Population of Afghanistan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	22 Feb 2024

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The current population of Afghanistan is 42,988,659 as of October 12, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Afghanistan is projected at 43,372,950 or 43.37 million as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Afghanistan is projected at 42,239,854 or 42.24 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	7,436,561	7,480,461	87,800	1.174	0.30
1951	7,524,361	7,571,537	94,351	1.246	0.30
1952	7,618,712	7,667,533	97,641	1.273	0.30
1953	7,716,353	7,764,546	96,385	1.241	0.29
1954	7,812,738	7,864,285	103,094	1.311	0.29
1955	7,915,832	7,971,931	112,197	1.407	0.29
1956	8,028,029	8,087,727	119,396	1.476	0.29
1957	8,147,425	8,210,201	125,553	1.529	0.29
1958	8,272,978	8,333,826	121,697	1.460	0.29
1959	8,394,675	8,468,211	147,073	1.737	0.29
1960	8,541,748	8,622,466	161,436	1.872	0.29
1961	8,703,184	8,790,140	173,912	1.979	0.29
1962	8,877,096	8,969,047	183,901	2.050	0.29
1963	9,060,997	9,157,465	192,935	2.107	0.29
1964	9,253,932	9,355,514	203,164	2.172	0.29
1965	9,457,096	9,565,147	216,102	2.259	0.29
1966	9,673,198	9,783,147	219,898	2.248	0.29
1967	9,893,096	10,010,030	233,868	2.336	0.29
1968	10,126,964	10,247,780	241,631	2.358	0.29
1969	10,368,595	10,494,489	251,789	2.399	0.29
1970	10,620,384	10,752,971	265,175	2.466	0.29
1971	10,885,559	11,015,857	260,596	2.366	0.29
1972	11,146,155	11,286,753	281,195	2.492	0.29
1973	11,427,350	11,575,305	295,909	2.557	0.30
1974	11,723,259	11,869,879	293,239	2.471	0.30
1975	12,016,498	12,157,386	281,776	2.318	0.30
1976	12,298,274	12,425,267	253,987	2.044	0.30
1977	12,552,261	12,687,301	270,081	2.129	0.30
1978	12,822,342	12,938,862	233,041	1.801	0.30
1979	13,055,383	12,986,369	-138,028	-1.063	0.30
1980	12,917,355	12,486,631	-861,447	-6.902	0.28
1981	12,055,908	11,155,195	-1,801,426	-16.184	0.25
1982	10,254,482	10,088,289	-332,387	-3.295	0.22
1983	9,922,095	9,951,449	58,708	0.590	0.21
1984	9,980,803	10,243,686	525,767	5.134	0.21
1985	10,506,570	10,512,221	11,303	0.108	0.22
1986	10,517,873	10,448,442	-138,863	-1.329	0.21
1987	10,379,010	10,322,758	-112,504	-1.090	0.20
1988	10,266,506	10,383,460	233,907	2.253	0.20
1989	10,500,413	10,673,168	345,511	3.237	0.20
1990	10,845,924	10,694,796	-302,256	-2.826	0.20
1991	10,543,668	10,745,167	402,998	3.751	0.20
1992	10,946,666	12,057,433	2,221,534	18.477	0.22
1993	13,168,200	14,003,760	1,671,120	11.948	0.25
1994	14,839,320	15,455,555	1,232,469	7.979	0.27
1995	16,071,789	16,418,912	694,246	4.229	0.29
1996	16,766,035	17,106,595	681,121	3.982	0.29
1997	17,447,156	17,788,819	683,326	3.842	0.30
1998	18,130,482	18,493,132	725,300	3.922	0.31
1999	18,855,782	19,262,847	814,131	4.227	0.32
2000	19,669,913	19,542,982	-253,861	-1.299	0.32
2001	19,416,052	19,688,632	545,161	2.769	0.32
2002	19,961,213	21,000,256	2,078,087	9.904	0.33
2003	22,039,300	22,645,130	1,211,660	5.352	0.35
2004	23,250,960	23,553,551	605,181	2.570	0.36
2005	23,856,141	24,411,191	1,110,099	4.548	0.37
2006	24,966,240	25,442,944	953,408	3.748	0.38
2007	25,919,648	25,903,301	-32,695	-0.126	0.39
2008	25,886,953	26,427,199	1,080,492	4.089	0.39
2009	26,967,445	27,385,307	835,725	3.052	0.40
2010	27,803,170	28,189,672	773,004	2.742	0.40
2011	28,576,174	29,249,157	1,345,966	4.603	0.41
2012	29,922,140	30,466,479	1,088,677	3.574	0.43
2013	31,010,817	31,541,209	1,060,783	3.363	0.44
2014	32,071,600	32,716,210	1,289,220	3.941	0.45
2015	33,360,820	33,753,499	785,358	2.327	0.45
2016	34,146,178	34,636,207	980,059	2.830	0.46
2017	35,126,237	35,643,418	1,034,361	2.902	0.47
2018	36,160,598	36,686,784	1,052,372	2.869	0.48
2019	37,212,970	37,769,499	1,113,057	2.947	0.49
2020	38,326,027	38,972,230	1,292,407	3.317	0.50
2021	39,618,434	40,099,462	962,056	2.399	0.51

