Afghanistan: 154 refugees from the country live abroad for every 1,000 people at home, yet the population grew by 47% from 2010 to 2023
From 2010 to 2023 the population grew from 28.3M to 41.5M and annual births from 1.18M to 1.47M. Children per woman: 4.84 (6.20 in 2010).
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A large refugee population abroad does not rule out growth at home and more births. These numbers describe different people: those who left and those who live at home.
One percentage scale relative to 2010: 0% is the starting value, +100% is a doubling, −50% is a halving. Lines show the yearly path; on a short screen, bars show the change to 2023. Equal distances mean equal relative changes. For shares, this is relative change, not percentage points. Gaps are not filled; original values and units are below.
- Refugees from the country per 1,000 people per 1,000 population of the country
108.001 (2010) → 154.4601 (2023)
- Population thousand persons, 1 July
28,284 (2010) → 41,455 (2023)
- Births thousand births per year
1,181 (2010) → 1,469 (2023)
- Total fertility rate children per woman
6.195 (2010) → 4.84 (2023)
Start: 2010; end: the latest year up to 2023 with every series (2023). Published values, no gap filling or smoothing. Births and children per woman come from the same source at both ends: UN estimates are not compared with national statistics, whose level differs. Thresholds select a story and do not establish statistical significance.
Refugees are everyone registered at year-end, not departures during that year; population is a UN mid-year estimate. UNHCR includes others needing international protection but not people displaced within the country.
A question for this picture
How can we see the scale of flight and the lives of those who stayed at the same time?