Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · capital Kabul
Afghanistan
#36 by population · Low income · ISO AFG
Population right now
45,324,925
3,477.1 net per day · 1 birth every 20.6 s
·anchor 43,844,111 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.546% of the world
👶 Births today
3,701
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
603
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−14,881
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+3,062
2.90% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
35.01 /1,000
2024
Death rate
5.70 /1,000
2024
Fertility
4.76 births/woman
Life expectancy
66.3 yrs
Aged 0–14
42.6%
Aged 65+
2.4%
Urban
25.9%
Land area
652,870 km²
Density
67.2 /km²
GDP / capita
$417
2024
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 43,844,111 + 0.0402/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 4,202 (crude birth rate 35.01/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 684 (crude death rate 5.70/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 2.77%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →