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Afghanistan vs Iran: Population ages 0-14, total

Afghanistan
18.66 million
in 2025
Iran
20.35 million
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
21st
Iran rank
20th

Population ages 0-14, total over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Iran
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How they compare

Iran currently reports 20.35 million against 18.66 million in Afghanistan, a difference of 1.69 million.

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

Across all 66 years both countries report, Iran has been ahead every year.

Globally, Afghanistan ranks 21st and Iran ranks 20th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Population ages 0-14, total
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publi
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
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Total population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.