The latest officially reported population of Australia was 27,196,812 in 2024 vs 173,562,364 people in Bangladesh in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Australia's population is 27,722,756 people compared to 177,841,118 in Bangladesh.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 6.41 times bigger than Australia's.
- Australia is ranked the 55th most populous country in the world, while Bangladesh is the 8th.
- The countries together account for 2.48% of the world: 0.33% for Australia vs 2.15% for Bangladesh.
- For the last 10 years, Australia has had an average growth rate of +1.49% per year vs +0.94% in Bangladesh.
- Since 2006, the population of Australia has increased from 20.5M people to 27.7M (35.6% growth), while Bangladesh has grown from 146M to 178M (21.5% growth).
- Australia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 43.9M people compared to the peak of 226M people in 2071 for Bangladesh.
Australia vs Bangladesh: live population counter
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| Current population |
27722756
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177841118
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| Population rank | 55/197 | 8/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.33% | 2.15% |
| One net population change |
58.7 seconds
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15.1 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.83 minutes
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9.04 seconds
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| One death every |
2.86 minutes
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36.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
3.79 minutes
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1.11 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +138,510 | -473,362 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,471 | +5,741 |
| Annual growth/decline | +536,890 | +2,095,374 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.01% | +1.22% |
| Population growth rate rank | 51/197 | 91/197 |
Australia and Bangladesh: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 10,276,477 | 51,828,660 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,483,000 | 53,310,348 | 2.01% | 2.86% |
| 1962 | 10,742,000 | 54,881,146 | 2.47% | 2.95% |
| 1963 | 10,950,000 | 56,504,402 | 1.94% | 2.96% |
| 1964 | 11,167,000 | 58,178,374 | 1.98% | 2.96% |
| 1965 | 11,388,000 | 59,902,519 | 1.98% | 2.96% |
| 1966 | 11,651,000 | 61,669,806 | 2.31% | 2.95% |
| 1967 | 11,799,000 | 63,510,929 | 1.27% | 2.99% |
| 1968 | 12,009,000 | 65,408,276 | 1.78% | 2.99% |
| 1969 | 12,263,000 | 67,294,133 | 2.12% | 2.88% |
| 1970 | 12,507,000 | 69,058,894 | 1.99% | 2.62% |
| 1971 | 12,937,000 | 70,276,758 | 3.44% | 1.76% |
| 1972 | 13,177,000 | 71,641,519 | 1.86% | 1.94% |
| 1973 | 13,380,000 | 73,722,294 | 1.54% | 2.9% |
| 1974 | 13,723,000 | 75,839,348 | 2.56% | 2.87% |
| 1975 | 13,893,000 | 77,854,351 | 1.24% | 2.66% |
| 1976 | 14,033,000 | 79,855,318 | 1.01% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 14,192,000 | 81,867,264 | 1.13% | 2.52% |
| 1978 | 14,358,000 | 83,889,655 | 1.17% | 2.47% |
| 1979 | 14,514,000 | 85,935,072 | 1.09% | 2.44% |
| 1980 | 14,692,000 | 88,016,432 | 1.23% | 2.42% |
| 1981 | 14,923,260 | 90,303,105 | 1.57% | 2.6% |
| 1982 | 15,184,247 | 92,814,507 | 1.75% | 2.78% |
| 1983 | 15,393,472 | 95,335,155 | 1.38% | 2.72% |
| 1984 | 15,579,391 | 97,814,966 | 1.21% | 2.6% |
| 1985 | 15,788,312 | 100,253,825 | 1.34% | 2.49% |
| 1986 | 16,018,350 | 102,635,572 | 1.46% | 2.38% |
| 1987 | 16,263,874 | 104,959,291 | 1.53% | 2.26% |
| 1988 | 16,532,164 | 107,216,008 | 1.65% | 2.15% |
| 1989 | 16,814,416 | 109,433,799 | 1.71% | 2.07% |
| 1990 | 17,065,128 | 111,633,717 | 1.49% | 2.01% |
| 1991 | 17,284,036 | 113,787,109 | 1.28% | 1.93% |
| 1992 | 17,478,635 | 115,952,192 | 1.13% | 1.9% |
| 1993 | 17,634,808 | 118,132,360 | 0.89% | 1.88% |
| 1994 | 17,805,468 | 120,343,179 | 0.97% | 1.87% |
| 1995 | 18,004,882 | 122,600,370 | 1.12% | 1.88% |
| 1996 | 18,224,767 | 124,862,179 | 1.22% | 1.84% |
| 1997 | 18,423,037 | 127,198,069 | 1.09% | 1.87% |
| 1998 | 18,607,584 | 129,622,332 | 1% | 1.91% |
