Afghanistan vs Iraq: Population, total
Afghanistan
43.84 million
in 2025
Iraq
47.02 million
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
36th
Iraq rank
34th
Population, total over time
- Afghanistan
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 47.02 million against 43.84 million in Afghanistan, a difference of 3.18 million.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Globally, Afghanistan ranks 36th and Iraq ranks 34th of 215 countries.
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About this data
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.