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Population in Bangladesh

1960 – 2025 · 66 data points section.rank · Countries section.updated Oct 22, 2026

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025

Population, 1960 – 2025 people
+10% section.change_since

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025

section.compare Population · people
Bangladesh 176M
section.levels.world 8.2B

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Bangladesh · 1960 – 2025
Latest value 175,686,899 · 2025
First value 51,828,660 · 1960
Highest 175,686,899 · 2025
Lowest 51,828,660 · 1960
Average change +1.9% a year on average
Data points 66

By year

section.all_years · 1960 – 2025

YearBangladeshChange section.levels.world
2025 175,686,899 +1.2% 8.2B
2024 173,562,364 +1.2% 8.1B
2023 171,466,990 +1.2% 8.1B
2022 169,384,897 +1.0% 8B
2021 167,658,854 +0.8% 7.9B
2020 166,298,024 +0.8% 7.9B
2019 164,913,055 +0.9% 7.8B
2018 163,523,103 +0.8% 7.7B
2017 162,186,147 +0.9% 7.6B
2016 160,811,932 +0.9% 7.5B
2015 159,383,179 +0.9% 7.4B
2014 157,964,929 +0.9% 7.4B
2013 156,532,141 +0.9% 7.3B
2012 155,070,101 +1.0% 7.2B
2011 153,591,076 +0.9% 7.1B
2010 152,201,981 +0.9% 7B
2009 150,873,714 +0.9% 6.9B
2008 149,474,264 +1.0% 6.8B
2007 147,989,278 +1.1% 6.7B
2006 146,405,973 +1.2% 6.7B
2005 144,715,786 +1.3% 6.6B
2004 142,902,856 +1.4% 6.5B
2003 140,970,351 +1.5% 6.4B
2002 138,933,658 +1.6% 6.3B
2001 136,805,810 +1.7% 6.2B
2000 134,544,304 +1.8% 6.2B
1999 132,108,065 +1.9% 6.1B
1998 129,622,332 +1.9% 6B
1997 127,198,069 +1.9% 5.9B
1996 124,862,179 +1.8% 5.8B
1995 122,600,370 +1.9% 5.7B
1994 120,343,179 +1.9% 5.7B
1993 118,132,360 +1.9% 5.6B
1992 115,952,192 +1.9% 5.5B
1991 113,787,109 +1.9% 5.4B
1990 111,633,717 +2.0% 5.3B
1989 109,433,799 +2.1% 5.2B
1988 107,216,008 +2.2% 5.1B
1987 104,959,291 +2.3% 5B
1986 102,635,572 +2.4% 4.9B
1985 100,253,825 +2.5% 4.9B
1984 97,814,966 +2.6% 4.8B
1983 95,335,155 +2.7% 4.7B
1982 92,814,507 +2.8% 4.6B
1981 90,303,105 +2.6% 4.5B
1980 88,016,432 +2.4% 4.4B
1979 85,935,072 +2.4% 4.4B
1978 83,889,655 +2.5% 4.3B
1977 81,867,264 +2.5% 4.2B
1976 79,855,318 +2.6% 4.1B
1975 77,854,351 +2.7% 4.1B
1974 75,839,348 +2.9% 4B
1973 73,722,294 +2.9% 3.9B
1972 71,641,519 +1.9% 3.8B
1971 70,276,758 +1.8% 3.8B
1970 69,058,894 +2.6% 3.7B
1969 67,294,133 +2.9% 3.6B
1968 65,408,276 +3.0% 3.5B
1967 63,510,929 +3.0% 3.5B
1966 61,669,806 +3.0% 3.4B
1965 59,902,519 +3.0% 3.3B
1964 58,178,374 +3.0% 3.3B
1963 56,504,402 +3.0% 3.2B
1962 54,881,146 +2.9% 3.1B
1961 53,310,348 +2.9% 3.1B
1960 51,828,660 3B

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
21 Algeria 45M
20 Argentina 45M
6 Bangladesh 168M
5 Brazil 210M
35 Bulgaria 6.5M
22 Canada 38M
26 Chile 19M
2 China 1.4B
18 Colombia 51M
36 Congo - Brazzaville 5.9M
11 Congo - Kinshasa 99M
31 Czechia 11M
28 Ecuador 18M
10 Egypt 111M
38 Finland 5.5M
14 France 68M
42 Gabon 2.4M
13 Germany 83M
30 Greece 11M
32 Honduras 10M
34 Hong Kong SAR China 7.4M
1 India 1.4B
4 Indonesia 277M
16 Italy 59M
37 Lebanon 5.7M
40 Liberia 5.3M
41 Lithuania 2.8M
8 Mexico 128M
29 Netherlands 18M
39 Norway 5.4M
9 Philippines 113M
24 Poland 37M
27 Romania 19M
7 Russia 145M
25 Saudi Arabia 31M
33 Sierra Leone 8.1M
17 South Korea 52M
19 Spain 47M
12 Türkiye 84M
15 United Kingdom 67M
3 United States 332M
23 Yemen 37M

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021

section.what

How many people live here — residents, not visitors.

section.how

Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.