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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Afghanistan	Yemen	Afghanistan	Yemen
1960	9,035,043	5,532,301	-	-
1961	9,214,083	5,655,232	1.98%	2.22%
1962	9,404,406	5,782,221	2.07%	2.25%
1963	9,604,487	5,911,135	2.13%	2.23%
1964	9,814,318	6,048,006	2.18%	2.32%
1965	10,036,008	6,195,593	2.26%	2.44%
1966	10,266,395	6,351,494	2.3%	2.52%
1967	10,505,959	6,516,444	2.33%	2.6%
1968	10,756,922	6,690,524	2.39%	2.67%
1969	11,017,409	6,875,859	2.42%	2.77%
1970	11,290,128	7,065,279	2.48%	2.75%
1971	11,567,667	7,257,462	2.46%	2.72%
1972	11,853,696	7,460,068	2.47%	2.79%
1973	12,157,999	7,672,796	2.57%	2.85%
1974	12,469,127	7,896,783	2.56%	2.92%
1975	12,773,954	8,133,598	2.44%	3%
1976	13,059,851	8,384,113	2.24%	3.08%
1977	13,340,756	8,648,222	2.15%	3.15%
1978	13,611,441	8,926,586	2.03%	3.22%
1979	13,655,567	9,224,194	0.32%	3.33%
1980	13,169,311	9,543,358	-3.56%	3.46%
1981	11,937,581	9,882,362	-9.35%	3.55%
1982	10,991,378	10,241,006	-7.93%	3.63%
1983	10,917,982	10,621,499	-0.67%	3.72%
1984	11,190,221	11,025,597	2.49%	3.8%
1985	11,426,852	11,453,825	2.11%	3.88%
1986	11,420,074	11,901,040	-0.06%	3.9%
1987	11,387,818	12,369,912	-0.28%	3.94%
1988	11,523,298	12,859,708	1.19%	3.96%
1989	11,874,088	13,364,174	3.04%	3.92%
1990	12,045,660	13,887,862	1.44%	3.92%
1991	12,238,879	14,430,201	1.6%	3.91%
1992	13,278,974	14,989,494	8.5%	3.88%
1993	14,943,172	15,563,914	12.5%	3.83%
1994	16,250,794	16,149,147	8.75%	3.76%
1995	17,065,836	16,740,058	5.02%	3.66%
1996	17,763,266	17,313,177	4.09%	3.42%
1997	18,452,091	17,873,936	3.88%	3.24%
1998	19,159,996	18,446,013	3.84%	3.2%
1999	19,887,785	19,029,420	3.8%	3.16%
2000	20,130,327	19,624,141	1.22%	3.13%
2001	20,284,307	20,226,147	0.76%	3.07%
2002	21,378,117	20,835,086	5.39%	3.01%
2003	22,733,049	21,456,379	6.34%	2.98%
2004	23,560,654	22,095,167	3.64%	2.98%
2005	24,404,567	22,790,085	3.58%	3.15%
2006	25,424,094	23,543,083	4.18%	3.3%
2007	25,909,852	24,318,082	1.91%	3.29%
2008	26,482,622	25,111,941	2.21%	3.26%
2009	27,466,101	25,927,724	3.71%	3.25%
2010	28,284,089	26,754,387	2.98%	3.19%
2011	29,347,708	27,582,897	3.76%	3.1%
2012	30,560,034	28,433,647	4.13%	3.08%
2013	31,622,704	29,312,952	3.48%	3.09%
2014	32,792,523	30,226,309	3.7%	3.12%
2015	33,831,764	31,159,379	3.17%	3.09%
2016	34,700,612	32,109,010	2.57%	3.05%
2017	35,688,935	33,090,921	2.85%	3.06%
2018	36,743,039	34,085,182	2.95%	3%
2019	37,856,121	35,111,408	3.03%	3.01%
2020	39,068,979	36,134,863	3.2%	2.91%
2021	40,000,412	37,140,230	2.38%	2.78%
2022	40,578,842	38,222,876	1.45%	2.92%
2023	41,454,761	39,390,799	2.16%	3.06%
2024	42,647,492	40,583,164	2.88%	3.03%
2025	43,844,105	41,773,871	2.81%	2.93%
2026	45,047,056	42,961,650	2.74%	2.84%
2027	46,258,902	44,145,620	2.69%	2.76%
2028	47,470,560	45,323,685	2.62%	2.67%
2029	48,725,707	46,497,573	2.64%	2.59%
2030	50,039,392	47,667,649	2.7%	2.52%
2031	51,375,991	48,827,503	2.67%	2.43%
2032	52,707,835	49,979,089	2.59%	2.36%
2033	54,044,241	51,129,867	2.54%	2.3%
2034	55,359,451	52,279,989	2.43%	2.25%
2035	56,647,220	53,429,308	2.33%	2.2%
2036	57,953,651	54,578,046	2.31%	2.15%
2037	59,279,025	55,724,259	2.29%	2.1%
2038	60,597,829	56,872,152	2.22%	2.06%
2039	61,944,459	58,024,713	2.22%	2.03%
2040	63,347,863	59,181,514	2.27%	1.99%
2041	64,738,834	60,345,667	2.2%	1.97%
2042	66,060,206	61,517,965	2.04%	1.94%
2043	67,375,149	62,696,517	1.99%	1.92%
2044	68,703,950	63,880,172	1.97%	1.89%
2045	70,021,184	65,066,344	1.92%	1.86%
2046	71,384,682	66,253,578	1.95%	1.82%
2047	72,756,288	67,438,796	1.92%	1.79%
2048	74,109,717	68,620,844	1.86%	1.75%
2049	75,515,588	69,799,794	1.9%	1.72%
2050	76,885,118	70,976,389	1.81%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Afghanistan increased by 9,276,518 people (a 36.5% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Afghanistan gained 10,359,688 (a 29.9% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Afghanistan was ranked 45th most populous country in 2006 and is 36th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.