406	8,854,368	2.07%	3.95%
1963	9,604,487	9,202,246	2.13%	3.93%
1964	9,814,318	9,557,611	2.18%	3.86%
1965	10,036,008	9,921,681	2.26%	3.81%
1966	10,266,395	10,289,294	2.3%	3.71%
1967	10,505,959	10,659,180	2.33%	3.59%
1968	10,756,922	11,032,155	2.39%	3.5%
1969	11,017,409	11,403,150	2.42%	3.36%
1970	11,290,128	11,762,638	2.48%	3.15%
1971	11,567,667	12,111,511	2.46%	2.97%
1972	11,853,696	12,465,106	2.47%	2.92%
1973	12,157,999	12,831,047	2.57%	2.94%
1974	12,469,127	13,209,011	2.56%	2.95%
1975	12,773,954	13,598,521	2.44%	2.95%
1976	13,059,851	13,998,620	2.24%	2.94%
1977	13,340,756	14,408,822	2.15%	2.93%
1978	13,611,441	14,816,349	2.03%	2.83%
1979	13,655,567	15,215,587	0.32%	2.69%
1980	13,169,311	15,619,936	-3.56%	2.66%
1981	11,937,581	16,035,032	-9.35%	2.66%
1982	10,991,378	16,462,736	-7.93%	2.67%
1983	10,917,982	16,908,400	-0.67%	2.71%
1984	11,190,221	17,378,846	2.49%	2.78%
1985	11,426,852	17,875,339	2.11%	2.86%
1986	11,420,074	18,395,621	-0.06%	2.91%
1987	11,387,818	18,930,070	-0.28%	2.91%
1988	11,523,298	19,460,630	1.19%	2.8%
1989	11,874,088	19,977,183	3.04%	2.65%
1990	12,045,660	20,464,956	1.44%	2.44%
1991	12,238,879	20,962,910	1.6%	2.43%
1992	13,278,974	21,485,090	8.5%	2.49%
1993	14,943,172	21,987,955	12.5%	2.34%
1994	16,250,794	22,463,291	8.75%	2.16%
1995	17,065,836	22,917,589	5.02%	2.02%
1996	17,763,266	23,351,981	4.09%	1.9%
1997	18,452,091	23,758,960	3.88%	1.74%
1998	19,159,996	24,134,929	3.84%	1.58%
1999	19,887,785	24,476,008	3.8%	1.41%
2000	20,130,327	24,787,054	1.22%	1.27%
2001	20,284,307	25,090,283	0.76%	1.22%
2002	21,378,117	25,399,980	5.39%	1.23%
2003	22,733,049	25,711,259	6.34%	1.23%
2004	23,560,654	26,029,350	3.64%	1.24%
2005	24,404,567	26,356,975	3.58%	1.26%
2006	25,424,094	26,699,043	4.18%	1.3%
2007	25,909,852	27,076,008	1.91%	1.41%
2008	26,482,622	27,494,774	2.21%	1.55%
2009	27,466,101	27,939,328	3.71%	1.62%
2010	28,284,089	28,385,506	2.98%	1.6%
2011	29,347,708	28,823,196	3.76%	1.54%
2012	30,560,034	29,261,903	4.13%	1.52%
2013	31,622,704	29,724,065	3.48%	1.58%
2014	32,792,523	30,222,994	3.7%	1.68%
2015	33,831,764	30,749,346	3.17%	1.74%
2016	34,700,612	31,284,568	2.57%	1.74%
2017	35,688,935	31,819,178	2.85%	1.71%
2018	36,743,039	32,373,490	2.95%	1.74%
2019	37,856,121	32,964,701	3.03%	1.83%
2020	39,068,979	33,586,372	3.2%	1.89%
2021	40,000,412	34,243,696	2.38%	1.96%
2022	40,578,842	34,938,955	1.45%	2.03%
2023	41,454,761	35,652,307	2.16%	2.04%
2024	42,647,492	36,361,859	2.88%	1.99%
2025	43,844,105	37,053,425	2.81%	1.9%
2026	45,047,056	37,724,224	2.74%	1.81%
2027	46,258,902	38,376,104	2.69%	1.73%
2028	47,470,560	39,010,995	2.62%	1.65%
2029	48,725,707	39,634,353	2.64%	1.6%
2030	50,039,392	40,248,246	2.7%	1.55%
2031	51,375,991	40,850,310	2.67%	1.5%
2032	52,707,835	41,442,243	2.59%	1.45%
2033	54,044,241	42,026,366	2.54%	1.41%
2034	55,359,451	42,603,253	2.43%	1.37%
2035	56,647,220	43,175,104	2.33%	1.34%
2036	57,953,651	43,744,382	2.31%	1.32%
2037	59,279,025	44,313,638	2.29%	1.3%
2038	60,597,829	44,885,866	2.22%	1.29%
2039	61,944,459	45,461,988	2.22%	1.28%
2040	63,347,863	46,044,151	2.27%	1.28%
2041	64,738,834	46,636,742	2.2%	1.29%
2042	66,060,206	47,240,035	2.04%	1.29%
2043	67,375,149	47,851,671	1.99%	1.29%
2044	68,703,950	48,470,624	1.97%	1.29%
2045	70,021,184	49,096,060	1.92%	1.29%
2046	71,384,682	49,724,395	1.95%	1.28%
2047	72,756,288	50,351,710	1.92%	1.26%
2048	74,109,717	50,975,927	1.86%	1.24%
2049	75,515,588	51,596,108	1.9%	1.22%
2050	76,885,118	52,210,749	1.81%	1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,427,197 people (a 38.6% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Afghanistan gained 10,978,645 (a 32.5% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2005 and is 36th in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.