Afghanistan
Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- Afghanistan records 43.84M for Population, total in 2025, ranking #36 globally out of 217 countries.
- Population, total increased from 9.04M in 1960 to 43.84M in 2025, a gain of 34.81M.
- The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.
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