Afghanistan - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Afghanistan was 34,385,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34,385,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 9,671,046 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 9,671,046
1961 9,859,928
1962 10,056,480
1963 10,261,250
1964 10,474,900
1965 10,697,980
1966 10,927,720
1967 11,163,660
1968 11,411,020
1969 11,676,990
1970 11,964,910
1971 12,273,100
1972 12,593,690
1973 12,915,500
1974 13,223,930
1975 13,505,540
1976 13,847,330
1977 14,197,770
1978 14,557,070
1979 14,925,470
1980 15,303,190
1981 15,657,870
1982 16,020,770
1983 16,392,080
1984 16,771,990
1985 17,160,710
1986 17,518,110
1987 17,882,940
1988 18,255,380
1989 18,635,570
1990 19,023,680
1991 19,668,810
1992 20,335,820
1993 21,025,450
1994 21,738,470
1995 22,475,660
1996 23,131,310
1997 23,806,080
1998 24,500,540
1999 25,215,250
2000 25,950,820
2001 26,697,430
2002 27,465,530
2003 28,255,720
2004 29,068,650
2005 29,904,960
2006 30,751,660
2007 31,622,330
2008 32,517,660
2009 33,438,330
2010 34,385,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Afghanistan was 48.26 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 48.26 in 2010, while its lowest value was 48.11 in 1979.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 48.15
1961 48.14
1962 48.14
1963 48.13
1964 48.13
1965 48.13
1966 48.13
1967 48.12
1968 48.12
1969 48.12
1970 48.12
1971 48.11
1972 48.11
1973 48.11
1974 48.11
1975 48.11
1976 48.11
1977 48.11
1978 48.11
1979 48.11
1980 48.11
1981 48.11
1982 48.11
1983 48.11
1984 48.11
1985 48.12
1986 48.12
1987 48.12
1988 48.12
1989 48.12
1990 48.13
1991 48.14
1992 48.15
1993 48.16
1994 48.16
1995 48.17
1996 48.18
1997 48.19
1998 48.20
1999 48.20
2000 48.21
2001 48.22
2002 48.22
2003 48.23
2004 48.23
2005 48.24
2006 48.24
2007 48.25
2008 48.25
2009 48.26
2010 48.26

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population