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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Afghanistan

Most recent
43,844,111 (2025)
Earliest
9,035,043 (1960)
Highest
43,844,111 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Afghanistan at the United Nations
025,000,00050,000,0001960: 9,035,0431961: 9,214,0831962: 9,404,4061963: 9,604,4871964: 9,814,3181965: 10,036,0081966: 10,266,3951967: 10,505,9591968: 10,756,9221969: 11,017,4091970: 11,290,1281971: 11,567,6671972: 11,853,6961973: 12,157,9991974: 12,469,1271975: 12,773,9541976: 13,059,8511977: 13,340,7561978: 13,611,4411979: 13,655,5671980: 13,169,3111981: 11,937,5811982: 10,991,3781983: 10,917,9821984: 11,190,2211985: 11,426,8521986: 11,420,0741987: 11,387,8181988: 11,523,2981989: 11,874,0881990: 12,045,6601991: 12,238,8791992: 13,278,9741993: 14,943,1721994: 16,250,7941995: 17,065,8361996: 17,763,2661997: 18,452,0911998: 19,159,9961999: 19,887,7852000: 20,130,3272001: 20,284,3072002: 21,378,1172003: 22,733,0492004: 23,560,6542005: 24,404,5672006: 25,424,0942007: 25,909,8522008: 26,482,6222009: 27,466,1012010: 28,284,0892011: 29,347,7082012: 30,560,0342013: 31,622,7042014: 32,792,5232015: 33,831,7642016: 34,700,6122017: 35,688,9352018: 36,743,0392019: 37,856,1212020: 39,068,9792021: 40,000,4122022: 40,578,8422023: 41,454,7612024: 42,647,4922025: 43,844,11119602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
202543,844,111
202442,647,492
202341,454,761
202240,578,842
202140,000,412
202039,068,979
201937,856,121
201836,743,039
201735,688,935
201634,700,612
201533,831,764
201432,792,523
201331,622,704
201230,560,034
201129,347,708
201028,284,089
200927,466,101
200826,482,622
200725,909,852
200625,424,094
200524,404,567
200423,560,654
200322,733,049
200221,378,117
200120,284,307
200020,130,327
199919,887,785
199819,159,996
199718,452,091
199617,763,266
199517,065,836
199416,250,794
199314,943,172
199213,278,974
199112,238,879
199012,045,660
198911,874,088
198811,523,298
198711,387,818
198611,420,074
198511,426,852
198411,190,221
198310,917,982
198210,991,378
198111,937,581
198013,169,311
197913,655,567
197813,611,441
197713,340,756
197613,059,851
197512,773,954
197412,469,127
197312,157,999
197211,853,696
197111,567,667
197011,290,128
196911,017,409
196810,756,922
196710,505,959
196610,266,395
196510,036,008
19649,814,318
19639,604,487
19629,404,406
19619,214,083
19609,035,043

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