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: 40 985 590*^[1], area 647500 km², population density 63.3 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

40 985 590

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 2025-07-18*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	2 447 034	⇐+8.5%	2 254 506
5-9	2 751 038	⇐+4.9%	2 622 556
10-14	2 849 659	⇐+5.7%	2 696 099
15-19	2 664 679	⇐+6.1%	2 512 057
20-24	2 263 278	⇐+4.4%	2 167 342
25-29	1 769 354	⇐+8.5%	1 630 471
30-34	1 449 341	⇐+9.8%	1 319 492
35-39	1 245 240	⇐+8.3%	1 149 995
40-44	1 017 634	⇐+13.4%	897 776
45-49	768 686	⇐+11.4%	690 131
50-54	590 612	⇐+8.9%	542 207
55-59	449 921	⇐+6.8%	421 151
60-64	330 722	⇐+7.1%	308 680
65-69	240 535	+3.7%⇒	249 444
70-74	159 514	+27.3%⇒	203 028
75-79	87 874	+6.6%⇒	93 685
80-84	41 465	+23.7%⇒	51 301
85-89	15 620	+34.5%⇒	21 005
90-94	4 885	+30.6%⇒	6 380
95-99	424	+72.9%⇒	733
100+	9	+222.2%⇒	29

Sources: [1]

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Childrens per woman

Life expectancy at birth

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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