Population of Afghanistan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	05 Feb 2025

The current population of Afghanistan is 43,498,283 as of March 18, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Afghanistan is projected at 43,844,111, or 43.84 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Afghanistan is projected at 42,647,492, or 42.65 million people, for the year 2024.

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.

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	0.523
2025	43,250,330	43,844,111	1,187,563	2.709	0.533
2026	44,437,893	45,047,069	1,218,351	2.705	0.543
2027	45,656,244	46,258,906	1,205,323	2.606	0.553
2028	46,861,567	47,470,575	1,218,015	2.566	0.563
2029	48,079,582	48,725,717	1,292,269	2.652	0.573
2030	49,371,851	50,039,402	1,335,102	2.668	0.584
2031	50,706,953	51,376,001	1,338,096	2.605	0.595
2032	52,045,049	52,707,848	1,325,597	2.515	0.606
2033	53,370,646	54,044,254	1,347,216	2.493	0.617
2034	54,717,862	55,359,464	1,283,204	2.318	0.627
2035	56,001,066	56,647,232	1,292,333	2.281	0.638
2036	57,293,399	57,953,661	1,320,524	2.279	0.648
2037	58,613,923	59,279,044	1,330,242	2.244	0.658
2038	59,944,165	60,597,838	1,307,346	2.157	0.669
2039	61,251,511	61,944,472	1,385,922	2.237	0.679
2040	62,637,433	63,347,870	1,420,875	2.243	0.690
2041	64,058,308	64,738,843	1,361,070	2.102	0.701
2042	65,419,378	66,060,220	1,281,683	1.940	0.711
2043	66,701,061	67,375,163	1,348,205	2.001	0.721
2044	68,049,266	68,703,958	1,309,385	1.906	0.732
2045	69,358,651	70,021,200	1,325,097	1.892	0.742
2046	70,683,748	71,384,693	1,401,890	1.964	0.752
2047	72,085,638	72,756,311	1,341,345	1.844	0.763
2048	73,426,983	74,109,735	1,365,503	1.843	0.774
2049	74,792,486	75,515,602	1,446,231	1.915	0.785
2050	76,238,717	76,885,135	1,292,835	1.682	0.796
2051	77,531,552	78,155,052	1,246,999	1.596	0.805
2052	78,778,551	79,457,286	1,357,470	1.708	0.816
2053	80,136,021	80,821,896	1,371,750	1.697	0.827
2054	81,507,771	82,196,810	1,378,077	1.677	0.838
2055	82,885,848	83,578,886	1,386,077	1.658	0.849
2056	84,271,925	84,980,652	1,417,455	1.668	0.860
2057	85,689,380	86,393,649	1,408,539	1.630	0.872
2058	87,097,919	87,773,542	1,351,247	1.540	0.883
2059	88,449,166	89,081,741	1,265,150	1.420	0.894
2060	89,714,316	90,362,736	1,296,840	1.435	0.905
2061	91,011,156	91,633,723	1,245,135	1.359	0.915
2062	92,256,291	92,931,629	1,350,677	1.453	0.926
2063	93,606,968	94,276,121	1,338,305	1.420	0.937
2064	94,945,273	95,639,081	1,387,616	1.451	0.949
2065	96,332,889	97,024,251	1,382,724	1.425	0.960
2066	97,715,613	98,338,760	1,246,294	1.267	0.972
2067	98,961,907	99,577,253	1,230,692	1.236	0.982
2068	100,192,599	100,850,614	1,316,029	1.305	0.993
2069	101,508,628	102,132,889	1,248,521	1.222	1.004
2070	102,757,149	103,416,642	1,318,986	1.275	1.015
2071	104,076,135	104,657,106	1,161,942	1.110	1.026
2072	105,238,077	105,836,162	1,196,170	1.130	1.036
2073	106,434,247	107,063,245	1,257,996	1.175	1.047
2074	107,692,243	108,265,518	1,146,550	1.059	1.057
2075	108,838,793	109,352,869	1,028,152	0.940	1.067
2076	109,866,945	110,399,880	1,065,870	0.965	1.076
2077	110,932,815	111,475,822	1,086,013	0.974	1.086
2078	112,018,828	112,514,314	990,973	0.881	1.095
2079	113,009,801	113,583,427	1,147,252	1.010	1.105
2080	114,157,053	114,673,795	1,033,484	0.901	1.115
2081	115,190,537	115,634,326	887,577	0.768	1.124
2082	116,078,114	116,516,232	876,236	0.752	1.133
2083	116,954,350	117,378,535	848,370	0.723	1.141
2084	117,802,720	118,292,973	980,505	0.829	1.150
2085	118,783,225	119,224,273	882,097	0.740	1.159
2086	119,665,322	120,043,239	755,833	0.630	1.167
2087	120,421,155	120,858,257	874,203	0.723	1.175
2088	121,295,358	121,694,041	797,365	0.655	1.184
2089	122,092,723	122,483,519	781,592	0.638	1.192
2090	122,874,315	123,304,496	860,361	0.698	1.200
2091	123,734,676	124,110,001	750,651	0.605	1.209
2092	124,485,327	124,854,162	737,669	0.591	1.217
2093	125,222,996	125,589,411	732,830	0.584	1.225
2094	125,955,826	126,306,889	702,125	0.556	1.233
2095	126,657,951	126,990,147	664,391	0.523	1.241
2096	127,322,342	127,647,762	650,840	0.510	1.248
2097	127,973,182	128,305,496	664,629	0.518	1.256
2098	128,637,811	128,964,762	653,902	0.507	1.264
2099	129,291,713	129,616,118	648,810	0.501	1.272
2100	129,940,523	130,216,739	552,431	0.424	1.279

