Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 18 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Afghanistan is projected at 39.84 million, up by 2.33% compared with 38.93 million in 2020. Afghanistan is ranked 37th in terms of population and 41st in terms of population growth rate.
There are 1.22 million births in Afghansitan in 2021. That is 3340 per day, which is ranked 23rd. The crude birth rate is 30.53 per 1000 people. There are 0.24 million deaths in Afghanistan in 2021. That is 661 per day, which is ranked 42nd. The crude death rate is 6.04 per 1000 people.
10.24 million people are living in urban areas, which is 26.31% of Afghanistan population. Afghanistan is ranked 209th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Afghanistan in 2021 is 105.33 males per 100 females. There are 20.43 million males and 19.4 million females in Afghanistan. The percentage of female population is 48.7% compare to 51.3% male population. Afghanistan has 1.03 million more males than females. Afghanistan is at 184th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 7,752,117 | - |
1955 | 8,270,992 | 1.47 |
1960 | 8,996,967 | 1.85 |
1965 | 9,956,318 | 2.17 |
1970 | 11,173,654 | 2.57 |
1975 | 12,689,164 | 2.23 |
1980 | 13,356,500 | -0.41 |
1985 | 11,938,204 | -2.18 |
1990 | 12,412,311 | 4.58 |
1995 | 18,110,662 | 6.06 |
2000 | 20,779,957 | 3.02 |
2005 | 25,654,274 | 3.75 |
2010 | 29,185,511 | 2.78 |
2015 | 34,413,603 | 3.12 |
2016 | 35,383,028 | 2.82 |
2017 | 36,296,111 | 2.58 |
2018 | 37,171,922 | 2.41 |
2019 | 38,041,757 | 2.34 |
2020 | 38,928,341 | 2.33 |
2021 | 39,835,428 | 2.33 |
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
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Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 298,139 | 390,647 | 38.17 | 49.99 |
1955 | 292,446 | 420,074 | 35.26 | 50.69 |
1960 | 290,719 | 462,430 | 32.22 | 51.28 |
1965 | 294,705 | 515,368 | 29.50 | 51.63 |
1970 | 302,495 | 579,453 | 26.88 | 51.50 |
1975 | 303,517 | 642,152 | 24.09 | 50.93 |
1980 | 273,749 | 651,482 | 21.11 | 50.32 |
1985 | 219,823 | 604,439 | 18.00 | 49.73 |
1990 | 203,109 | 652,553 | 15.24 | 48.88 |
1995 | 230,071 | 846,137 | 13.28 | 48.84 |
2000 | 250,541 | 1,024,429 | 11.72 | 48.02 |
2005 | 253,103 | 1,131,218 | 10.00 | 44.72 |
2010 | 244,088 | 1,177,588 | 8.25 | 39.83 |
2015 | 237,503 | 1,192,175 | 6.93 | 34.81 |
2020 | 240,266 | 1,215,628 | 6.16 | 31.15 |
2021 | 241,211 | 1,219,250 | 6.04 | 30.53 |
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 465,127 | 7,286,990 | - | 6.00 |
1955 | 587,818 | 7,682,760 | 4.95 | 7.10 |
1960 | 755,797 | 8,240,550 | 5.28 | 8.40 |
1965 | 984,350 | 8,954,060 | 5.52 | 9.90 |
1970 | 1,295,433 | 9,830,690 | 5.85 | 11.64 |
1975 | 1,717,422 | 10,872,860 | 5.44 | 13.64 |
1980 | 2,119,078 | 11,129,290 | 3.13 | 15.99 |
1985 | 2,238,468 | 9,544,580 | 1.18 | 18.99 |
1990 | 2,593,947 | 9,655,160 | 4.44 | 21.17 |
1995 | 3,697,570 | 13,401,970 | 6.17 | 21.62 |
2000 | 4,436,282 | 15,657,470 | 3.99 | 22.08 |
2005 | 5,691,836 | 19,378,960 | 4.88 | 22.70 |
2010 | 6,836,980 | 21,966,180 | 3.77 | 23.74 |
2015 | 8,367,571 | 25,368,920 | 3.89 | 24.80 |
2020 | 9,904,337 | 28,150,600 | 3.36 | 26.03 |
2021 | 10,239,684 | 28,674,020 | 3.39 | 26.31 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 2,932,252 | 2,792,395 | 5,724,647 | 14.37 | 105.008 |
05-09 | 2,790,513 | 2,653,944 | 5,444,457 | 13.67 | 105.146 |
10-14 | 2,678,248 | 2,564,119 | 5,242,367 | 13.16 | 104.451 |
15-19 | 2,428,348 | 2,301,586 | 4,729,934 | 11.87 | 105.508 |
20-24 | 2,082,113 | 1,972,986 | 4,055,099 | 10.18 | 105.531 |
25-29 | 1,677,507 | 1,570,407 | 3,247,914 | 8.15 | 106.820 |
30-34 | 1,346,716 | 1,226,628 | 2,573,344 | 6.46 | 109.790 |
35-39 | 1,104,444 | 1,020,048 | 2,124,492 | 5.33 | 108.274 |
40-44 | 901,264 | 824,061 | 1,725,325 | 4.33 | 109.369 |
45-49 | 705,742 | 651,961 | 1,357,703 | 3.41 | 108.249 |
50-54 | 548,296 | 520,915 | 1,069,211 | 2.68 | 105.256 |
55-59 | 425,454 | 410,497 | 835,951 | 2.10 | 103.644 |
60-64 | 315,982 | 317,618 | 633,600 | 1.59 | 99.485 |
65-69 | 222,747 | 234,918 | 457,665 | 1.15 | 94.819 |
70-74 | 145,166 | 175,820 | 320,986 | 0.81 | 82.565 |
75-79 | 80,628 | 97,768 | 178,396 | 0.45 | 82.469 |
80-84 | 35,464 | 44,737 | 80,201 | 0.20 | 79.272 |
85-89 | 11,382 | 15,822 | 27,204 | 0.07 | 71.938 |
90-94 | 2,433 | 3,696 | 6,129 | 0.02 | 65.828 |
95-99 | 270 | 491 | 761 | 0.00 | 54.990 |
100+ | 12 | 30 | 42 | 0.00 | 40.000 |
Total | 20,434,981 | 19,400,447 | 39,835,428 | 105.333 |