Population ages 00-04, male in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Population ages 00-04, male was 3.52 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Population ages 00-04, male in Afghanistan, 1960–2025
Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 3.52 million for population ages 00-04, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population ages 00-04, male in Afghanistan peaked at 3.52 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 778,745, in 1960.
Afghanistan ranks 19th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 887,018 | 778,745 | 1.01 million | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.19 million | 1.04 million | 1.31 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.13 million | 1.06 million | 1.27 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.70 million | 1.22 million | 2.14 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.40 million | 2.15 million | 2.60 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.96 million | 2.65 million | 3.24 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.40 million | 3.31 million | 3.52 million | 6 |
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More health data for Afghanistan
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 621,653 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 556,537 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 595,588 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 569,129 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 608,382 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 581,669 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 607,223 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 619,794 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 647,337 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 542,847 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population ages 00-04, male in Afghanistan?
- Population ages 00-04, male in Afghanistan was 3.52 million in 2025, according to World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.
- What is the highest population ages 00-04, male recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.52 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest population ages 00-04, male recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 778,745 in 1960.
- How does Afghanistan rank for population ages 00-04, male?
- Afghanistan ranks 19th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is population ages 00-04, male rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, published as part of Population ages 00-04, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Male population between the ages 0 to 4.