Population of Bangladesh

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Bangladesh is 169,852,821 as of September 29, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Bangladesh is projected at 166,303,498 or 166.30 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Bangladesh is projected at 164,689,383 or 164.70 million people for the year 2020. Bangladesh ranks number 8th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Bangladesh is ranked 5th among 51 countries in Asia.

Bangladesh's population peak will be 2053, with 192.78 mn people after Bangladesh's population decreases year by year. The Bangladesh population is projected to reach 179.00 million in 2030, increase further to 192.57 million in 2050, and fall to 151.39 million by 2100. Bangladesh accounts for 2.1 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 2.0% in 2040 and is projected to decline at 1.4% by 2100.

Bangladesh was at 12th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 14th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Bangladesh population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	37,894,681	-	-	1.5
1951	38,706,402	811,721	2.14	1.5
1952	39,489,860	783,458	2.02	1.5
1953	40,292,407	802,547	2.03	1.5
1954	41,149,824	857,417	2.13	1.5
1955	42,086,301	936,477	2.28	1.5
1956	43,113,923	1,027,622	2.44	1.5
1957	44,233,212	1,119,289	2.60	1.5
1958	45,434,543	1,201,331	2.72	1.6
1959	46,700,573	1,266,030	2.79	1.6
1960	48,013,504	1,312,931	2.81	1.6
1961	49,362,843	1,349,339	2.81	1.6
1962	50,752,157	1,389,314	2.81	1.6
1963	52,202,007	1,449,850	2.86	1.6
1964	53,741,716	1,539,709	2.95	1.6
1965	55,385,112	1,643,396	3.06	1.7
1966	57,157,654	1,772,542	3.20	1.7
1967	59,034,249	1,876,595	3.28	1.7
1968	60,918,454	1,884,205	3.19	1.7
1969	62,679,765	1,761,311	2.89	1.7
1970	64,232,482	1,552,717	2.48	1.7
1971	65,531,633	1,299,151	2.02	1.7
1972	66,625,705	1,094,072	1.67	1.7
1973	67,637,530	1,011,825	1.52	1.7
1974	68,742,233	1,104,703	1.63	1.7
1975	70,066,301	1,324,068	1.93	1.7
1976	71,652,381	1,586,080	2.26	1.7
1977	73,463,584	1,811,203	2.53	1.7
1978	75,450,032	1,986,448	2.70	1.8
1979	77,529,045	2,079,013	2.76	1.8
1980	79,639,491	2,110,446	2.72	1.8
1981	81,767,515	2,128,024	2.67	1.8
1982	83,932,127	2,164,612	2.65	1.8
1983	86,142,495	2,210,368	2.63	1.8
1984	88,416,521	2,274,026	2.64	1.8
1985	90,764,183	2,347,662	2.66	1.9
1986	93,187,603	2,423,420	2.67	1.9
1987	95,671,163	2,483,560	2.67	1.9
1988	98,186,350	2,515,187	2.63	1.9
1989	100,695,497	2,509,147	2.56	1.9
1990	103,171,956	2,476,459	2.46	1.9
1991	105,599,127	2,427,171	2.35	2.0
1992	107,983,704	2,384,577	2.26	2.0
1993	110,350,639	2,366,935	2.19	2.0
1994	112,737,683	2,387,044	2.16	2.0
1995	115,169,930	2,432,247	2.16	2.0
1996	117,649,932	2,480,002	2.15	2.0
1997	120,160,564	2,510,632	2.13	2.0
1998	122,682,815	2,522,251	2.10	2.0
1999	125,189,651	2,506,836	2.04	2.1
2000	127,657,854	2,468,203	1.97	2.1
2001	130,088,702	2,430,848	1.90	2.1
2002	132,478,086	2,389,384	1.84	2.1
2003	134,791,603	2,313,517	1.75	2.1
2004	136,986,432	2,194,829	1.63	2.1
2005	139,035,505	2,049,073	1.50	2.1
2006	140,921,167	1,885,662	1.36	2.1
2007	142,660,376	1,739,209	1.23	2.1
2008	144,304,167	1,643,791	1.15	2.1
2009	145,924,797	1,620,630	1.12	2.1
2010	147,575,430	1,650,633	1.13	2.1
2011	149,273,139	1,697,709	1.15	2.1
2012	151,005,739	1,732,600	1.16	2.1
2013	152,761,418	1,755,679	1.16	2.1
2014	154,517,382	1,755,964	1.15	2.1
2015	156,256,276	1,738,894	1.13	2.1
2016	157,977,153	1,720,877	1.10	2.1
2017	159,685,424	1,708,271	1.08	2.1
2018	161,376,708	1,691,284	1.06	2.1
2019	163,046,161	1,669,453	1.03	2.1

