Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Asia · Southern Asia
Afghanistan is recorded at 42.65m people in 2024, with total annual change of +1,205,676 under the WPP medium variant.
Afghanistan observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 1,492,956 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -243,186 |
| Natural change | +1,249,770 |
| Net migration | -44,089 |
| Total change | +1,205,676 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +1,205,676 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -87,569,247 since 2100 |
| Projected 2100 | 130.22m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Afghanistan 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 17.92m, ages 15-64 22.55m, ages 65+ 985.6k.
Afghanistan 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 25.01m, ages 15-64 48.79m, ages 65+ 3.08m.
Afghanistan 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 27.30m, ages 15-64 84.43m, ages 65+ 18.49m.
Stage since 2024.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42.65m | 1,205,676 | 1.49m | 243.2k | 4.76 |
| 2030 | 50.04m | 1,335,102 | 1.58m | 261.7k | 4.22 |
| 2050 | 76.89m | 1,292,835 | 1.81m | 394.7k | 3.09 |
| 2080 | 114.67m | 1,033,484 | 1.90m | 832.5k | 2.31 |
| 2100 | 130.22m | 552,431 | 1.81m | 1.16m | 2.06 |