Population of Afghanistan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	18 Nov 2024

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The current population of Afghanistan is 43,293,390 as of January 12, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Afghanistan is projected at 42,647,492, or 42.65 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Afghanistan is projected at 41,454,761, or 41.45 million people for the year 2023.

Afghanistan ranks 36th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Afghanistan is ranked 15th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Afghanistan population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	7,726,586	7,776,176	99,180	1.275	0.31
1951	7,825,766	7,879,339	107,146	1.360	0.31
1952	7,932,912	7,987,783	109,743	1.374	0.31
1953	8,042,655	8,096,698	108,086	1.335	0.31
1954	8,150,741	8,207,950	114,417	1.394	0.31
1955	8,265,158	8,326,979	123,643	1.485	0.30
1956	8,388,801	8,454,301	131,001	1.550	0.30
1957	8,519,802	8,588,335	137,066	1.596	0.30
1958	8,656,868	8,723,401	133,067	1.525	0.30
1959	8,789,935	8,869,270	158,669	1.789	0.30
1960	8,948,604	9,035,043	172,879	1.913	0.30
1961	9,121,483	9,214,083	185,200	2.010	0.30
1962	9,306,683	9,404,406	195,446	2.078	0.30
1963	9,502,129	9,604,487	204,716	2.132	0.30
1964	9,706,845	9,814,318	214,946	2.190	0.30
1965	9,921,791	10,036,008	228,435	2.276	0.30
1966	10,150,226	10,266,395	232,338	2.263	0.30
1967	10,382,564	10,505,959	246,790	2.349	0.30
1968	10,629,354	10,756,922	255,135	2.372	0.30
1969	10,884,489	11,017,409	265,840	2.413	0.30
1970	11,150,329	11,290,128	279,597	2.477	0.31
1971	11,429,926	11,567,667	275,483	2.382	0.31
1972	11,705,409	11,853,696	296,574	2.502	0.31
1973	12,001,983	12,157,999	312,033	2.567	0.31
1974	12,314,016	12,469,127	310,221	2.488	0.31
1975	12,624,237	12,773,954	299,434	2.344	0.31
1976	12,923,671	13,059,851	272,360	2.086	0.32
1977	13,196,031	13,340,756	289,451	2.170	0.32
1978	13,485,482	13,611,441	251,918	1.851	0.32
1979	13,737,400	13,655,567	-163,666	-1.199	0.31
1980	13,573,734	13,169,311	-808,845	-6.144	0.30
1981	12,764,889	11,937,581	-1,654,616	-13.883	0.26
1982	11,110,273	10,991,378	-237,790	-2.164	0.24
1983	10,872,483	10,917,982	90,998	0.833	0.23
1984	10,963,481	11,190,221	453,481	4.053	0.23
1985	11,416,962	11,426,852	19,780	0.173	0.23
1986	11,436,742	11,420,074	-33,337	-0.292	0.23
1987	11,403,405	11,387,818	-31,173	-0.274	0.23
1988	11,372,232	11,523,298	302,132	2.622	0.22
1989	11,674,364	11,874,088	399,448	3.364	0.23
1990	12,073,812	12,045,660	-56,304	-0.467	0.23
1991	12,017,508	12,238,879	442,742	3.618	0.23
1992	12,460,250	13,278,974	1,637,447	12.347	0.24
1993	14,097,697	14,943,172	1,690,950	11.328	0.27
1994	15,788,647	16,250,794	924,295	5.689	0.29
1995	16,712,942	17,065,836	705,787	4.136	0.30
1996	17,418,729	17,763,266	689,074	3.880	0.30
1997	18,107,803	18,452,091	688,577	3.732	0.31
1998	18,796,380	19,159,996	727,231	3.796	0.32
1999	19,523,611	19,887,785	728,347	3.663	0.33
2000	20,251,958	20,130,327	-243,262	-1.208	0.33
2001	20,008,696	20,284,307	551,222	2.718	0.32
2002	20,559,918	21,378,117	1,636,398	7.658	0.34
2003	22,196,316	22,733,049	1,073,466	4.723	0.35
2004	23,269,782	23,560,654	581,743	2.469	0.36
2005	23,851,525	24,404,567	1,106,084	4.533	0.37
2006	24,957,609	25,424,094	932,971	3.670	0.38
2007	25,890,580	25,909,852	38,544	0.149	0.38
2008	25,929,124	26,482,622	1,106,996	4.181	0.39
2009	27,036,120	27,466,101	859,961	3.131	0.40
2010	27,896,081	28,284,089	776,015	2.744	0.40
2011	28,672,096	29,347,708	1,351,224	4.605	0.41
2012	30,023,320	30,560,034	1,073,428	3.513	0.42
2013	31,096,748	31,622,704	1,051,912	3.327	0.43
2014	32,148,660	32,792,523	1,287,726	3.927	0.44
2015	33,436,386	33,831,764	790,755	2.337	0.45
2016	34,227,141	34,700,612	946,942	2.729	0.46
2017	35,174,083	35,688,935	1,029,703	2.885	0.47
2018	36,203,786	36,743,039	1,078,506	2.935	0.48
2019	37,282,292	37,856,121	1,147,658	3.032	0.48
2020	38,429,950	39,068,979	1,278,058	3.272	0.50
2021	39,708,008	40,000,412	584,808	1.462	0.50
2022	40,292,816	40,578,842	572,052	1.410	0.51
2023	40,864,868	41,454,761	1,179,786	2.846	0.51

