Afghanistan — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2030 · 231 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

The population reading for Afghanistan was 43.84M people in 2025. The previous reading was 42.65M people in 2024; the period change was +2.81%.

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  • Annual data, 1800–2030
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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
203050.05M people
202948.75M people
202847.55M people
202746.35M people
202645.05M people
15 earlier values
202543.84M people
202442.65M people
202341.78M people
202240.94M people
202140.11M people
202038.28M people
201937.47M people
201836.68M people
201734.42M people
201633.73M people
201533.05M people
201432.39M people
201331.73M people
201231.10M people
201130.47M people

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.