The current population of Afghanistan is 44,810,409 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 42,647,492 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Afghanistan has had an average growth rate of 4.18% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 24.4M people to 44.8M (83.6% growth in 20 years).
- Afghanistan is projected to reach 130M people in 2100.
- Afghanistan accounts for 0.54% of the world's population.
- Afghanistan is ranked 36/197 by population and was ranked 45th in 2005.
Afghanistan population clock
Afghanistan
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
44810409
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 36/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.54% | N/A |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
21.5 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.19 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +3,268 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,731 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.88% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 20/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
11.9 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -44,089 | N/A |
Afghanistan population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9,035,043 | - |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 | 1.98% |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 | 2.07% |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 | 2.13% |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 | 2.18% |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 | 2.26% |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 | 2.3% |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 | 2.33% |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 | 2.39% |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 | 2.42% |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 | 2.48% |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 | 2.46% |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 | 2.47% |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 | 2.57% |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 | 2.56% |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 | 2.44% |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 | 2.24% |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 | 2.15% |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 | 2.03% |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 | 0.32% |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 | -3.56% |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 | -9.35% |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 | -7.93% |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 | -0.67% |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 | 2.49% |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 | 2.11% |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 | -0.06% |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 | -0.28% |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 | 1.19% |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 | 3.04% |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 | 1.44% |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 | 1.6% |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 | 8.5% |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 | 12.5% |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 | 8.75% |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 | 5.02% |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 | 4.09% |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 | 3.88% |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 | 3.84% |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 | 3.8% |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 | 1.22% |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 | 0.76% |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 | 5.39% |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 | 6.34% |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 | 3.64% |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 | 3.58% |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 | 4.18% |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 | 1.91% |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 | 2.21% |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 | 3.71% |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 | 2.98% |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 | 3.76% |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 | 4.13% |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 | 3.48% |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 | 3.17% |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 | 2.85% |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 | 2.95% |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 | 3.03% |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 | 3.2% |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 | 2.38% |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 | 1.45% |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 | 2.16% |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 | 2.88% |
| 2025 | 43,844,105 | 2.81% |
| 2026 | 45,047,056 | 2.74% |
| 2027 | 46,258,902 | 2.69% |
| 2028 | 47,470,560 | 2.62% |
| 2029 | 48,725,707 | 2.64% |
| 2030 | 50,039,392 | 2.7% |
| 2031 | 51,375,991 | 2.67% |
| 2032 | 52,707,835 | 2.59% |
| 2033 | 54,044,241 | 2.54% |
| 2034 | 55,359,451 | 2.43% |
| 2035 | 56,647,220 | 2.33% |
| 2036 | 57,953,651 | 2.31% |
| 2037 | 59,279,025 | 2.29% |
| 2038 | 60,597,829 | 2.22% |
| 2039 | 61,944,459 | 2.22% |
| 2040 | 63,347,863 | 2.27% |
| 2041 | 64,738,834 | 2.2% |
| 2042 | 66,060,206 | 2.04% |
| 2043 | 67,375,149 | 1.99% |
| 2044 | 68,703,950 | 1.97% |
| 2045 | 70,021,184 | 1.92% |
| 2046 | 71,384,682 | 1.95% |
| 2047 | 72,756,288 | 1.92% |
| 2048 | 74,109,717 | 1.86% |
| 2049 | 75,515,588 | 1.9% |
| 2050 | 76,885,118 | 1.81% |
Afghanistan has a population of 44.8M as of 2025, compared to 33.8M in 2015, 24.4M in 2005, and 17.1M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.25% per year. Afghanistan is ranked 30th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Afghanistan will have 70,021,184 people (56.3% growth) with a rank change from 36th to 27th.
By the year 2100, Afghanistan's population is projected to grow by 190.6% to 130M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Afghanistan
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Kabul | 4.27M |
| Kandahar | 614K |
| Herat | 556K |
| Mazar-i-Sharif | 469K |
| Kunduz | 357K |
| Jalalabad | 263K |
| Lashkargah | 202K |
| Sheberghan | 176K |
| Khost | 160K |
| Ghazni | 143K |
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Afghanistan population statistics
|
Afghanistan
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 66.5 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 22.1 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 18.2 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.84 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.4 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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