Population 43,844,111
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Afghanistan 2025 · 43.84M
0 10.96M 21.92M 32.88M 43.84M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 9,035,043 1961: 9,214,083 1962: 9,404,406 1963: 9,604,487 1964: 9,814,318 1965: 10,036,008 1966: 10,266,395 1967: 10,505,959 1968: 10,756,922 1969: 11,017,409 1970: 11,290,128 1971: 11,567,667 1972: 11,853,696 1973: 12,157,999 1974: 12,469,127 1975: 12,773,954 1976: 13,059,851 1977: 13,340,756 1978: 13,611,441 1979: 13,655,567 1980: 13,169,311 1981: 11,937,581 1982: 10,991,378 1983: 10,917,982 1984: 11,190,221 1985: 11,426,852 1986: 11,420,074 1987: 11,387,818 1988: 11,523,298 1989: 11,874,088 1990: 12,045,660 1991: 12,238,879 1992: 13,278,974 1993: 14,943,172 1994: 16,250,794 1995: 17,065,836 1996: 17,763,266 1997: 18,452,091 1998: 19,159,996 1999: 19,887,785 2000: 20,130,327 2001: 20,284,307 2002: 21,378,117 2003: 22,733,049 2004: 23,560,654 2005: 24,404,567 2006: 25,424,094 2007: 25,909,852 2008: 26,482,622 2009: 27,466,101 2010: 28,284,089 2011: 29,347,708 2012: 30,560,034 2013: 31,622,704 2014: 32,792,523 2015: 33,831,764 2016: 34,700,612 2017: 35,688,935 2018: 36,743,039 2019: 37,856,121 2020: 39,068,979 2021: 40,000,412 2022: 40,578,842 2023: 41,454,761 2024: 42,647,492 2025: 43,844,111 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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