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Afghanistan vs Algeria: Population

Afghanistan
41.45 million people
in 2023
Algeria
46.16 million people
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
36th
Algeria rank
33rd

Population over time

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How they compare

Algeria currently reports 46.16 million people against 41.45 million people in Afghanistan, a difference of 4.71 million people.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 36th and Algeria ranks 33rd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 29 and Algeria in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Algeria Difference Ahead
1000s 2.25 million people 2.00 million people 250,000 people Afghanistan
1100s 2.38 million people 1.95 million people 425,000 people Afghanistan
1200s 2.50 million people 1.90 million people 600,000 people Afghanistan
1300s 1.75 million people 1.69 million people 65,000 people Afghanistan
1400s 1.88 million people 1.47 million people 405,000 people Afghanistan
1500s 2.00 million people 1.50 million people 500,000 people Afghanistan
1600s 2.50 million people 2.25 million people 250,000 people Afghanistan
1700s 2.50 million people 1.75 million people 750,000 people Afghanistan
1710s 2.56 million people 1.83 million people 733,370 people Afghanistan
1720s 2.62 million people 1.91 million people 713,340 people Afghanistan
1730s 2.68 million people 1.98 million people 694,640 people Afghanistan
1740s 2.74 million people 2.06 million people 677,280 people Afghanistan
1750s 2.80 million people 2.14 million people 661,310 people Afghanistan
1760s 2.87 million people 2.22 million people 646,760 people Afghanistan
1770s 2.93 million people 2.30 million people 633,650 people Afghanistan
1780s 3.00 million people 2.38 million people 622,020 people Afghanistan
1790s 3.07 million people 2.45 million people 611,910 people Afghanistan
1800s 3.28 million people 2.54 million people 738,527 people Afghanistan
1810s 3.28 million people 2.64 million people 644,570 people Afghanistan
1820s 3.35 million people 2.71 million people 637,504 people Afghanistan
1830s 3.50 million people 2.76 million people 739,403 people Afghanistan
1840s 3.66 million people 2.81 million people 848,565 people Afghanistan
1850s 3.83 million people 2.97 million people 852,514 people Afghanistan
1860s 4.00 million people 3.29 million people 710,947 people Afghanistan
1870s 4.18 million people 3.64 million people 541,316 people Afghanistan
1880s 4.37 million people 4.03 million people 341,762 people Afghanistan
1890s 4.57 million people 4.46 million people 115,687 people Afghanistan
1900s 4.96 million people 5.07 million people 103,234 people Algeria
1910s 7.54 million people 5.66 million people 1.88 million people Afghanistan
1920s 8.65 million people 6.13 million people 2.52 million people Afghanistan
1930s 6.44 million people 7.05 million people 611,152 people Algeria
1940s 6.88 million people 8.30 million people 1.42 million people Algeria
1950s 8.29 million people 10.12 million people 1.83 million people Algeria
1960s 9.97 million people 12.35 million people 2.38 million people Algeria
1970s 12.58 million people 15.69 million people 3.11 million people Algeria
1980s 11.58 million people 21.66 million people 10.08 million people Algeria
1990s 16.11 million people 28.08 million people 11.97 million people Algeria
2000s 23.78 million people 33.00 million people 9.22 million people Algeria
2010s 33.14 million people 39.67 million people 6.53 million people Algeria
2020s 40.28 million people 45.11 million people 4.84 million people Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Afghanistan or Algeria?
Algeria, at 46.16 million people against 41.45 million people in Afghanistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Afghanistan and Algeria?
4.71 million people, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Algeria?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Algeria rank globally for population?
Afghanistan ranks 36th and Algeria ranks 33rd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.