Population of Afghanistan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Afghanistan is 41,902,723 as of September 29, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Afghanistan is projected at 39,835,428 or 39.8 million or 3.98 crore as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Afghanistan is projected at 38,928,346 or 38.9 million people for the year 2020. Afghanistan ranks number 37th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Afghanistan is ranked 15th among 51 countries in Asia.

Afghanistan's population decreased from 1980 to 1988 with 1.74 mn people then, Afghanistan's population increased yearly. The Afghanistan population is projected to reach 48.094 million in 2030 and increase further to 64.683 million in 2050 and 74.938 million by 2100. Afghanistan accounts for 0.51 percent of the world population. Its global share has been increasing since 0.23% of 1990 and is projected to increase by 0.69% by 2100.

Afghanistan was at 46th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 37th in 2100.

Afghanistan population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	38,928,346	886,592	2.33	0.50
2021	39,835,428	907,082	2.33	0.51
2022	40,754,388	918,960	2.31	0.51
2023	41,681,231	926,843	2.27	0.52
2024	42,608,716	927,485	2.23	0.53
2025	43,531,519	922,803	2.17	0.53
2026	44,449,091	917,572	2.11	0.54
2027	45,363,557	914,466	2.06	0.54
2028	46,275,304	911,747	2.01	0.55
2029	47,185,167	909,863	1.97	0.56
2030	48,093,578	908,411	1.93	0.56
2031	49,000,192	906,614	1.89	0.57
2032	49,904,006	903,814	1.84	0.57
2033	50,803,996	899,990	1.80	0.58
2034	51,698,847	894,851	1.76	0.59
2035	52,587,408	888,561	1.72	0.59
2036	53,468,953	881,545	1.68	0.60
2037	54,342,906	873,953	1.63	0.60
2038	55,208,546	865,640	1.59	0.61
2039	56,065,151	856,605	1.55	0.61
2040	56,912,009	846,858	1.51	0.62
2041	57,748,478	836,469	1.47	0.62
2042	58,573,852	825,374	1.43	0.63
2043	59,387,205	813,353	1.39	0.63
2044	60,187,568	800,363	1.35	0.64
2045	60,974,113	786,545	1.31	0.64
2046	61,746,117	772,004	1.27	0.65
2047	62,503,155	757,038	1.23	0.65
2048	63,245,029	741,874	1.19	0.66
2049	63,971,680	726,651	1.15	0.66
2050	64,682,974	711,294	1.11	0.66
2051	65,378,505	695,531	1.08	0.67
2052	66,057,690	679,185	1.04	0.67
2053	66,720,056	662,366	1.00	0.68
2054	67,365,060	645,004	0.97	0.68
2055	67,992,202	627,142	0.93	0.68
2056	68,601,074	608,872	0.90	0.69
2057	69,191,264	590,190	0.86	0.69
2058	69,762,274	571,010	0.83	0.69
2059	70,313,576	551,302	0.79	0.70
2060	70,844,694	531,118	0.76	0.70
2061	71,355,256	510,562	0.72	0.70
2062	71,844,948	489,692	0.69	0.70
2063	72,313,406	468,458	0.65	0.71
2064	72,760,289	446,883	0.62	0.71
2065	73,185,295	425,006	0.58	0.71
2066	73,588,198	402,903	0.55	0.71
2067	73,968,841	380,643	0.52	0.71
2068	74,327,017	358,176	0.48	0.71
2069	74,662,572	335,555	0.45	0.72
2070	74,975,407	312,835	0.42	0.72
2071	75,265,442	290,035	0.39	0.72
2072	75,532,715	267,273	0.36	0.72
2073	75,777,329	244,614	0.32	0.72
2074	75,999,482	222,153	0.29	0.72
2075	76,199,346	199,864	0.26	0.72
2076	76,377,118	177,772	0.23	0.72
2077	76,532,931	155,813	0.20	0.72
2078	76,666,939	134,008	0.18	0.72
2079	76,779,299	112,360	0.15	0.72
2080	76,870,225	90,926	0.12	0.72
2081	76,940,011	69,786	0.09	0.72
2082	76,989,046	49,035	0.06	0.72
2083	77,017,758	28,712	0.04	0.72
2084	77,026,661	8,903	0.01	0.72
2085	77,016,257	-10,404	-0.01	0.72
2086	76,987,007	-29,250	-0.04	0.72
2087	76,939,410	-47,597	-0.06	0.71
2088	76,874,093	-65,317	-0.08	0.71
2089	76,791,720	-82,373	-0.11	0.71
2090	76,692,974	-98,746	-0.13	0.71
2091	76,578,450	-114,524	-0.15	0.71
2092	76,448,747	-129,703	-0.17	0.71
2093	76,304,424	-144,323	-0.19	0.70
2094	76,146,060	-158,364	-0.21	0.70
2095	75,974,256	-171,804	-0.23	0.70
2096	75,789,684	-184,572	-0.24	0.70
2097	75,593,009	-196,675	-0.26	0.70
2098	75,384,981	-208,028	-0.28	0.69
2099	75,166,352	-218,629	-0.29	0.69
2100	74,937,964	-228,388	-0.30	0.69