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	0.312
1951	7,825,766	7,879,339	107,146	1.360	0.311
1952	7,932,912	7,987,783	109,743	1.374	0.309
1953	8,042,655	8,096,698	108,086	1.335	0.307
1954	8,150,741	8,207,950	114,417	1.394	0.306
1955	8,265,158	8,326,979	123,643	1.485	0.304
1956	8,388,801	8,454,301	131,001	1.550	0.302
1957	8,519,802	8,588,335	137,066	1.596	0.301
1958	8,656,868	8,723,401	133,067	1.525	0.300
1959	8,789,935	8,869,270	158,669	1.789	0.299
1960	8,948,604	9,035,043	172,879	1.913	0.300
1961	9,121,483	9,214,083	185,200	2.010	0.301
1962	9,306,683	9,404,406	195,446	2.078	0.301
1963	9,502,129	9,604,487	204,716	2.132	0.301
1964	9,706,845	9,814,318	214,946	2.190	0.301
1965	9,921,791	10,036,008	228,435	2.276	0.301
1966	10,150,226	10,266,395	232,338	2.263	0.302
1967	10,382,564	10,505,959	246,790	2.349	0.302
1968	10,629,354	10,756,922	255,135	2.372	0.303
1969	10,884,489	11,017,409	265,840	2.413	0.304
1970	11,150,329	11,290,128	279,597	2.477	0.306
1971	11,429,926	11,567,667	275,483	2.382	0.307
1972	11,705,409	11,853,696	296,574	2.502	0.308
1973	12,001,983	12,157,999	312,033	2.567	0.310
1974	12,314,016	12,469,127	310,221	2.488	0.312
1975	12,624,237	12,773,954	299,434	2.344	0.314
1976	12,923,671	13,059,851	272,360	2.086	0.315
1977	13,196,031	13,340,756	289,451	2.170	0.316
1978	13,485,482	13,611,441	251,918	1.851	0.317
1979	13,737,400	13,655,567	-163,666	-1.199	0.313
1980	13,573,734	13,169,311	-808,845	-6.144	0.296
1981	12,764,889	11,937,581	-1,654,616	-13.883	0.264
1982	11,110,273	10,991,378	-237,790	-2.164	0.238
1983	10,872,483	10,917,982	90,998	0.833	0.232
1984	10,963,481	11,190,221	453,481	4.053	0.234
1985	11,416,962	11,426,852	19,780	0.173	0.235
1986	11,436,742	11,420,074	-33,337	-0.292	0.230
1987	11,403,405	11,387,818	-31,173	-0.274	0.226
1988	11,372,232	11,523,298	302,132	2.622	0.224
1989	11,674,364	11,874,088	399,448	3.364	0.227
1990	12,073,812	12,045,660	-56,304	-0.467	0.226
1991	12,017,508	12,238,879	442,742	3.618	0.226
1992	12,460,250	13,278,974	1,637,447	12.347	0.241
1993	14,097,697	14,943,172	1,690,950	11.328	0.267
1994	15,788,647	16,250,794	924,295	5.689	0.286
1995	16,712,942	17,065,836	705,787	4.136	0.296
1996	17,418,729	17,763,266	689,074	3.880	0.304
1997	18,107,803	18,452,091	688,577	3.732	0.311
1998	18,796,380	19,159,996	727,231	3.796	0.319
1999	19,523,611	19,887,785	728,347	3.663	0.327
2000	20,251,958	20,130,327	-243,262	-1.208	0.326
2001	20,008,696	20,284,307	551,222	2.718	0.324
2002	20,559,918	21,378,117	1,636,398	7.658	0.337
2003	22,196,316	22,733,049	1,073,466	4.723	0.354
2004	23,269,782	23,560,654	581,743	2.469	0.362
2005	23,851,525	24,404,567	1,106,084	4.533	0.370
2006	24,957,609	25,424,094	932,971	3.670	0.381
2007	25,890,580	25,909,852	38,544	0.149	0.383
2008	25,929,124	26,482,622	1,106,996	4.181	0.387
2009	27,036,120	27,466,101	859,961	3.131	0.396
2010	27,896,081	28,284,089	776,015	2.744	0.403
2011	28,672,096	29,347,708	1,351,224	4.605	0.413
2012	30,023,320	30,560,034	1,073,428	3.513	0.424
2013	31,096,748	31,622,704	1,051,912	3.327	0.434
2014	32,148,660	32,792,523	1,287,726	3.927	0.444
2015	33,436,386	33,831,764	790,755	2.337	0.453
2016	34,227,141	34,700,612	946,942	2.729	0.459
2017	35,174,083	35,688,935	1,029,703	2.885	0.467
2018	36,203,786	36,743,039	1,078,506	2.935	0.475
2019	37,282,292	37,856,121	1,147,658	3.032	0.485
2020	38,429,950	39,068,979	1,278,058	3.272	0.495
2021	39,708,008	40,000,412	584,808	1.462	0.503
2022	40,292,816	40,578,842	572,052	1.410	0.506
2023	40,864,868	41,454,761	1,179,786	2.846	0.512