# Live births in Afghanistan

Live births in Afghanistan was 1.47 million in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `af`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/afghanistan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=af

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,469,029 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 1,462,654 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 1,453,685 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 1,429,983 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 1,405,919 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 1,382,424 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 1,362,270 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 1,344,010 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 1,331,758 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 1,300,107 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 1,274,030 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 1,243,843 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 1,202,456 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 1,181,113 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 1,158,017 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 1,126,525 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 1,135,656 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 1,120,880 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 1,097,038 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 1,095,372 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 1,069,727 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 1,015,202 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 1,006,562 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 1,036,525 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 1,013,252 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 985,909 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 961,674 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 932,409 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 899,076 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 851,696 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 759,621 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 668,128 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 639,838 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 637,076 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 613,672 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 595,844 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 594,693 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 596,068 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 590,687 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 563,440 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 558,710 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 571,255 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 658,773 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 703,929 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 710,483 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 698,108 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 684,795 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 670,354 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 655,576 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 640,572 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 623,433 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 607,433 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 593,459 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 578,135 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 564,969 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 550,849 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 536,916 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 523,769 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 510,721 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 499,081 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 487,782 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 476,486 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 465,920 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 456,418 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 447,510 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 439,867 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 432,044 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 425,071 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 417,650 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 410,428 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 404,666 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 397,663 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 391,002 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 383,985 (estimated) |