Afghanistan vs Yemen: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 2.85% a year in Afghanistan and 3.03% a year in Yemen, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Yemen, by 0.18 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Afghanistan.

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% a year · UN

AfghanistanYemenUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Yemen has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Afghanistan.
In 2023, Afghanistan ranked 16 and Yemen ranked 11 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Afghanistan at 0.42% a year and Yemen at 0.26% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Afghanistan	Yemen	World
2023	2.85	3.03	0.87
2022	1.41	2.99	0.88
2021	1.46	2.75	0.8
2020	3.27	2.74	0.9
2019	3.03	3.02	1.03
2018	2.94	2.92	1.07
2017	2.89	3.01	1.13
2016	2.73	3.02	1.17
2015	2.34	2.99	1.18
2014	3.93	3.1	1.22
2013	3.33	3.04	1.23
2012	3.51	3.05	1.27
2011	4.61	3.02	1.26
2010	2.74	3.08	1.27
2009	3.13	3.2	1.28
2008	4.18	3.19	1.28
2007	0.15	3.23	1.28
2006	3.67	3.25	1.28
2005	4.53	3.26	1.27
2004	2.47	2.93	1.28
2003	4.72	2.94	1.29
2002	7.66	2.94	1.3
2001	2.72	2.99	1.33
2000	-1.21	3.05	1.35
1999	3.66	3.1	1.35
1998	3.8	3.13	1.37
1997	3.73	3.18	1.39
1996	3.88	3.2	1.42
1995	4.14	3.54	1.45
1994	5.69	3.65	1.47
1993	11.33	3.73	1.52
1992	12.35	3.79	1.57
1991	3.62	3.82	1.63
1990	-0.47	3.84	1.76
1989	3.36	3.84	1.78
1988	2.62	3.85	1.79
1987	-0.27	3.92	1.84
1986	-0.29	3.81	1.83
1985	0.17	3.85	1.8
1984	4.05	3.77	1.8
1983	0.83	3.7	1.78
1982	-2.16	3.6	1.86
1981	-13.88	3.53	1.82
1980	-6.14	3.45	1.8
1979	-1.2	3.35	1.79
1978	1.85	3.2	1.74
1977	2.17	3.13	1.75
1976	2.09	3.07	1.78
1975	2.34	3	1.8
1974	2.49	2.91	1.88
1973	2.57	2.84	1.94
1972	2.5	2.78	1.97
1971	2.38	2.72	1.97
1970	2.48	2.64	2.06
1969	2.41	2.8	2.06
1968	2.37	2.67	2.09
1967	2.35	2.6	2
1966	2.26	2.52	2.04
1965	2.28	2.45	2.09
1964	2.19	2.37	2.16
1963	2.13	2.2	2.28
1962	2.08	2.21	2.11
1961	2.01	2.23	1.67
1960	1.91	2.16	1.58
1959	1.79	2.09	1.73
1958	1.53	2.02	2
1957	1.6	1.94	2.07
1956	1.55	1.88	1.98
1955	1.49	1.82	2.01
1954	1.39	1.75	1.99
1953	1.34	1.69	1.9
1952	1.37	1.61	1.94
1951	1.36	1.52	1.75
1950	1.28	1.37	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Afghanistan	Yemen	World
2024	2.83-2.13–6.91	2.941.98–3.74	0.86
2025	2.71-2.95–7.66	2.851.85–3.64	0.84
2026	2.71-3.05–7.54	2.761.72–3.58	0.83
2027	2.61-2.82–7.6	2.681.59–3.5	0.81
2028	2.57-3.08–7.73	2.591.54–3.39	0.8
2029	2.65-2.96–7.94	2.521.47–3.34	0.78
2030	2.67-2.99–7.96	2.451.36–3.3	0.76
2031	2.61-3.11–8.27	2.361.26–3.23	0.75
2032	2.52-3.39–8.02	2.31.24–3.16	0.73
2033	2.49-3.33–8.01	2.251.19–3.11	0.72
2034	2.32-3.66–7.5	2.21.13–3.04	0.7
2035	2.28-3.65–7.42	2.151.09–3.01	0.69
