Afghanistan's Population: 42.6 million

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTRY

Afghanistan's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 42.6 million in 2024.

Afghanistan last conducted a national census in 1979 and 42.3% of births in Afghanistan are recorded. Read more from the World Economics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Afghanistan compares to other countries around the world and in the Asia-Pacific region.

Afghanistan's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London


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India D 687.4 865.0 1,057.9 1,243.5 1,450.9 1,525.1 1,679.6
China A 983.2 1,153.6 1,269.6 1,351.6 1,419.3 1,398.2 1,260.3
United States A 229.9 253.4 281.5 311.1 345.4 355.6 380.8
Indonesia B 149.0 183.5 216.1 246.3 283.5 295.9 320.7
Pakistan D 82.3 116.2 154.9 199.2 251.3 276.9 371.9
Nigeria E 73.8 97.1 126.4 166.6 232.7 262.4 359.2
Brazil A 121.2 149.1 174.0 193.7 212.0 216.1 217.5
Bangladesh E 88.0 111.6 134.5 152.2 173.6 186.1 214.7
Russia A 138.6 149.0 146.7 143.9 144.8 141.9 136.1
Ethiopia E 34.4 47.6 67.4 90.5 132.1 152.9 225.0
Mexico B 67.3 82.8 98.6 113.6 130.9 136.9 148.9
Japan A 118.4 123.4 127.0 128.2 123.8 119.6 105.1
Egypt B 44.0 58.4 73.1 89.2 116.5 127.1 161.6
Philippines B 48.0 62.9 79.6 96.3 115.8 121.4 134.4
Congo, Dem. Rep E 26.7 36.7 50.5 68.6 109.3 131.5 218.2
Vietnam B 52.5 65.5 77.2 87.5 101.0 104.3 110.0
Türkiye A 45.4 56.0 65.4 73.3 87.5 89.0 91.3
Germany B 78.3 79.7 81.8 80.8 84.6 82.8 78.3
Thailand A 45.7 54.7 63.0 68.6 71.7 71.2 66.4
United Kingdom A 56.3 57.4 59.1 63.0 69.1 71.3 75.5
Tanzania E 19.2 26.1 34.3 44.8 68.6 80.9 129.6
France A 53.9 57.0 59.5 63.4 66.5 67.1 68.2
South Africa C 29.5 40.7 47.2 52.3 64.0 68.2 79.2
Italy B 56.4 57.0 57.3 60.2 59.3 57.9 51.9
Kenya D 16.0 22.9 30.6 41.6 56.4 63.1 83.6
Myanmar C 33.2 39.8 45.3 49.0 54.5 56.4 58.6
Colombia B 26.1 32.4 39.1 44.8 52.9 55.7 59.4
Korea, Rep. A 38.1 44.1 46.8 48.8 51.7 51.2 45.1
Sudan E 17.1 22.0 27.8 35.4 50.4 58.6 85.2
Uganda E 13.3 17.6 24.0 32.4 50.0 58.3 85.4
Spain B 37.5 39.1 41.0 46.8 47.9 47.6 44.9
Algeria C 18.6 25.4 30.9 36.2 46.8 50.2 59.6
Argentina A 28.0 32.8 37.2 41.3 45.7 46.6 48.3
Afghanistan E 13.2 12.0 20.1 28.3 42.6 50.0 76.9
Yemen, Rep. E 9.5 13.9 19.6 26.8 40.6 47.7 71.0
Canada A 24.5 27.8 30.9 34.2 39.7 41.7 45.6
Poland A 35.6 38.1 38.3 38.1 38.5 37.2 32.8
Morocco C 19.5 24.4 28.4 32.5 38.1 40.0 43.4
Angola E 8.1 11.6 16.2 23.3 37.9 45.2 74.3
Ukraine B 50.0 52.1 49.6 46.5 37.9 38.4 32.0
Uzbekistan E 15.6 20.5 24.8 28.4 36.4 40.2 52.2
Malaysia B 13.0 17.8 23.0 28.7 35.6 38.0 44.3
Mozambique D 11.3 13.1 18.1 23.0 34.6 40.8 63.5
Ghana C 11.9 15.4 19.6 25.5 34.4 38.2 50.6
Peru B 17.4 22.0 26.6 29.1 34.2 36.2 40.6
Saudi Arabia A 6.0 10.6 16.2 25.2 34.0 37.4 47.7
Madagascar D 9.0 12.1 16.5 22.2 32.0 36.7 53.2
Cote d'Ivoire D 8.2 12.2 17.7 22.5 31.9 36.7 55.7
Nepal D 15.6 19.5 24.5 27.3 29.7 30.5 34.6
Cameroon E 8.5 11.3 14.9 19.7 29.1 33.8 51.1