Afghanistan population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	40,580,490	41,128,771	1,096,562	2.666	0.52
2023	41,677,052	42,239,854	1,125,604	2.665	0.53
2024	42,802,656	43,372,950	1,140,587	2.630	0.53
2025	43,943,243	44,515,793	1,145,101	2.572	0.54
2026	45,088,344	45,667,550	1,158,413	2.537	0.55
2027	46,246,757	46,827,624	1,161,733	2.481	0.56
2028	47,408,490	47,990,912	1,164,845	2.427	0.57
2029	48,573,335	49,158,072	1,169,474	2.379	0.58
2030	49,742,809	50,330,837	1,176,056	2.337	0.59
2031	50,918,865	51,506,437	1,175,143	2.282	0.60
2032	52,094,008	52,685,458	1,182,900	2.245	0.61
2033	53,276,908	53,866,558	1,179,300	2.189	0.62
2034	54,456,208	55,046,630	1,180,845	2.145	0.62
2035	55,637,053	56,226,855	1,179,605	2.098	0.63
2036	56,816,658	57,410,144	1,186,972	2.068	0.64
2037	58,003,630	58,600,249	1,193,238	2.036	0.65
2038	59,196,868	59,792,941	1,192,146	1.994	0.66
2039	60,389,014	60,985,590	1,193,151	1.957	0.67
2040	61,582,165	62,180,342	1,196,353	1.924	0.68
2041	62,778,518	63,375,847	1,194,658	1.885	0.69
2042	63,973,176	64,572,473	1,198,593	1.856	0.69
2043	65,171,769	65,768,823	1,194,109	1.816	0.70
2044	66,365,878	66,964,990	1,198,225	1.789	0.71
2045	67,564,103	68,161,269	1,194,333	1.752	0.72
2046	68,758,436	69,355,671	1,194,471	1.722	0.73
2047	69,952,907	70,546,052	1,186,290	1.682	0.74
2048	71,139,197	71,729,374	1,180,354	1.646	0.75
2049	72,319,551	72,905,780	1,172,457	1.608	0.75
2050	73,492,008	74,075,234	1,166,451	1.575	0.76
2051	74,658,459	75,237,171	1,157,425	1.538	0.77
2052	75,815,884	76,389,963	1,148,159	1.503	0.78
2053	76,964,043	77,532,235	1,136,383	1.466	0.79
2054	78,100,426	78,663,890	1,126,928	1.433	0.80
2055	79,227,354	79,788,207	1,121,705	1.406	0.81
2056	80,349,059	80,899,832	1,101,545	1.362	0.81
2057	81,450,604	81,998,402	1,095,596	1.336	0.82
2058	82,546,200	83,084,272	1,076,144	1.295	0.83
2059	83,622,344	84,152,304	1,059,920	1.260	0.84
2060	84,682,264	85,205,111	1,045,695	1.227	0.85
2061	85,727,959	86,241,147	1,026,376	1.190	0.85
2062	86,754,335	87,254,855	1,001,039	1.147	0.86
2063	87,755,374	88,248,606	986,464	1.118	0.87
2064	88,741,838	89,228,558	973,441	1.091	0.88
2065	89,715,279	90,189,815	949,073	1.052	0.88
2066	90,664,352	91,131,134	933,564	1.024	0.89
2067	91,597,916	92,059,516	923,200	1.003	0.90
2068	92,521,116	92,972,912	903,592	0.972	0.91
2069	93,424,708	93,861,812	874,208	0.931	0.91
2070	94,298,916	94,723,569	849,307	0.897	0.92
2071	95,148,223	95,562,571	828,695	0.867	0.93
2072	95,976,918	96,383,675	813,514	0.844	0.93
2073	96,790,432	97,187,281	793,699	0.817	0.94
2074	97,584,131	97,970,493	772,725	0.789	0.95
2075	98,356,856	98,732,058	750,404	0.760	0.95
2076	99,107,260	99,473,737	732,954	0.737	0.96
2077	99,840,214	100,196,491	712,554	0.711	0.96
2078	100,552,768	100,896,716	687,897	0.682	0.97
2079	101,240,665	101,578,603	675,877	0.665	0.98
2080	101,916,542	102,242,085	651,086	0.637	0.98
2081	102,567,628	102,881,221	627,186	0.610	0.99
2082	103,194,814	103,500,474	611,320	0.591	0.99
2083	103,806,134	104,100,265	588,262	0.565	1.00
2084	104,394,396	104,677,122	565,452	0.540	1.00
2085	104,959,848	105,228,197	536,698	0.510	1.01
2086	105,496,546	105,752,837	512,582	0.485	1.01
2087	106,009,128	106,254,728	491,201	0.462	1.02
2088	106,500,329	106,734,775	468,892	0.439	1.02
2089	106,969,221	107,193,821	449,199	0.419	1.03
2090	107,418,420	107,630,910	424,980	0.395	1.03
2091	107,843,400	108,041,524	396,248	0.367	1.04
2092	108,239,648	108,430,416	381,535	0.352	1.04
2093	108,621,183	108,801,262	360,159	0.331	1.05
2094	108,981,342	109,153,078	343,472	0.315	1.05
2095	109,324,814	109,487,140	324,653	0.297	1.05
2096	109,649,467	109,802,281	305,628	0.278	1.06
2097	109,955,095	110,094,664	279,138	0.254	1.06
2098	110,234,233	110,366,921	265,376	0.240	1.06
2099	110,499,609	110,621,216	243,213	0.220	1.07
2100	110,742,822	110,854,784	223,925	0.202	1.07