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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Vietnam	Afghanistan	Vietnam
1960	9,035,043	32,531,933	-	-
1961	9,214,083	33,409,059	1.98%	2.7%
1962	9,404,406	34,288,560	2.07%	2.63%
1963	9,604,487	35,249,101	2.13%	2.8%
1964	9,814,318	36,201,563	2.18%	2.7%
1965	10,036,008	37,129,656	2.26%	2.56%
1966	10,266,395	38,024,836	2.3%	2.41%
1967	10,505,959	38,895,080	2.33%	2.29%
1968	10,756,922	39,734,609	2.39%	2.16%
1969	11,017,409	40,582,096	2.42%	2.13%
1970	11,290,128	41,475,230	2.48%	2.2%
1971	11,567,667	42,449,276	2.46%	2.35%
1972	11,853,696	43,429,168	2.47%	2.31%
1973	12,157,999	44,409,861	2.57%	2.26%
1974	12,469,127	45,413,537	2.56%	2.26%
1975	12,773,954	46,482,903	2.44%	2.35%
1976	13,059,851	47,684,931	2.24%	2.59%
1977	13,340,756	48,954,872	2.15%	2.66%
1978	13,611,441	50,249,552	2.03%	2.64%
1979	13,655,567	51,378,211	0.32%	2.25%
1980	13,169,311	52,490,101	-3.56%	2.16%
1981	11,937,581	53,738,141	-9.35%	2.38%
1982	10,991,378	55,011,289	-7.93%	2.37%
1983	10,917,982	56,337,921	-0.67%	2.41%
1984	11,190,221	57,706,067	2.49%	2.43%
1985	11,426,852	59,060,622	2.11%	2.35%
1986	11,420,074	60,347,048	-0.06%	2.18%
1987	11,387,818	61,584,651	-0.28%	2.05%
1988	11,523,298	62,843,228	1.19%	2.04%
1989	11,874,088	64,147,348	3.04%	2.08%
1990	12,045,660	65,504,552	1.44%	2.12%
1991	12,238,879	66,891,775	1.6%	2.12%
1992	13,278,974	68,260,337	8.5%	2.05%
1993	14,943,172	69,586,384	12.5%	1.94%
1994	16,250,794	70,854,391	8.75%	1.82%
1995	17,065,836	72,049,940	5.02%	1.69%
1996	17,763,266	73,156,447	4.09%	1.54%
1997	18,452,091	74,226,889	3.88%	1.46%
1998	19,159,996	75,299,660	3.84%	1.45%
1999	19,887,785	76,287,452	3.8%	1.31%
2000	20,130,327	77,154,011	1.22%	1.14%
2001	20,284,307	77,969,361	0.76%	1.06%
2002	21,378,117	78,772,224	5.39%	1.03%
2003	22,733,049	79,563,777	6.34%	1%
2004	23,560,654	80,338,971	3.64%	0.97%
2005	24,404,567	81,088,313	3.58%	0.93%
2006	25,424,094	82,167,897	4.18%	1.33%
2007	25,909,852	83,633,375	1.91%	1.78%
2008	26,482,622	85,175,788	2.21%	1.84%
2009	27,466,101	86,460,018	3.71%	1.51%
2010	28,284,089	87,455,152	2.98%	1.15%
2011	29,347,708	88,468,314	3.76%	1.16%
2012	30,560,034	89,510,356	4.13%	1.18%
2013	31,622,704	90,573,104	3.48%	1.19%
2014	32,792,523	91,679,578	3.7%	1.22%
2015	33,831,764	92,823,254	3.17%	1.25%
2016	34,700,612	94,000,117	2.57%	1.27%
2017	35,688,935	95,176,977	2.85%	1.25%
2018	36,743,039	96,237,319	2.95%	1.11%
2019	37,856,121	97,173,776	3.03%	0.97%
2020	39,068,979	98,079,191	3.2%	0.93%
2021	40,000,412	98,935,098	2.38%	0.87%
2022	40,578,842	99,680,655	1.45%	0.75%
2023	41,454,761	100,352,192	2.16%	0.67%
2024	42,647,492	100,987,686	2.88%	0.63%
2025	43,844,105	101,598,531	2.81%	0.6%
2026	45,047,056	102,177,434	2.74%	0.57%
2027	46,258,902	102,727,392	2.69%	0.54%
2028	47,470,560	103,255,746	2.62%	0.51%
2029	48,725,707	103,761,151	2.64%	0.49%
2030	50,039,392	104,254,900	2.7%	0.48%
2031	51,375,991	104,737,913	2.67%	0.46%
2032	52,707,835	105,204,401	2.59%	0.45%
2033	54,044,241	105,656,307	2.54%	0.43%
2034	55,359,451	106,097,515	2.43%	0.42%
2035	56,647,220	106,530,671	2.33%	0.41%
2036	57,953,651	106,945,842	2.31%	0.39%
2037	59,279,025	107,346,046	2.29%	0.37%
2038	60,597,829	107,732,019	2.22%	0.36%
2039	61,944,459	108,097,653	2.22%	0.34%
2040	63,347,863	108,437,634	2.27%	0.31%
2041	64,738,834	108,752,199	2.2%	0.29%
2042	66,060,206	109,040,314	2.04%	0.26%
2043	67,375,149	109,292,559	1.99%	0.23%
2044	68,703,950	109,506,274	1.97%	0.2%
2045	70,021,184	109,685,396	1.92%	0.16%
2046	71,384,682	109,827,664	1.95%	0.13%
2047	72,756,288	109,930,243	1.92%	0.09%
2048	74,109,717	109,994,024	1.86%	0.06%
2049	75,515,588	110,018,017	1.9%	0.02%
2050	76,885,118	110,008,910	1.81%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.