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Population growth in Bangladesh
1961 – 2025 · 65 data points
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section.updated Oct 22, 2026
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
1.22%
+0.00 pp
section.change_since
Countries · 2025
section.rank
Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since
+0.32 pp
vs section.levels.world
+0.31 pp
section.levels.world: 0.91% · 2025
Population growth, 1961 – 2025 percent · Bangladesh · section.levels.world
+0.32 pp section.change_since
0%
1%
2%
3%
1961
1980
1990
2000
2010
2025
Bangladesh
section.levels.world
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
section.compare Population growth · percent
Bangladesh
1.22%
section.levels.world
0.91%
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Bangladesh · 1961 – 2025
Latest value
1.22% · 2025
First value
2.82% · 1961
Highest
2.94% · 1968
Lowest
0.81% · 2021
Data points
65
By year
section.all_years · 1961 – 2025
| Year | Bangladesh | Change | section.levels.world |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.22% | +0.00 pp | 0.91% |
| 2024 | 1.21% | −0.01 pp | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 1.22% | +0.20 pp | 0.93% |
| 2022 | 1.02% | +0.21 pp | 0.87% |
| 2021 | 0.81% | −0.02 pp | 0.83% |
| 2020 | 0.84% | −0.01 pp | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 0.85% | +0.03 pp | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 0.82% | −0.03 pp | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 0.85% | −0.04 pp | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 0.89% | −0.00 pp | 1.16% |
| 2015 | 0.89% | −0.02 pp | 1.18% |
| 2014 | 0.91% | −0.03 pp | 1.21% |
| 2013 | 0.94% | −0.02 pp | 1.23% |
| 2012 | 0.96% | +0.05 pp | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 0.91% | +0.03 pp | 1.22% |
| 2010 | 0.88% | −0.06 pp | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 0.93% | −0.07 pp | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 1.00% | −0.08 pp | 1.27% |
| 2007 | 1.08% | −0.09 pp | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 1.16% | −0.10 pp | 1.27% |
| 2005 | 1.26% | −0.10 pp | 1.27% |
| 2004 | 1.36% | −0.09 pp | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 1.46% | −0.09 pp | 1.29% |
| 2002 | 1.54% | −0.12 pp | 1.31% |
| 2001 | 1.67% | −0.16 pp | 1.34% |
| 2000 | 1.83% | −0.07 pp | 1.36% |
| 1999 | 1.90% | +0.01 pp | 1.40% |
| 1998 | 1.89% | +0.03 pp | 1.44% |
| 1997 | 1.85% | +0.03 pp | 1.46% |
| 1996 | 1.83% | −0.03 pp | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 1.86% | +0.00 pp | 1.50% |
| 1994 | 1.85% | −0.01 pp | 1.54% |
| 1993 | 1.86% | −0.02 pp | 1.59% |
| 1992 | 1.88% | −0.03 pp | 1.63% |
| 1991 | 1.91% | −0.08 pp | 1.67% |
| 1990 | 1.99% | −0.06 pp | 1.74% |
| 1989 | 2.05% | −0.08 pp | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 2.13% | −0.11 pp | 1.78% |
| 1987 | 2.24% | −0.11 pp | 1.79% |
| 1986 | 2.35% | −0.11 pp | 1.78% |
| 1985 | 2.46% | −0.11 pp | 1.76% |
| 1984 | 2.57% | −0.11 pp | 1.76% |
| 1983 | 2.68% | −0.06 pp | 1.80% |
| 1982 | 2.74% | +0.18 pp | 1.81% |
| 1981 | 2.56% | +0.17 pp | 1.77% |
| 1980 | 2.39% | −0.02 pp | 1.76% |
| 1979 | 2.41% | −0.03 pp | 1.77% |
| 1978 | 2.44% | −0.05 pp | 1.75% |
| 1977 | 2.49% | −0.05 pp | 1.75% |
| 1976 | 2.54% | −0.08 pp | 1.80% |
| 1975 | 2.62% | −0.21 pp | 1.86% |
| 1974 | 2.83% | −0.03 pp | 1.93% |
| 1973 | 2.86% | +0.94 pp | 1.98% |
| 1972 | 1.92% | +0.18 pp | 2.00% |
| 1971 | 1.75% | −0.84 pp | 2.10% |
| 1970 | 2.59% | −0.25 pp | 2.08% |
| 1969 | 2.84% | −0.10 pp | 2.08% |
| 1968 | 2.94% | +0.00 pp | 2.05% |
| 1967 | 2.94% | +0.03 pp | 2.04% |
| 1966 | 2.91% | −0.01 pp | 2.09% |
| 1965 | 2.92% | +0.00 pp | 2.06% |
| 1964 | 2.92% | +0.00 pp | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 2.91% | +0.01 pp | 2.12% |
| 1962 | 2.90% | +0.09 pp | 1.77% |
| 1961 | 2.82% | 1.36% |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Population growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Algeria | 1.84% | |
| 22 | Argentina | 0.71% | |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 0.85% | |
| 25 | Brazil | 0.65% | |
| 41 | Bulgaria | -1.41% | |
| 13 | Canada | 1.46% | |
| 12 | Chile | 1.60% | |
| 29 | China | 0.35% | |
| 9 | Colombia | 1.79% | |
| 4 | Congo - Brazzaville | 2.41% | |
| 1 | Congo - Kinshasa | 3.17% | |
| 28 | Czechia | 0.39% | |
| 11 | Ecuador | 1.69% | |
| 10 | Egypt | 1.75% | |
| 33 | Finland | 0.11% | |
| 31 | France | 0.33% | |
| 3 | Gabon | 2.47% | |
| 32 | Germany | 0.23% | |
| 36 | Greece | -0.11% | |
| 8 | Honduras | 1.81% | |
| 20 | Hong Kong SAR China | 0.74% | |
| 16 | India | 1.04% | |
| 18 | Indonesia | 0.94% | |
| 37 | Italy | -0.25% | |
| 42 | Lebanon | -3.22% | |
| 6 | Liberia | 1.98% | |
| 38 | Lithuania | -0.29% | |
| 17 | Mexico | 0.95% | |
| 24 | Netherlands | 0.66% | |
| 23 | Norway | 0.68% | |
| 15 | Philippines | 1.22% | |
| 35 | Poland | -0.02% | |
| 40 | Romania | -0.53% | |
| 34 | Russia | 0.04% | |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | -0.44% | |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 2.32% | |
| 30 | South Korea | 0.35% | |
| 21 | Spain | 0.72% | |
| 14 | Türkiye | 1.43% | |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 0.51% | |
| 26 | United States | 0.52% | |
| 2 | Yemen | 2.97% |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2019
section.what
How fast the population changes from one year to the next.
section.how
Change in the number of residents over the year, as a percentage of the population at the start.
people
Bangladesh in numbers
Population
176M
2025
Population density
1,333
2024
Median age
25.3
2023
Children under 15
27.6%
2025
Residents 65 and over
6.7%
2025
Life expectancy
74.9
2024
Births per woman
2.14
2024
Birth rate
20.0
2024
Infant mortality
24.4
2024
Net migration
-3.2
2023
Born abroad
1.7%
2024
Urban population
33.2%
2025