Niger E 6.1 8.3 11.5 16.5 27.0 32.5 52.5
Australia A 14.7 17.1 19.1 22.1 26.7 28.2 32.5
Mali C 7.5 9.2 11.6 15.9 24.5 29.0 46.2
Burkina Faso C 6.9 9.2 11.9 16.2 23.5 26.7 37.3
Taiwan A 18.1 20.6 22.3 23.2 23.2 22.6 19.4
Sri Lanka C 14.8 16.4 19.3 20.9 23.1 23.8 24.8
Malawi D 6.3 9.5 11.3 14.8 21.7 25.2 37.4
Zambia E 5.8 7.8 10.0 14.0 21.3 25.0 38.1
Kazakhstan A 15.2 17.2 15.5 16.8 20.6 22.0 26.5
Chad E 4.5 6.0 8.5 12.3 20.3 24.2 38.9
Chile B 11.5 13.4 15.5 17.2 19.8 20.2 20.3
Romania C 22.2 22.9 22.0 20.4 19.0 18.4 16.0
Senegal D 5.8 7.7 10.0 12.6 18.5 21.2 30.4
Guatemala C 6.9 9.0 11.7 14.5 18.4 20.1 24.7
Netherlands B 14.2 15.0 16.1 16.8 18.2 18.8 19.0
Ecuador D 8.2 10.5 12.7 15.1 18.1 19.1 21.3
Cambodia D 5.2 7.4 12.5 14.5 17.6 18.8 21.9
Zimbabwe E 7.0 10.1 11.9 13.4 16.6 18.6 25.9
Guinea E 5.0 6.4 8.4 10.4 14.8 16.8 23.4
Benin D 3.9 5.3 7.2 9.8 14.5 16.6 24.4
Rwanda D 5.4 7.4 8.2 10.3 14.3 16.2 22.7
Burundi E 4.4 5.6 6.5 9.4 14.0 16.2 24.1
Bolivia D 5.8 7.1 8.6 10.2 12.4 13.4 16.1
Tunisia C 6.6 8.3 9.8 10.8 12.3 12.6 13.1
Haiti E 5.6 6.9 8.3 9.8 11.8 12.6 14.7
Belgium B 9.8 10.0 10.3 10.9 11.7 11.8 11.9
Jordan C 2.2 3.6 5.4 7.3 11.6 12.4 16.4
Dominican Republic D 5.7 7.2 8.6 9.8 11.4 11.9 13.0
United Arab Emirates C 1.0 1.9 3.5 6.9 11.0 12.2 15.4
Honduras D 3.7 5.0 6.6 8.4 10.8 11.9 14.8
Czechia B 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.5 10.7 10.4 9.8
Sweden B 8.3 8.6 8.9 9.4 10.6 10.8 11.3
Tajikistan B 4.0 5.4 6.3 7.7 10.6 11.7 15.6
Papua New Guinea E 3.1 3.9 5.5 7.6 10.6 11.7 14.9
Portugal B 9.8 10.0 10.3 10.6 10.4 10.3 9.8
Azerbaijan B 6.3 7.2 8.2 9.1 10.3 10.7 11.2
Greece B 9.7 10.3 10.8 11.1 10.0 9.7 8.8
Hungary D 10.7 10.4 10.2 10.0 9.7 9.4 8.7
Togo D 2.9 4.0 5.1 6.7 9.5 10.8 15.6
Israel C 3.7 4.5 6.1 7.3 9.4 10.2 13.1
Austria B 7.5 7.7 8.0 8.4 9.1 9.1 8.7
Belarus A 9.6 10.2 10.0 9.5 9.1 8.7 7.5
Switzerland C 6.3 6.7 7.2 7.8 8.9 9.1 9.3
Sierra Leone D 3.3 4.2 4.4 6.2 8.6 9.7 12.9
Laos D 3.3 4.3 5.4 6.3 7.8 8.4 9.8
Turkmenistan B 2.8 3.8 4.6 5.6 7.5 8.1 9.6
Hong Kong A 5.0 5.6 6.7 7.1 7.4 7.3 6.1
Libya E 3.4 4.4 5.3 6.5 7.4 7.9 9.3
Kyrgyzstan A 3.7 4.5 5.0 5.5 7.2 7.8 9.6
Paraguay D 3.1 4.0 5.1 5.7 6.9 7.4 8.6
Nicaragua E 3.3 4.2 5.0 5.7 6.9 7.4 8.8
Bulgaria C 8.9 8.8 8.0 7.4 6.8 6.5 5.4
Serbia C 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.4 6.7 6.5 5.5
El Salvador D 4.5 5.4 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.7
Congo, Rep. E 1.8 2.4 3.2 4.5 6.3 7.3 11.0
Denmark B 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.1 6.1
Singapore A 2.4 3.0 4.0 5.1 5.8 6.0 6.1
Lebanon E 2.9 3.6 4.3 5.0 5.8 6.1 7.0
Finland C 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.4
Liberia E 1.9 2.2 2.9 4.1 5.6 6.4 8.9
Norway B 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.6 5.7 5.9
Slovak Republic C 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 4.9
Central African Republic E 2.5 2.9 3.8 4.5 5.3 6.5 10.6
Oman A 1.0 1.8 2.3 2.8 5.3 6.1 7.8
