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Afghanistan vs Argentina: The global population hockey stick

Afghanistan
41.45 million people
in 2023
Argentina
45.54 million people
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
37th
Argentina rank
35th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Argentina
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How they compare

Argentina currently reports 45.54 million people against 41.45 million people in Afghanistan, a difference of 4.08 million people.

That makes Argentina'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 37th and Argentina ranks 35th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 27 and Argentina in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Argentina Difference Ahead
1000s 2.25 million people 200,000 people 2.05 million people Afghanistan
1100s 2.38 million people 220,000 people 2.15 million people Afghanistan
1200s 2.50 million people 240,000 people 2.26 million people Afghanistan
1300s 1.75 million people 260,000 people 1.49 million people Afghanistan
1400s 1.88 million people 280,000 people 1.59 million people Afghanistan
1500s 2.00 million people 300,000 people 1.70 million people Afghanistan
1600s 2.50 million people 300,000 people 2.20 million people Afghanistan
1700s 2.50 million people 300,000 people 2.20 million people Afghanistan
1710s 2.56 million people 300,000 people 2.26 million people Afghanistan
1720s 2.62 million people 300,000 people 2.32 million people Afghanistan
1730s 2.68 million people 300,000 people 2.38 million people Afghanistan
1740s 2.74 million people 300,000 people 2.44 million people Afghanistan
1750s 2.80 million people 300,000 people 2.50 million people Afghanistan
1760s 2.87 million people 300,000 people 2.57 million people Afghanistan
1770s 2.93 million people 300,000 people 2.63 million people Afghanistan
1780s 3.00 million people 300,000 people 2.70 million people Afghanistan
1790s 3.07 million people 300,000 people 2.77 million people Afghanistan
1800s 3.28 million people 473,510 people 2.81 million people Afghanistan
1810s 3.28 million people 462,725 people 2.82 million people Afghanistan
1820s 3.35 million people 577,358 people 2.77 million people Afghanistan
1830s 3.50 million people 692,800 people 2.81 million people Afghanistan
1840s 3.66 million people 909,313 people 2.75 million people Afghanistan
1850s 3.83 million people 1.19 million people 2.64 million people Afghanistan
1860s 4.00 million people 1.51 million people 2.49 million people Afghanistan
1870s 4.18 million people 2.07 million people 2.11 million people Afghanistan
1880s 4.37 million people 2.84 million people 1.53 million people Afghanistan
1890s 4.57 million people 3.92 million people 656,064 people Afghanistan
1900s 4.96 million people 5.56 million people 598,991 people Argentina
1910s 7.54 million people 7.65 million people 103,779 people Argentina
1920s 8.65 million people 10.08 million people 1.44 million people Argentina
1930s 6.44 million people 12.78 million people 6.34 million people Argentina
1940s 6.88 million people 15.35 million people 8.47 million people Argentina
1950s 8.29 million people 18.54 million people 10.25 million people Argentina
1960s 9.97 million people 21.94 million people 11.97 million people Argentina
1970s 12.58 million people 25.68 million people 13.11 million people Argentina
1980s 11.58 million people 30.11 million people 18.53 million people Argentina
1990s 16.11 million people 34.81 million people 18.71 million people Argentina
2000s 23.78 million people 39.02 million people 15.25 million people Argentina
2010s 33.14 million people 43.21 million people 10.07 million people Argentina
2020s 40.28 million people 45.36 million people 5.09 million people Argentina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Afghanistan or Argentina?
Argentina, at 45.54 million people against 41.45 million people in Afghanistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Afghanistan and Argentina?
4.08 million people, with Argentina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Argentina?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Argentina rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Afghanistan ranks 37th and Argentina ranks 35th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
The global population hockey stick
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.