Afghanistan · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Afghanistan (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Afghanistan? Answer: Current population of Afghanistan is: 41 897 001*^[1], area 647500 km², population density 64.71 p/km². Capital of Afghanistan is Kabul. Continent: Asia.

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Afghanistan · Population 1950-2100

Afghanistan · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Afghanistan as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Afghanistan population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

Current Afghanistan population

41 897 001

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 37.495 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 28.558 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 119.823 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Afghanistan population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 2304 / day = 96.01 / hour = 1.6 / minute = 0.0267 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 3025 / day = 126.04 / hour = 2.101 / minute = 0.0353 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 721 / day = 30.04 / hour = 0.501 / minute = 0.0083 / seconds.

Current Afghanistan population by age and sex for 2026-08-18*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	2 437 179	⇐+8.9%	2 237 563
5-9	2 777 000	⇐+4.9%	2 647 269
10-14	2 909 073	⇐+5.7%	2 752 396
15-19	2 739 308	⇐+6.1%	2 582 200
20-24	2 336 251	⇐+4.2%	2 242 943
25-29	1 820 765	⇐+8.4%	1 680 299
30-34	1 489 378	⇐+9.9%	1 355 614
35-39	1 284 110	⇐+8%	1 188 945
40-44	1 052 649	⇐+13.5%	927 750
45-49	792 893	⇐+11.5%	711 035
50-54	608 174	⇐+9%	558 009
55-59	462 905	⇐+7.1%	432 398
60-64	339 625	⇐+7.8%	315 170
65-69	247 606	+2.8%⇒	254 613
70-74	165 098	+28.5%⇒	212 170
75-79	91 220	+5.8%⇒	96 527
80-84	43 354	+23.5%⇒	53 533
85-89	16 472	+34.5%⇒	22 160
90-94	5 253	+29.8%⇒	6 818
95-99	454	+72.2%⇒	782
100+	9	+233.3%⇒	30

Sources: [1]

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Population for cities or regions in Afghanistan (19)

Chaghcharan Ghor
Charikar Parwan
Farah Farah
Ghazni Ghazni
♥ Herat Herat
Jalalabad Nangarhar
♥ Kabul Kabul
♥ Kandahar Kandahar
Khost Khost
♥ Kunduz Kunduz
Lashkargah Lashkar Gah Helmand
Maymana Faryab
♥ Mazar-i-Sharif Mazari Sharif Balkh
Mihtarlam Laghman
Pol-e Alam Logar
Pul-e Khomri Baghlan
Sar-e Pol Sar-e Pol
Sheberghan Jowzjan
♥ Taloqan Takhar

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).

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