World Economics subscribers can view, download and compare data quality for 150+ countries.World Economics developed the Data Quality Ratings to review the usefulness of official population data of individual countries.This can be used to determine risk and inform investment decisions.
The population of Afghanistan is estimated to be 41.7 million in 2023 using United Nations estimates.
Afghanistan's grew at 2.3% in the last year and is ranked the 14th most populated country in Asia-Pacific, ahead of Saudi Arabia.
Afghanistan last conducted a national census in 1979 and 42.3% of births are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Afghanistan compares to other countries around the globe and in Asia-Pacific.