Bangladesh population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	164,689,383	1,643,222	1.01	2.1
2021	166,303,498	1,614,115	0.98	2.1
2022	167,885,689	1,582,191	0.95	2.1
2023	169,431,797	1,546,108	0.92	2.1
2024	170,937,442	1,505,645	0.89	2.1
2025	172,399,078	1,461,636	0.86	2.1
2026	173,813,769	1,414,691	0.82	2.1
2027	175,180,151	1,366,382	0.79	2.1
2028	176,498,335	1,318,184	0.75	2.1
2029	177,769,396	1,271,061	0.72	2.1
2030	178,993,869	1,224,473	0.69	2.1
2031	180,171,136	1,177,267	0.66	2.1
2032	181,299,543	1,128,407	0.63	2.1
2033	182,377,417	1,077,874	0.59	2.1
2034	183,402,770	1,025,353	0.56	2.1
2035	184,374,127	971,357	0.53	2.1
2036	185,290,674	916,547	0.50	2.1
2037	186,152,472	861,798	0.47	2.1
2038	186,960,091	807,619	0.43	2.1
2039	187,714,578	754,487	0.40	2.1
2040	188,416,727	702,149	0.37	2.0
2041	189,066,447	649,720	0.34	2.0
2042	189,663,453	597,006	0.32	2.0
2043	190,208,135	544,682	0.29	2.0
2044	190,700,980	492,845	0.26	2.0
2045	191,142,270	441,290	0.23	2.0
2046	191,532,359	390,089	0.20	2.0
2047	191,871,020	338,661	0.18	2.0
2048	192,157,303	286,283	0.15	2.0
2049	192,389,850	232,547	0.12	2.0
2050	192,567,778	177,928	0.09	2.0
2051	192,690,997	123,219	0.06	2.0
2052	192,760,028	69,031	0.04	2.0
2053	192,775,443	15,415	0.01	2.0
2054	192,738,074	-37,369	-0.02	1.9
2055	192,648,701	-89,373	-0.05	1.9
2056	192,507,890	-140,811	-0.07	1.9
2057	192,316,134	-191,756	-0.10	1.9
2058	192,074,152	-241,982	-0.13	1.9
2059	191,782,758	-291,394	-0.15	1.9
2060	191,442,776	-339,982	-0.18	1.9
2061	191,055,077	-387,699	-0.20	1.9
2062	190,620,632	-434,445	-0.23	1.9
2063	190,140,657	-479,975	-0.25	1.9
2064	189,616,466	-524,191	-0.28	1.8
2065	189,049,339	-567,127	-0.30	1.8
2066	188,440,358	-608,981	-0.32	1.8
2067	187,790,624	-649,734	-0.34	1.8
2068	187,101,489	-689,135	-0.37	1.8
2069	186,374,383	-727,106	-0.39	1.8
2070	185,610,658	-763,725	-0.41	1.8
2071	184,811,526	-799,132	-0.43	1.8
2072	183,978,091	-833,435	-0.45	1.8
2073	183,111,359	-866,732	-0.47	1.7
2074	182,212,230	-899,129	-0.49	1.7
2075	181,281,712	-930,518	-0.51	1.7
2076	180,320,916	-960,796	-0.53	1.7
2077	179,331,029	-989,887	-0.55	1.7
2078	178,313,250	-1,017,779	-0.57	1.7
2079	177,268,757	-1,044,493	-0.59	1.7
2080	176,198,765	-1,069,992	-0.60	1.7
2081	175,104,549	-1,094,216	-0.62	1.6
2082	173,987,273	-1,117,276	-0.64	1.6
2083	172,847,914	-1,139,359	-0.65	1.6
2084	171,687,347	-1,160,567	-0.67	1.6
2085	170,506,631	-1,180,716	-0.69	1.6
2086	169,306,903	-1,199,728	-0.70	1.6
2087	168,089,624	-1,217,279	-0.72	1.6
2088	166,856,592	-1,233,032	-0.73	1.5
2089	165,609,786	-1,246,806	-0.75	1.5
2090	164,351,018	-1,258,768	-0.76	1.5
2091	163,081,805	-1,269,213	-0.77	1.5
2092	161,803,431	-1,278,374	-0.78	1.5
2093	160,517,004	-1,286,427	-0.80	1.5
2094	159,223,638	-1,293,366	-0.81	1.5
2095	157,924,518	-1,299,120	-0.82	1.5
2096	156,620,933	-1,303,585	-0.83	1.4
2097	155,314,326	-1,306,607	-0.83	1.4
2098	154,006,302	-1,308,024	-0.84	1.4
2099	152,698,569	-1,307,733	-0.85	1.4
2100	151,393,020	-1,305,549	-0.85	1.4