2036	2.28-3.64–7.34	2.11.08–2.98	0.67
2037	2.24-3.65–7.64	2.061.06–2.96	0.65
2038	2.16-3.72–7.48	2.021.01–2.93	0.64
2039	2.24-3.62–7.34	1.991.02–2.9	0.62
2040	2.24-3.65–7.48	1.960.98–2.87	0.61
2041	2.1-3.77–7.42	1.940.95–2.86	0.59
2042	1.94-3.7–7.21	1.910.94–2.86	0.57
2043	2-3.73–7.3	1.890.92–2.87	0.56
2044	1.91-3.76–7.16	1.860.89–2.83	0.54
2045	1.89-3.71–7.01	1.820.83–2.84	0.52
2046	1.96-3.63–6.97	1.790.8–2.86	0.5
2047	1.84-3.9–7.1	1.750.78–2.8	0.48
2048	1.84-3.54–6.94	1.720.71–2.79	0.46
2049	1.92-3.51–7.11	1.690.7–2.78	0.44
2050	1.68-4.21–6.63	1.660.65–2.78	0.42
2051	1.6-3.96–6.86	1.610.56–2.72	0.4
2052	1.71-4.01–6.71	1.580.54–2.74	0.38
2053	1.7-4.34–6.63	1.530.51–2.68	0.36
2054	1.68-4.18–6.71	1.50.47–2.69	0.34
2055	1.66-4.25–6.7	1.460.47–2.66	0.33
2056	1.67-4.06–6.7	1.430.4–2.68	0.31
2057	1.63-4.21–6.68	1.390.34–2.61	0.3
2058	1.54-4.41–6.57	1.360.32–2.6	0.28
2059	1.42-4.46–6.41	1.320.26–2.61	0.27
2060	1.44-4.18–6.2	1.280.24–2.55	0.25
2061	1.36-4.51–6.35	1.250.17–2.56	0.24
2062	1.45-4.4–6.44	1.210.16–2.52	0.23
2063	1.42-4.51–6.35	1.170.11–2.49	0.22
2064	1.45-4.04–6.74	1.130.06–2.4	0.21
2065	1.43-4.48–6.6	1.10.01–2.37	0.2
2066	1.27-4.86–6.27	1.08-0.01–2.38	0.19
2067	1.24-4.58–6.16	1.05-0.04–2.38	0.18
2068	1.31-4.4–6.59	1.02-0.08–2.34	0.17
2069	1.22-4.91–6.28	0.99-0.09–2.34	0.16
2070	1.28-4.66–6.36	0.96-0.1–2.33	0.15
2071	1.11-4.63–5.93	0.94-0.16–2.29	0.14
2072	1.13-4.98–6.28	0.91-0.16–2.25	0.13
2073	1.18-4.39–6.23	0.88-0.24–2.24	0.12
2074	1.06-5.27–6.19	0.86-0.24–2.25	0.1
2075	0.94-5.18–5.97	0.83-0.24–2.21	0.09
2076	0.97-5.41–5.97	0.81-0.25–2.2	0.08
2077	0.97-4.89–6.08	0.78-0.34–2.16	0.07
2078	0.88-5.4–6.17	0.76-0.34–2.13	0.06
2079	1.01-5.54–6.2	0.74-0.37–2.15	0.05
2080	0.9-5.15–6.16	0.71-0.42–2.11	0.04
2081	0.77-5.67–5.99	0.69-0.55–2.09	0.03
2082	0.75-5.8–5.8	0.67-0.55–2.06	0.02
2083	0.72-5.9–6.11	0.65-0.56–2.07	0.01
2084	0.83-5.85–6.05	0.63-0.62–2.05	-0
2085	0.74-6.12–5.83	0.61-0.63–2.07	-0.01
2086	0.63-5.74–5.93	0.58-0.72–2.06	-0.02
2087	0.72-5.65–5.88	0.56-0.78–2.01	-0.03
2088	0.66-5.89–5.94	0.54-0.75–2.01	-0.04
2089	0.64-5.87–5.78	0.51-0.78–2	-0.05
2090	0.7-5.82–5.92	0.49-0.85–1.96	-0.05
2091	0.61-5.72–5.79	0.47-0.87–1.94	-0.06
2092	0.59-5.84–5.89	0.45-0.93–1.94	-0.07
2093	0.58-6.52–5.67	0.42-0.97–1.91	-0.07
2094	0.56-6.28–5.61	0.39-1.03–1.9	-0.08
2095	0.52-6.1–5.53	0.37-1.09–1.89	-0.09
2096	0.51-6.3–5.59	0.35-1.08–1.88	-0.1
2097	0.52-6.21–5.6	0.33-1.13–1.83	-0.11
2098	0.51-6.36–5.95	0.31-1.19–1.81	-0.11
2099	0.5-6.48–5.74	0.28-1.15–1.77	-0.12
2100	0.42-6.41–5.78	0.26-1.2–1.74	-0.13

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How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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