Ireland A 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.6 5.3 5.5 6.0
New Zealand A 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.3 5.2 5.4 5.8
Mauritania E 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.4 5.2 6.1 9.4
Costa Rica C 2.4 3.1 3.9 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.4
Kuwait A 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.9 4.9 5.3 6.4
Panama C 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.6 4.5 4.8 5.6
Croatia C 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.2
Georgia B 5.2 5.4 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7
Mongolia A 1.7 2.2 2.5 2.7 3.5 3.7 4.5
Uruguay C 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 4.1 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.2 3.0 2.5
Qatar A 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.7 3.0 3.3 4.2
Moldova B 4.0 4.5 4.2 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.4
Namibia E 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.1 3.0 3.4 4.5
Armenia A 3.1 3.6 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.5
Lithuania C 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.3
Jamaica D 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.5
Albania C 2.7 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.2
Gambia E 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.8 3.1 4.3
Gabon D 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.5 2.9 4.1
Botswana D 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.5 2.8 3.4
Lesotho E 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.5 3.0
Guinea-Bissau E 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.6 2.2 2.5 3.4
Slovenia A 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0
Latvia D 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.5
North Macedonia B 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.5
Bahrain C 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.1
Trinidad and Tobago D 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4
Estonia C 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2
Cyprus B 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.5
Mauritius A 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1
Eswatini D 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5
Comoros D 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.3
Guyana D 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9
Bhutan C 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9
Luxembourg B 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8
Suriname D 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7
Malta A 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5
Cabo Verde C 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Brunei E 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Bahamas, The C 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Iceland B 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4


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