Afghanistan population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	7,752,118	-	-	0.31
1951	7,840,156	88,038	1.14	0.30
1952	7,935,997	95,841	1.22	0.30
1953	8,039,694	103,697	1.31	0.30
1954	8,151,317	111,623	1.39	0.30
1955	8,270,991	119,674	1.47	0.30
1956	8,398,875	127,884	1.55	0.30
1957	8,535,163	136,288	1.62	0.30
1958	8,680,101	144,938	1.70	0.30
1959	8,833,946	153,845	1.77	0.30
1960	8,996,973	163,027	1.85	0.30
1961	9,169,410	172,437	1.92	0.30
1962	9,351,441	182,031	1.99	0.30
1963	9,543,205	191,764	2.05	0.30
1964	9,744,781	201,576	2.11	0.30
1965	9,956,320	211,539	2.17	0.30
1966	10,174,836	218,516	2.19	0.30
1967	10,399,926	225,090	2.21	0.30
1968	10,637,063	237,137	2.28	0.30
1969	10,893,776	256,713	2.41	0.30
1970	11,173,642	279,866	2.57	0.30
1971	11,475,445	301,803	2.70	0.30
1972	11,791,215	315,770	2.75	0.31
1973	12,108,963	317,748	2.69	0.31
1974	12,412,950	303,987	2.51	0.31
1975	12,689,160	276,210	2.23	0.31
1976	12,943,093	253,933	2.00	0.31
1977	13,171,306	228,213	1.76	0.31
1978	13,341,198	169,892	1.29	0.31
1979	13,411,056	69,858	0.52	0.31
1980	13,356,511	-54,545	-0.41	0.30
1981	13,171,673	-184,838	-1.38	0.29
1982	12,882,528	-289,145	-2.20	0.28
1983	12,537,730	-344,798	-2.68	0.27
1984	12,204,292	-333,438	-2.66	0.26
1985	11,938,208	-266,084	-2.18	0.25
1986	11,736,179	-202,029	-1.69	0.24
1987	11,604,534	-131,645	-1.12	0.23
1988	11,618,005	13,471	0.12	0.23
1989	11,868,877	250,872	2.16	0.23
1990	12,412,308	543,431	4.58	0.23
1991	13,299,017	886,709	7.14	0.25
1992	14,485,546	1,186,529	8.92	0.26
1993	15,816,603	1,331,057	9.19	0.28
1994	17,075,727	1,259,124	7.96	0.30
1995	18,110,657	1,034,930	6.06	0.32
1996	18,853,437	742,780	4.10	0.32
1997	19,357,126	503,689	2.67	0.33
1998	19,737,765	380,639	1.97	0.33
1999	20,170,844	433,079	2.19	0.33
2000	20,779,953	609,109	3.02	0.34
2001	21,606,988	827,035	3.98	0.35
2002	22,600,770	993,782	4.60	0.36
2003	23,680,871	1,080,101	4.78	0.37
2004	24,726,684	1,045,813	4.42	0.38
2005	25,654,277	927,593	3.75	0.39
2006	26,433,049	778,772	3.04	0.40
2007	27,100,536	667,487	2.53	0.40
2008	27,722,276	621,740	2.29	0.41
2009	28,394,813	672,537	2.43	0.41
2010	29,185,507	790,694	2.78	0.42
2011	30,117,413	931,906	3.19	0.43
2012	31,161,376	1,043,963	3.47	0.44
2013	32,269,589	1,108,213	3.56	0.45
2014	33,370,794	1,101,205	3.41	0.46
2015	34,413,603	1,042,809	3.12	0.47
2016	35,383,032	969,429	2.82	0.47
2017	36,296,113	913,081	2.58	0.48
2018	37,171,921	875,808	2.41	0.49
2019	38,041,754	869,833	2.34	0.49