Live population of Afghanistan

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of Afghanistan as of 2023 Apr 2 was 40,526,586

According to the 2022 Census, Afghanistan's share of the world population is 0.499%

Afghanistan population (2022) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	38,928,341	19,976,265	18,952,076	28,150,604	59.62	3.19	660,197	555,242	64.47	67.59
2015	34,413,603	17,686,166	16,727,437	25,368,923	52.71	4.55	646,140	548,789	62.85	65.81
2010	29,185,511	14,935,756	14,249,755	21,966,187	44.70	5.44	641,196	550,959	60.93	63.79
2005	25,654,274	13,239,684	12,414,590	19,378,962	39.29	6.47	669,978	580,910	58.34	61.02
2000	20,779,957	10,689,508	10,090,449	15,657,474	31.82	7.18	675,302	588,621	55.79	58.29
1995	18,110,662	9,392,627	8,718,035	13,401,971	27.74	7.65	650,627	567,725	53.52	55.93
1990	12,412,311	6,344,617	6,067,694	9,655,167	19.01	7.48	573,875	505,938	50.89	53.09
1985	11,938,204	6,091,889	5,846,315	9,544,582	18.28	7.46	531,357	475,952	47.54	49.66
1980	13,356,500	6,788,273	6,568,227	11,129,292	20.45	7.45	651,457	586,020	44.06	45.96
1975	12,689,164	6,446,273	6,242,891	10,872,864	19.43	7.45	775,431	698,003	40.78	42.58
1970	11,173,654	5,697,024	5,476,630	9,830,690	17.11	7.45	802,414	718,524	37.92	39.67
1965	9,956,318	5,104,765	4,851,553	8,954,064	15.25	7.45	790,745	700,151	35.37	37.06
1960	8,996,967	4,649,573	4,347,394	8,240,554	13.78	7.45	777,437	682,347	32.99	34.64
1955	8,270,992	4,318,945	3,952,047	7,682,763	12.66	7.45	783,110	672,495	30.43	31.97
1950	7,752,117	4,099,243	3,652,874	7,286,991	11.87	7.45	794,020	682,585	27.94	29.43