Afghanistan Population

• The current population of Afghanistan is 36,379,336 as of Sunday, July 8, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• Afghanistan population is equivalent to 0.48% of the total world population.
• Afghanistan ranks number 39 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in Afghanistan is 56 per Km2 (144 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 652,860 Km2 (252,071 sq. miles)
• 26.3 % of the population is urban (9,576,359 people in 2018)
• The median age in Afghanistan is 17.6 years.

Population of Afghanistan (2018 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Afghanistan Global Rank
2018	36,373,176	2.37 %	843,095	-60,000	17.6	5.07	56	25.4 %	9,576,359	0.48 %	7,632,819,325	39
2017	35,530,081	2.52 %	874,049	-60,000	17.6	5.07	54	26.0 %	9,223,051	0.47 %	7,550,262,101	40
2016	34,656,032	2.73 %	919,538	-60,000	17.6	5.07	53	25.6 %	8,880,234	0.46 %	7,466,964,280	40
2015	33,736,494	3.21 %	986,665	89,601	17.3	5.26	52	25.3 %	8,546,635	0.46 %	7,383,008,820	40
2010	28,803,167	2.81 %	746,474	-155,499	16.0	6.37	44	24.3 %	7,011,272	0.41 %	6,958,169,159	42
2005	25,070,798	4.53 %	995,408	185,824	16.1	7.18	38	22.7 %	5,691,905	0.38 %	6,542,159,383	45
2000	20,093,756	3.28 %	598,843	-75,895	15.7	7.65	31	21.8 %	4,383,053	0.33 %	6,145,006,989	49
1995	17,099,541	6.90 %	970,085	465,495	16.0	7.48	26	20.3 %	3,474,413	0.30 %	5,751,474,416	51
1990	12,249,114	0.78 %	93,213	-296,837	15.9	7.47	19	17.5 %	2,148,654	0.23 %	5,330,943,460	58
1985	11,783,050	-2.32 %	-293,064	-663,660	16.3	7.45	18	16.6 %	1,955,053	0.24 %	4,873,781,796	56
1980	13,248,370	1.02 %	131,617	-218,492	17.0	7.45	20	15.6 %	2,066,880	0.30 %	4,458,411,534	51
1975	12,590,286	2.50 %	292,833	-4,000	17.4	7.45	19	13.5 %	1,704,871	0.31 %	4,079,087,198	48
1970	11,126,123	2.28 %	237,542	-4,000	17.9	7.45	17	11.4 %	1,269,972	0.30 %	3,700,577,650	48
1965	9,938,414	2.01 %	188,413	-4,000	19.2	7.45	15	9.6 %	952,137	0.30 %	3,339,592,688	48
1960	8,996,351	1.70 %	145,154	-4,000	18.8	7.45	14	8.0 %	721,379	0.30 %	3,033,212,527	48
1955	8,270,581	1.30 %	103,693	-4,000	19.2	7.45	13	6.7 %	553,706	0.30 %	2,772,242,535	48

Afghanistan Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Afghanistan Global Rank
2020	38,054,941	2.44 %	863,689	-60,000	18.6	4.41	58	27.1 %	10,320,963	0.49 %	7,795,482,309	37
2025	42,388,400	2.18 %	866,692	-60,000	20.1	3.71	65	29.3 %	12,418,550	0.52 %	8,185,613,757	37
2030	46,699,545	1.96 %	862,229	-60,000	21.9	3.19	72	31.7 %	14,788,124	0.55 %	8,551,198,644	35
2035	50,907,550	1.74 %	841,601	-60,000	23.6	2.82	78	34.1 %	17,374,813	0.57 %	8,892,701,940	36
2040	54,914,122	1.53 %	801,314	-60,000	25.2	2.56	84	36.6 %	20,093,889	0.60 %	9,210,337,004	32
2045	58,614,315	1.31 %	740,039	-60,000	27.0	2.36	90	39.0 %	22,863,478	0.62 %	9,504,209,572	33
2050	61,928,118	1.11 %	662,761	-60,000	28.9	2.20	95	41.4 %	25,642,244	0.63 %	9,771,822,753	33