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: 41 876 181*^[1], area 647500 km², population density 64.67 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

41 876 181

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 2026-08-09*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	2 437 404	⇐+8.9%	2 237 950
5-9	2 776 407	⇐+4.9%	2 646 704
10-14	2 907 716	⇐+5.7%	2 751 110
15-19	2 737 603	⇐+6.1%	2 580 597
20-24	2 334 584	⇐+4.2%	2 241 216
25-29	1 819 590	⇐+8.4%	1 679 161
30-34	1 488 464	⇐+9.9%	1 354 789
35-39	1 283 222	⇐+8%	1 188 055
40-44	1 051 849	⇐+13.5%	927 065
45-49	792 340	⇐+11.5%	710 558
50-54	607 773	⇐+9%	557 648
55-59	462 609	⇐+7.1%	432 142
60-64	339 421	⇐+7.7%	315 022
65-69	247 445	+2.8%⇒	254 495
70-74	164 971	+28.5%⇒	211 961
75-79	91 144	+5.8%⇒	96 462
80-84	43 311	+23.5%⇒	53 482
85-89	16 453	+34.5%⇒	22 134
90-94	5 244	+29.8%⇒	6 808
95-99	453	+72.4%⇒	781
100+	9	+233.3%⇒	30

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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