| 1999 | 18,812,264 | 132,108,065 | 1.1% | 1.92% |
| 2000 | 19,028,802 | 134,544,304 | 1.15% | 1.84% |
| 2001 | 19,274,701 | 136,805,810 | 1.29% | 1.68% |
| 2002 | 19,495,210 | 138,933,658 | 1.14% | 1.56% |
| 2003 | 19,720,737 | 140,970,351 | 1.16% | 1.47% |
| 2004 | 19,932,722 | 142,902,856 | 1.07% | 1.37% |
| 2005 | 20,176,844 | 144,715,786 | 1.22% | 1.27% |
| 2006 | 20,450,966 | 146,405,973 | 1.36% | 1.17% |
| 2007 | 20,827,622 | 147,989,278 | 1.84% | 1.08% |
| 2008 | 21,249,199 | 149,474,264 | 2.02% | 1% |
| 2009 | 21,691,653 | 150,873,714 | 2.08% | 0.94% |
| 2010 | 22,031,750 | 152,201,981 | 1.57% | 0.88% |
| 2011 | 22,340,024 | 153,591,076 | 1.4% | 0.91% |
| 2012 | 22,733,465 | 155,070,101 | 1.76% | 0.96% |
| 2013 | 23,128,129 | 156,532,141 | 1.74% | 0.94% |
| 2014 | 23,475,686 | 157,964,929 | 1.5% | 0.92% |
| 2015 | 23,815,995 | 159,383,179 | 1.45% | 0.9% |
| 2016 | 24,190,907 | 160,811,932 | 1.57% | 0.9% |
| 2017 | 24,592,588 | 162,186,147 | 1.66% | 0.85% |
| 2018 | 24,963,258 | 163,523,103 | 1.51% | 0.82% |
| 2019 | 25,334,826 | 164,913,055 | 1.49% | 0.85% |
| 2020 | 25,649,248 | 166,298,024 | 1.24% | 0.84% |
| 2021 | 25,685,412 | 167,658,854 | 0.14% | 0.82% |
| 2022 | 26,018,721 | 169,384,897 | 1.3% | 1.03% |
| 2023 | 26,659,922 | 171,466,990 | 2.46% | 1.23% |
| 2024 | 27,196,812 | 173,562,364 | 2.01% | 1.22% |
| 2025 | 27,462,351 | 175,686,900 | 0.98% | 1.22% |
| 2026 | 27,720,006 | 177,818,035 | 0.94% | 1.21% |
| 2027 | 27,971,653 | 179,930,171 | 0.91% | 1.19% |
| 2028 | 28,220,660 | 182,014,767 | 0.89% | 1.16% |
| 2029 | 28,462,685 | 184,064,616 | 0.86% | 1.13% |
| 2030 | 28,698,853 | 186,072,398 | 0.83% | 1.09% |
| 2031 | 28,932,262 | 188,025,193 | 0.81% | 1.05% |
| 2032 | 29,160,438 | 189,904,568 | 0.79% | 1% |
| 2033 | 29,384,107 | 191,717,183 | 0.77% | 0.95% |
| 2034 | 29,605,432 | 193,461,162 | 0.75% | 0.91% |
| 2035 | 29,826,537 | 195,130,366 | 0.75% | 0.86% |
| 2036 | 30,047,917 | 196,740,575 | 0.74% | 0.83% |
| 2037 | 30,264,792 | 198,288,195 | 0.72% | 0.79% |
| 2038 | 30,480,032 | 199,776,950 | 0.71% | 0.75% |
| 2039 | 30,694,219 | 201,208,770 | 0.7% | 0.72% |
| 2040 | 30,907,034 | 202,589,424 | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 2041 | 31,123,706 | 203,939,081 | 0.7% | 0.67% |
| 2042 | 31,343,677 | 205,259,485 | 0.71% | 0.65% |
| 2043 | 31,563,469 | 206,545,478 | 0.7% | 0.63% |
| 2044 | 31,781,220 | 207,801,049 | 0.69% | 0.61% |
| 2045 | 32,000,146 | 209,029,592 | 0.69% | 0.59% |
| 2046 | 32,223,471 | 210,231,183 | 0.7% | 0.57% |
| 2047 | 32,443,112 | 211,402,167 | 0.68% | 0.56% |
| 2048 | 32,662,412 | 212,537,925 | 0.68% | 0.54% |
| 2049 | 32,881,878 | 213,638,535 | 0.67% | 0.52% |
| 2050 | 33,095,459 | 214,709,094 | 0.65% | 0.5% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Bangladesh gained 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Bangladesh's population increased by 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth).
Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Bangladesh was ranked 8th in 2006 and still ranked 8th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.4% to 33,095,459 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Bangladesh will increase by 20.7% to 214,709,094 people and rank change from 8th to 10th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Sydney | 5.45M |
| Melbourne | 5.35M |
| Brisbane | 2.71M |
| Perth | 2.14M |
| Adelaide | 1.39M |
| Gold Coast | 608K |
| Canberra | 381K |
| Sunshine Coast | 284K |
| Wollongong | 262K |
| Ipswich | 233K |
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| City | Population |
| Dhaka | 16.8M |
| Chittagong | 2.58M |
| Narayanganj | 968K |
| Khulna | 929K |
| Sylhet | 480K |
| Rajshahi | 448K |
| Bogra | 401K |
| Barisal | 328K |
| Rangpur | 294K |
| Brahmanbaria | 268K |
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Population differences between Australia and Bangladesh
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| Life expectancy | 84.3 years | 75.5 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 29.8 years |
| Median age | 39 years | 26.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 2.16 births per woman |
| Population density | 9.16 ppl/mi² | 3,458 ppl/mi² |
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