Demographics of Afghanistan

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date29 Mar 2024

There are 21.88 million males and 21.49 million females in Afghanistan. The percentage of the male population is 50.46%, compared to 49.54% of the female population. Afghanistan has 397k more males than females. The sex ratio in Afghanistan in 2024 will be 101.847 males per 100 females. Afghanistan is in the 188th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Afghanistan population

Year Population Growth (%)
19507,480,4611.17
19557,971,9311.41
19608,622,4661.87
19659,565,1472.26
197010,752,9712.47
197512,157,3862.32
198012,486,631-6.90
198510,512,2210.11
199010,694,796-2.83
199516,418,9124.23
200019,542,982-1.30
200524,411,1914.55
201028,189,6722.74
201533,753,4992.33
202038,972,2303.32
202140,099,4622.40
202241,128,7712.67
202342,239,8542.67
202443,372,9502.63
  • Total
  • Crude

Afghanistan death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950283,668365,30337.94548.866
1955277,695397,15634.81349.789
1960275,239434,05731.92150.340
1965281,003486,40629.38950.872
1970288,979549,69526.87551.122
1975295,301621,49424.24151.018
1980316,937660,89224.20950.482
1985314,987536,86129.66150.553
1990203,514567,25618.44951.423
1995230,943853,35514.09252.073
2000242,535995,81312.09649.664
2005241,4541,099,3669.94145.263
2010233,3081,147,6438.25440.602
2015248,5601,315,6337.33138.803
2020276,6831,402,2657.11336.051
2021295,2361,440,9417.34435.842
2022284,2971,446,6996.90635.143
2023268,0541,459,5056.34034.521
2024262,2951,468,7356.04233.834
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Afghanistan

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950465,1277,286,9916.000
1955587,8187,682,7637.107
1960755,7978,240,5548.401
1965984,3508,954,0649.904
19701,295,4339,830,69011.643
19751,717,42210,872,86413.641
19802,119,07811,129,29215.995
19852,238,4689,544,58218.997
19902,593,9479,655,16721.177
19953,697,57013,401,97121.624
20004,436,28215,657,47422.078
20055,691,83619,378,96222.703
20106,836,98021,966,18723.737
20158,367,57125,368,92324.803
20209,904,33728,150,60426.026
202110,239,68428,674,02326.314
202210,587,58329,191,51226.616
202310,948,05529,701,14926.933
202411,320,52130,199,46527.265
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Afghanistan population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 3,489,767 3,342,338 6,832,104 15.75 104.411
05-09 3,160,774 3,020,870 6,181,645 14.25 104.631
10-14 2,795,003 2,664,124 5,459,127 12.59 104.913
15-19 2,523,580 2,403,386 4,926,966 11.36 105.001
20-24 2,221,738 2,139,419 4,361,158 10.06 103.848
25-29 1,844,292 1,811,328 3,655,619 8.43 101.820
30-34 1,454,850 1,440,686 2,895,536 6.68 100.983
35-39 1,101,542 1,091,993 2,193,535 5.06 100.874
40-44 866,040 859,676 1,725,716 3.98 100.740
45-49 716,607 719,642 1,436,249 3.31 99.578
50-54 562,182 584,813 1,146,995 2.64 96.130
55-59 413,537 460,023 873,560 2.01 89.895
60-64 290,773 348,896 639,669 1.47 83.341
65-69 199,195 252,326 451,521 1.04 78.944
70-74 125,729 168,073 293,802 0.68 74.806
75-79 74,389 109,998 184,387 0.43 67.628
80-84 33,327 49,956 83,282 0.19 66.713
85-89 9,786 16,559 26,345 0.06 59.098
90-94 1,694 3,471 5,165 0.01 48.804
95-99 151 398 549 0.00 37.940
100+ 3 15 18 0.00 20.000
Total 21,884,959 21,487,990 43,372,948 101.847