What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Afghanistan and United States of America?

6.27 million people, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and United States of America?

133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs United States of America: Urban and rural population projected to 2050

Afghanistan

45.22 million people

in 2050

United States of America

51.49 million people

in 2050

Afghanistan rank

16th

United States of America rank

13th

Urban and rural population projected to 2050 over time

Afghanistan
United States of America

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 51.49 million people against 45.22 million people in Afghanistan, a difference of 6.27 million people.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 133 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 16th and United States of America ranks 13th of 238 countries.

Across the 43 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 12 and United States of America in 31.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1000s	2.25 million people	1.22 million people	1.03 million people	Afghanistan
1100s	2.37 million people	1.31 million people	1.06 million people	Afghanistan
1200s	2.50 million people	1.45 million people	1.05 million people	Afghanistan
1300s	1.75 million people	1.57 million people	178,660 people	Afghanistan
1400s	1.87 million people	1.74 million people	136,940 people	Afghanistan
1500s	2.00 million people	1.88 million people	116,730 people	Afghanistan
1600s	2.50 million people	773,314 people	1.73 million people	Afghanistan
1700s	2.50 million people	908,535 people	1.59 million people	Afghanistan
1710s	2.55 million people	1.35 million people	1.21 million people	Afghanistan
1720s	2.61 million people	1.78 million people	831,350 people	Afghanistan
1730s	2.67 million people	2.21 million people	459,870 people	Afghanistan
1740s	2.73 million people	2.63 million people	92,930 people	Afghanistan
1750s	2.79 million people	3.06 million people	268,850 people	United States of America
1760s	2.85 million people	3.47 million people	624,790 people	United States of America
1770s	2.91 million people	3.88 million people	974,090 people	United States of America
1780s	2.97 million people	4.29 million people	1.32 million people	United States of America
1790s	3.04 million people	4.69 million people	1.65 million people	United States of America
1800s	3.10 million people	5.93 million people	2.83 million people	United States of America
1810s	3.17 million people	7.58 million people	4.41 million people	United States of America
1820s	3.24 million people	9.84 million people	6.60 million people	United States of America
1830s	3.34 million people	12.62 million people	9.28 million people	United States of America
1840s	3.52 million people	16.07 million people	12.55 million people	United States of America
1850s	3.70 million people	20.15 million people	16.45 million people	United States of America
1860s	3.90 million people	25.57 million people	21.67 million people	United States of America
1870s	4.11 million people	28.95 million people	24.84 million people	United States of America
1880s	4.39 million people	36.32 million people	31.93 million people	United States of America
1890s	4.74 million people	40.97 million people	36.23 million people	United States of America
1900s	5.11 million people	46.03 million people	40.92 million people	United States of America
1910s	5.51 million people	49.83 million people	44.32 million people	United States of America
1920s	5.97 million people	51.74 million people	45.77 million people	United States of America
1930s	6.42 million people	53.96 million people	47.55 million people	United States of America
1940s	6.85 million people	52.87 million people	46.01 million people	United States of America
1950s	7.73 million people	54.62 million people	46.89 million people	United States of America
1960s	9.02 million people	54.27 million people	45.25 million people	United States of America
1970s	10.88 million people	57.52 million people	46.65 million people	United States of America
1980s	9.67 million people	61.76 million people	52.09 million people	United States of America
1990s	13.23 million people	61.21 million people	47.97 million people	United States of America
2000s	19.05 million people	58.82 million people	39.78 million people	United States of America
2010s	25.14 million people	63.23 million people	38.09 million people	United States of America
2020s	32.18 million people	68.52 million people	36.33 million people	United States of America
2030s	39.24 million people	66.67 million people	27.43 million people	United States of America
2040s	43.97 million people	58.54 million people	14.57 million people	United States of America
2050s	45.22 million people	51.49 million people	6.27 million people	United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban and rural population projected to 2050, Afghanistan or United States of America?: United States of America, at 51.49 million people against 45.22 million people in Afghanistan as of 2050.
What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Afghanistan and United States of America?: 6.27 million people, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and United States of America?: 133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.
How do Afghanistan and United States of America rank globally for urban and rural population projected to 2050?: Afghanistan ranks 16th and United States of America ranks 13th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Urban and rural population projected to 2050
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 30,401 data points, 1000–2050
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of people living in rural areas, combining UN estimates and projections with modeled historical data.