People in Afghanistan right nowestimate
45,408,319
Growing by about 3,340 people a day
A birth every 21 secA death every 2.1 min
- Born today
- 3,022
- Died today
- 494
- Growth this year
- +970,426
- Since you opened this page
- 0
Born and died count from midnight in your time zone, growth from 1 January. All three are estimates.
How the count works
The UN gives the population of Afghanistan on 1 January of each year, plus the births, deaths and migration it expects during the year. This page moves in a straight line from one 1 January to the next, so the number changes at the same pace all year. Born today and died today spread the year's births and deaths evenly over the seconds since midnight in your time zone.
It is an estimate, not a head count. Countries count their people in censuses and registers, and the UN builds these figures from those sources and from surveys.
Source: UN DESA, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant), licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Livecounts.nl turns the yearly figures into a per-second estimate; the UN has not reviewed this page.
Questions
What is the population of Afghanistan right now?
About 45,408,319 people at 17:24 UTC, by the UN's World Population Prospects 2024 model. The counter at the top keeps moving by about 3,340 people a day.
Is the population of Afghanistan growing?
Yes. For 2026 the UN expects about 1,520,800 births, 248,500 deaths and net migration of -53,880, so the population grows by about 1,218,400 people (+2.7%).
How many babies are born in Afghanistan each day?
About 4,170 a day on average in 2026, while about 681 people die each day, by the UN's estimates.