Afghanistan Population 2024

Afghanistan's population in 2024 is 42.647.492 as of July 1, 7, based on the latest estimates by United Nations year 2024.

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Afghanistan Population 2024 and History

Year	Population	% annual change	Changes by year	Net migration	Median age	Average life expectancy	Sex Ratio (Male/100 Female)	Density (N/Km²)
2024	42.647.492	2,83%.	1.205.676	-44.089	17,1	66,3	102,0	65,7
2023	41.454.761	2,85%.	1.179.786	-48.958	16,9	66,0	101,9	63,8
2022	40.578.842	1,41%.	572.052	-647.402	16,8	65,6	101,9	62,5
2021	40.000.412	1,46%.	584.808	-548.784	16,6	60,4	101,9	61,6
2020	39.068.979	3,27%.	1.278.058	143.634	16,4	61,5	102,0	60,2
2015	33.831.764	2,34%.	790.755	-286.314	15,5	62,3	102,2	52,1
2010	28.284.089	2,74%.	776.015	-167.460	14,6	60,7	101,9	43,6
2005	24.404.567	4,53%.	1.106.084	250.971	14,0	58,2	101,4	37,6
2000	20.130.327	-1,21%	-243.262	-1.025.973	14,0	55,0	100,6	31,0
1995	17.065.836	4,14%.	705.787	52.505	14,6	52,1	99,8	26,3
1990	12.045.660	-0,47%	-56.304	-458.737	15,0	45,1	99,6	18,6
1985	11.426.852	0,17%.	19.780	-208.685	15,3	32,1	100,8	17,6
1980	13.169.311	-6,14%	-808.845	-1.174.239	15,8	39,3	103,5	20,3
1975	12.773.954	2,34%.	299.434	-44.418	16,4	40,0	104,4	19,7
1970	11.290.128	2,48%.	279.597	4.458	17,0	37,5	105,2	17,4
1965	10.036.008	2,28%.	228.435	10.695	17,5	35,1	106,4	15,5
1960	9.035.043	1,91%.	172.879	2.606	17,9	32,8	108,0	13,9
1955	8.326.979	1,49%.	123.643	-7.263	18,2	30,4	110,0	12,8
1950	7.776.176	1,28%.	99.180	6.161	18,4	28,2	112,6	12,0

Afghanistan population projections

Year	Population	% annual change	Changes by year	Net migration	Median age	Average life expectancy	Sex Ratio (Male/100 Female)	Density (N/Km²)
2025	43.844.111	2,71%.	1.187.563	-74.404	17,3	66,5	102,0	67,5
2030	50.039.402	2,67%.	1.335.102	20.392	18,2	67,6	102,3	77,1
2035	56.647.232	2,28%.	1.292.333	-79.582	19,3	68,6	102,4	87,2
2040	63.347.870	2,24%.	1.420.875	33.259	20,5	69,4	102,4	97,6
2045	70.021.200	1,89%.	1.325.097	-76.758	21,7	70,2	102,4	107,8
2050	76.885.135	1,68%.	1.292.835	-123.627	23,0	70,9	102,3	118,4
2055	83.578.886	1,66%.	1.386.077	-18.289	24,3	71,6	102,2	128,7
2060	90.362.736	1,44%.	1.296.840	-86.012	25,6	72,3	102,0	139,2
2065	97.024.251	1,43%.	1.382.724	52.448	26,9	73,0	101,7	149,4
2070	103.416.642	1,28%.	1.318.986	65.970	28,1	73,6	101,5	159,3
2075	109.352.869	0,94%.	1.028.152	-138.130	29,3	74,2	101,2	168,4
2080	114.673.795	0,90%.	1.033.484	-32.664	30,4	74,8	101,0	176,6
2085	119.224.273	0,74%.	882.097	-81.339	31,6	75,5	100,7	183,6
2090	123.304.496	0,70%.	860.361	-498	32,7	76,1	100,5	189,9
2095	126.990.147	0,52%.	664.391	-90.017	33,8	76,7	100,4	195,6
2100	130.216.739	0,42%.	552.431	-99.070	34,8	77,3	100,2	200,6

Population of cities in Afghanistan

World ranking	City	Population 2024	Population 2023	% change
91	Kabul	4.728.384	4.588.666	3,0%.

Religious population in Afghanistan

Population
Year	Christianity	Islamic	Hinduism	Buddhism	Folk religion	Judaism	Other religions	Non-religious
2010	30.000	31.330.000	10.000	<10.000	<10.000	<10.000	20.000	<10.000
2020	40.000	40.610.000	10.000	<10.000	<10.000	<10.000	30.000	<10.000
2030	50.000	51.030.000	20.000	10.000	<10.000	<10.000	40.000	10.000
2040	60.000	61.700.000	20.000	10.000	<10.000	<10.000	50.000	10.000
2050	70.000	72.190.000	30.000	20.000	<10.000	<10.000	60.000	20.000
Proportion (%)
Year	Christianity	Islamic	Hinduism	Buddhism	Folk religion	Judaism	Other religions	Non-religious
2010	<1,0	> 99,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0
2020	<1,0	> 99,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0
2030	<1,0	> 99,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0
2040	<1,0	> 99,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0
2050	<1,0	> 99,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0	<1,0

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