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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Venezuela	Afghanistan	Venezuela
1960	9,035,043	8,160,090	-	-
1961	9,214,083	8,455,915	1.98%	3.63%
1962	9,404,406	8,756,870	2.07%	3.56%
1963	9,604,487	9,064,021	2.13%	3.51%
1964	9,814,318	9,377,712	2.18%	3.46%
1965	10,036,008	9,697,790	2.26%	3.41%
1966	10,266,395	10,024,854	2.3%	3.37%
1967	10,505,959	10,358,513	2.33%	3.33%
1968	10,756,922	10,697,530	2.39%	3.27%
1969	11,017,409	11,040,280	2.42%	3.2%
1970	11,290,128	11,387,790	2.48%	3.15%
1971	11,567,667	11,741,008	2.46%	3.1%
1972	11,853,696	12,099,180	2.47%	3.05%
1973	12,157,999	12,463,537	2.57%	3.01%
1974	12,469,127	12,835,351	2.56%	2.98%
1975	12,773,954	13,215,892	2.44%	2.96%
1976	13,059,851	13,606,284	2.24%	2.95%
1977	13,340,756	14,006,812	2.15%	2.94%
1978	13,611,441	14,416,684	2.03%	2.93%
1979	13,655,567	14,834,552	0.32%	2.9%
1980	13,169,311	15,258,218	-3.56%	2.86%
1981	11,937,581	15,687,297	-9.35%	2.81%
1982	10,991,378	16,121,874	-7.93%	2.77%
1983	10,917,982	16,562,205	-0.67%	2.73%
1984	11,190,221	17,008,841	2.49%	2.7%
1985	11,426,852	17,461,434	2.11%	2.66%
1986	11,420,074	17,923,536	-0.06%	2.65%
1987	11,387,818	18,394,963	-0.28%	2.63%
1988	11,523,298	18,871,020	1.19%	2.59%
1989	11,874,088	19,348,921	3.04%	2.53%
1990	12,045,660	19,827,010	1.44%	2.47%
1991	12,238,879	20,304,896	1.6%	2.41%
1992	13,278,974	20,780,948	8.5%	2.34%
1993	14,943,172	21,254,520	12.5%	2.28%
1994	16,250,794	21,725,188	8.75%	2.21%
1995	17,065,836	22,193,821	5.02%	2.16%
1996	17,763,266	22,662,113	4.09%	2.11%
1997	18,452,091	23,131,685	3.88%	2.07%
1998	19,159,996	23,601,337	3.84%	2.03%
1999	19,887,785	24,066,593	3.8%	1.97%
2000	20,130,327	24,526,708	1.22%	1.91%
2001	20,284,307	24,979,922	0.76%	1.85%
2002	21,378,117	25,435,671	5.39%	1.82%
2003	22,733,049	25,892,703	6.34%	1.8%
2004	23,560,654	26,340,838	3.64%	1.73%
2005	24,404,567	26,785,804	3.58%	1.69%
2006	25,424,094	27,224,686	4.18%	1.64%
2007	25,909,852	27,649,363	1.91%	1.56%
2008	26,482,622	28,053,696	2.21%	1.46%
2009	27,466,101	28,438,298	3.71%	1.37%
2010	28,284,089	28,813,101	2.98%	1.32%
2011	29,347,708	29,185,212	3.76%	1.29%
2012	30,560,034	29,553,826	4.13%	1.26%
2013	31,622,704	29,912,198	3.48%	1.21%
2014	32,792,523	30,254,079	3.7%	1.14%
2015	33,831,764	30,573,972	3.17%	1.06%
2016	34,700,612	30,765,720	2.57%	0.63%
2017	35,688,935	30,565,323	2.85%	-0.65%
2018	36,743,039	29,807,592	2.95%	-2.48%
2019	37,856,121	28,938,098	3.03%	-2.92%
2020	39,068,979	28,444,077	3.2%	-1.71%
2021	40,000,412	28,237,826	2.38%	-0.73%
2022	40,578,842	28,213,017	1.45%	-0.09%
2023	41,454,761	28,300,854	2.16%	0.31%
2024	42,647,492	28,405,543	2.88%	0.37%
2025	43,844,105	28,516,898	2.81%	0.39%
2026	45,047,056	28,633,718	2.74%	0.41%
2027	46,258,902	28,758,565	2.69%	0.44%
2028	47,470,560	28,885,166	2.62%	0.44%
2029	48,725,707	29,014,444	2.64%	0.45%
2030	50,039,392	29,151,809	2.7%	0.47%
2031	51,375,991	29,295,744	2.67%	0.49%
2032	52,707,835	29,442,534	2.59%	0.5%
2033	54,044,241	29,587,099	2.54%	0.49%
2034	55,359,451	29,735,159	2.43%	0.5%
2035	56,647,220	29,883,329	2.33%	0.5%
2036	57,953,651	30,020,167	2.31%	0.46%
2037	59,279,025	30,146,546	2.29%	0.42%
2038	60,597,829	30,268,328	2.22%	0.4%
2039	61,944,459	30,386,284	2.22%	0.39%
2040	63,347,863	30,495,445	2.27%	0.36%
2041	64,738,834	30,590,207	2.2%	0.31%
2042	66,060,206	30,674,532	2.04%	0.28%
2043	67,375,149	30,749,671	1.99%	0.24%
2044	68,703,950	30,813,805	1.97%	0.21%
2045	70,021,184	30,871,490	1.92%	0.19%
2046	71,384,682	30,923,463	1.95%	0.17%
2047	72,756,288	30,974,366	1.92%	0.16%
2048	74,109,717	31,021,600	1.86%	0.15%
2049	75,515,588	31,059,954	1.9%	0.12%
2050	76,885,118	31,094,884	1.81%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,541,034 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -2,130,638 (a 6.93% decline).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2006 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.59% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.