Afghanistan population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	42,044,654	42,647,492	1,205,676	2.827	0.52
2025	43,250,330	43,844,111	1,187,563	2.709	0.53
2026	44,437,893	45,047,069	1,218,351	2.705	0.54
2027	45,656,244	46,258,906	1,205,323	2.606	0.55
2028	46,861,567	47,470,575	1,218,015	2.566	0.56
2029	48,079,582	48,725,717	1,292,269	2.652	0.57
2030	49,371,851	50,039,402	1,335,102	2.668	0.58
2031	50,706,953	51,376,001	1,338,096	2.605	0.60
2032	52,045,049	52,707,848	1,325,597	2.515	0.61
2033	53,370,646	54,044,254	1,347,216	2.493	0.62
2034	54,717,862	55,359,464	1,283,204	2.318	0.63
2035	56,001,066	56,647,232	1,292,333	2.281	0.64
2036	57,293,399	57,953,661	1,320,524	2.279	0.65
2037	58,613,923	59,279,044	1,330,242	2.244	0.66
2038	59,944,165	60,597,838	1,307,346	2.157	0.67
2039	61,251,511	61,944,472	1,385,922	2.237	0.68
2040	62,637,433	63,347,870	1,420,875	2.243	0.69
2041	64,058,308	64,738,843	1,361,070	2.102	0.70
2042	65,419,378	66,060,220	1,281,683	1.940	0.71
2043	66,701,061	67,375,163	1,348,205	2.001	0.72
2044	68,049,266	68,703,958	1,309,385	1.906	0.73
2045	69,358,651	70,021,200	1,325,097	1.892	0.74
2046	70,683,748	71,384,693	1,401,890	1.964	0.75
2047	72,085,638	72,756,311	1,341,345	1.844	0.76
2048	73,426,983	74,109,735	1,365,503	1.843	0.77
2049	74,792,486	75,515,602	1,446,231	1.915	0.78
2050	76,238,717	76,885,135	1,292,835	1.682	0.80
2051	77,531,552	78,155,052	1,246,999	1.596	0.81
2052	78,778,551	79,457,286	1,357,470	1.708	0.82
2053	80,136,021	80,821,896	1,371,750	1.697	0.83
2054	81,507,771	82,196,810	1,378,077	1.677	0.84
2055	82,885,848	83,578,886	1,386,077	1.658	0.85
2056	84,271,925	84,980,652	1,417,455	1.668	0.86
2057	85,689,380	86,393,649	1,408,539	1.630	0.87
2058	87,097,919	87,773,542	1,351,247	1.540	0.88
2059	88,449,166	89,081,741	1,265,150	1.420	0.89
2060	89,714,316	90,362,736	1,296,840	1.435	0.90
2061	91,011,156	91,633,723	1,245,135	1.359	0.92
2062	92,256,291	92,931,629	1,350,677	1.453	0.93
2063	93,606,968	94,276,121	1,338,305	1.420	0.94
2064	94,945,273	95,639,081	1,387,616	1.451	0.95
2065	96,332,889	97,024,251	1,382,724	1.425	0.96
2066	97,715,613	98,338,760	1,246,294	1.267	0.97
2067	98,961,907	99,577,253	1,230,692	1.236	0.98
2068	100,192,599	100,850,614	1,316,029	1.305	0.99
2069	101,508,628	102,132,889	1,248,521	1.222	1.00
2070	102,757,149	103,416,642	1,318,986	1.275	1.01
2071	104,076,135	104,657,106	1,161,942	1.110	1.03
2072	105,238,077	105,836,162	1,196,170	1.130	1.04
2073	106,434,247	107,063,245	1,257,996	1.175	1.05
2074	107,692,243	108,265,518	1,146,550	1.059	1.06
2075	108,838,793	109,352,869	1,028,152	0.940	1.07
2076	109,866,945	110,399,880	1,065,870	0.965	1.08
2077	110,932,815	111,475,822	1,086,013	0.974	1.09
2078	112,018,828	112,514,314	990,973	0.881	1.10
2079	113,009,801	113,583,427	1,147,252	1.010	1.11
2080	114,157,053	114,673,795	1,033,484	0.901	1.12
2081	115,190,537	115,634,326	887,577	0.768	1.12
2082	116,078,114	116,516,232	876,236	0.752	1.13
2083	116,954,350	117,378,535	848,370	0.723	1.14
2084	117,802,720	118,292,973	980,505	0.829	1.15
2085	118,783,225	119,224,273	882,097	0.740	1.16
2086	119,665,322	120,043,239	755,833	0.630	1.17
2087	120,421,155	120,858,257	874,203	0.723	1.18
2088	121,295,358	121,694,041	797,365	0.655	1.18
2089	122,092,723	122,483,519	781,592	0.638	1.19
2090	122,874,315	123,304,496	860,361	0.698	1.20
2091	123,734,676	124,110,001	750,651	0.605	1.21
2092	124,485,327	124,854,162	737,669	0.591	1.22
2093	125,222,996	125,589,411	732,830	0.584	1.23
2094	125,955,826	126,306,889	702,125	0.556	1.23
2095	126,657,951	126,990,147	664,391	0.523	1.24
2096	127,322,342	127,647,762	650,840	0.510	1.25
2097	127,973,182	128,305,496	664,629	0.518	1.26
2098	128,637,811	128,964,762	653,902	0.507	1.26
2099	129,291,713	129,616,118	648,810	0.501	1.27
2100	129,940,523	130,216,739	552,431	0.424	1.28