Population of Afghanistan today

43,442,543
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Population of Afghanistan as of today

The current population of Afghanistan is 43,442,543 with an annual growth rate of 2.63%. Afghanistan has a population of 0.53% of the world's population.

Population43,442,543
Growth Rate2.63%
Male21,920,075 (50.458%)
Female21,522,468 (49.542%)
Today Change+ 140
Births today182
Deaths today33
Births in 2024834,873
Deaths in 2024149,096
Change in 2024+ 639,887 (1.495%)

Population chart for Afghanistan

Population History of Afghanistan

YearPopulation
(01 Jan)
Natural ChangeGrowth Rate
(%)
Total Population
(31 December)
202341,677,0521,110,6932.665%42,787,745
202240,580,4901,081,8762.666%41,662,366
202139,618,434950,4462.399%40,568,880
202038,326,0271,271,2743.317%39,597,301
201937,212,9701,096,6662.947%38,309,636
201836,160,5981,037,4482.869%37,198,046
201735,126,2371,019,3632.902%36,145,600
201634,146,178966,3372.83%35,112,515
201533,360,820776,3062.327%34,137,126
201432,071,6001,263,9423.941%33,335,542

The population of countries near Afghanistan

RankIsoCountryPopulationEquivalent Afghanistan
1TJ Tajikistan10,343,32023.919%
2TM Turkmenistan6,603,29915.321%
3UZ Uzbekistan35,705,73682.765%
4CN China1,425,136,8873,330.385%
5IR Iran89,851,056209.102%
6PK Pakistan245,508,003567.36%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank,Nations Geo,Census,Wikidata