Population of Afghanistan today

43,220,961
Thursday, May 16, 2024

Population of Afghanistan as of today

The current population of Afghanistan is 43,220,961 with an annual growth rate of 2.63%. Afghanistan has a population of 0.53% of the world's population.

Population43,220,961
Growth Rate2.63%
Male21,808,270 (50.458%)
Female21,412,691 (49.542%)
Today Change+ 8
Births today11
Deaths today2
Births in 2024545,770
Deaths in 202497,467
Change in 2024+ 418,305 (0.977%)

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 Tajikistan10,306,86423.919%
2TM Turkmenistan6,587,56415.321%
3UZ Uzbekistan35,608,74082.765%
4CN China1,425,260,3473,330.385%
5IR Iran89,729,850209.102%
6PK Pakistan244,585,919567.36%
Data sources: United Nations,World Bank,Nations Geo,Census,Wikidata