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Afghanistan: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2030 · pop

2025
43.8 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.8%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.6%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203050.1Forecast
202948.7Forecast
202847.5Forecast
202746.3Forecast
202645.0Forecast
202543.8
202442.6
202341.5
202240.6
202140.0
202039.1
201937.9
201836.7
201735.7
201634.7

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2002–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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