# Population in Afghanistan

Population in Afghanistan was 43.84 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `af`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/afghanistan
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/afghanistan.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=af

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 43,844,111 |
| 2024 | 42,647,492 |
| 2023 | 41,454,761 |
| 2022 | 40,578,842 |
| 2021 | 40,000,412 |
| 2020 | 39,068,979 |
| 2019 | 37,856,121 |
| 2018 | 36,743,039 |
| 2017 | 35,688,935 |
| 2016 | 34,700,612 |
| 2015 | 33,831,764 |
| 2014 | 32,792,523 |
| 2013 | 31,622,704 |
| 2012 | 30,560,034 |
| 2011 | 29,347,708 |
| 2010 | 28,284,089 |
| 2009 | 27,466,101 |
| 2008 | 26,482,622 |
| 2007 | 25,909,852 |
| 2006 | 25,424,094 |
| 2005 | 24,404,567 |
| 2004 | 23,560,654 |
| 2003 | 22,733,049 |
| 2002 | 21,378,117 |
| 2001 | 20,284,307 |
| 2000 | 20,130,327 |
| 1999 | 19,887,785 |
| 1998 | 19,159,996 |
| 1997 | 18,452,091 |
| 1996 | 17,763,266 |
| 1995 | 17,065,836 |
| 1994 | 16,250,794 |
| 1993 | 14,943,172 |
| 1992 | 13,278,974 |
| 1991 | 12,238,879 |
| 1990 | 12,045,660 |
| 1989 | 11,874,088 |
| 1988 | 11,523,298 |
| 1987 | 11,387,818 |
| 1986 | 11,420,074 |
| 1985 | 11,426,852 |
| 1984 | 11,190,221 |
| 1983 | 10,917,982 |
| 1982 | 10,991,378 |
| 1981 | 11,937,581 |
| 1980 | 13,169,311 |
| 1979 | 13,655,567 |
| 1978 | 13,611,441 |
| 1977 | 13,340,756 |
| 1976 | 13,059,851 |
| 1975 | 12,773,954 |
| 1974 | 12,469,127 |
| 1973 | 12,157,999 |
| 1972 | 11,853,696 |
| 1971 | 11,567,667 |
| 1970 | 11,290,128 |
| 1969 | 11,017,409 |
| 1968 | 10,756,922 |
| 1967 | 10,505,959 |
| 1966 | 10,266,395 |
| 1965 | 10,036,008 |
| 1964 | 9,814,318 |
| 1963 | 9,604,487 |
| 1962 | 9,404,406 |
| 1961 | 9,214,083 |
| 1960 | 9,035,043 |