Population in Bangladesh compared to Belgium: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bangladesh and Belgium: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Belgium	Bangladesh	Belgium
1960	51,828,660	9,153,489	-	-
1961	53,310,348	9,183,948	2.86%	0.33%
1962	54,881,146	9,220,578	2.95%	0.4%
1963	56,504,402	9,289,770	2.96%	0.75%
1964	58,178,374	9,378,113	2.96%	0.95%
1965	59,902,519	9,463,667	2.96%	0.91%
1966	61,669,806	9,527,807	2.95%	0.68%
1967	63,510,929	9,580,991	2.99%	0.56%
1968	65,408,276	9,618,756	2.99%	0.39%
1969	67,294,133	9,646,032	2.88%	0.28%
1970	69,058,894	9,655,549	2.62%	0.1%
1971	70,276,758	9,673,162	1.76%	0.18%
1972	71,641,519	9,711,115	1.94%	0.39%
1973	73,722,294	9,741,720	2.9%	0.32%
1974	75,839,348	9,772,419	2.87%	0.32%
1975	77,854,351	9,800,700	2.66%	0.29%
1976	79,855,318	9,818,227	2.57%	0.18%
1977	81,867,264	9,830,358	2.52%	0.12%
1978	83,889,655	9,839,534	2.47%	0.09%
1979	85,935,072	9,848,382	2.44%	0.09%
1980	88,016,432	9,859,242	2.42%	0.11%
1981	90,303,105	9,858,982	2.6%	-0.003%
1982	92,814,507	9,856,303	2.78%	-0.03%
1983	95,335,155	9,855,520	2.72%	-0.008%
1984	97,814,966	9,855,372	2.6%	-0.002%
1985	100,253,825	9,858,308	2.49%	0.03%
1986	102,635,572	9,861,823	2.38%	0.04%
1987	104,959,291	9,870,234	2.26%	0.09%
1988	107,216,008	9,901,664	2.15%	0.32%
1989	109,433,799	9,937,697	2.07%	0.36%
1990	111,633,717	9,967,379	2.01%	0.3%
1991	113,787,109	10,004,486	1.93%	0.37%
1992	115,952,192	10,045,158	1.9%	0.41%
1993	118,132,360	10,084,475	1.88%	0.39%
1994	120,343,179	10,115,603	1.87%	0.31%
1995	122,600,370	10,136,811	1.88%	0.21%
1996	124,862,179	10,156,637	1.84%	0.2%
1997	127,198,069	10,181,245	1.87%	0.24%
1998	129,622,332	10,203,008	1.91%	0.21%
1999	132,108,065	10,226,419	1.92%	0.23%
2000	134,544,304	10,251,250	1.84%	0.24%
2001	136,805,810	10,286,570	1.68%	0.34%
2002	138,933,658	10,332,785	1.56%	0.45%
2003	140,970,351	10,376,133	1.47%	0.42%
2004	142,902,856	10,421,137	1.37%	0.43%
2005	144,715,786	10,478,617	1.27%	0.55%
2006	146,405,973	10,547,958	1.17%	0.66%
2007	147,989,278	10,625,700	1.08%	0.74%
2008	149,474,264	10,709,973	1%	0.79%
2009	150,873,714	10,796,493	0.94%	0.81%
2010	152,201,981	10,895,586	0.88%	0.92%
2011	153,591,076	11,038,264	0.91%	1.31%
2012	155,070,101	11,106,932	0.96%	0.62%
2013	156,532,141	11,159,407	0.94%	0.47%
2014	157,964,929	11,209,057	0.92%	0.44%
2015	159,383,179	11,274,196	0.9%	0.58%
2016	160,811,932	11,331,422	0.9%	0.51%
2017	162,186,147	11,375,158	0.85%	0.39%
2018	163,523,103	11,427,054	0.82%	0.46%
2019	164,913,055	11,488,980	0.85%	0.54%
2020	166,298,024	11,538,604	0.84%	0.43%
2021	167,658,854	11,586,195	0.82%	0.41%
2022	169,384,897	11,680,210	1.03%	0.81%
2023	171,466,990	11,779,946	1.23%	0.85%
2024	173,562,364	11,858,610	1.22%	0.67%
2025	175,686,900	11,878,653	1.22%	0.17%
2026	177,818,035	11,894,864	1.21%	0.14%
2027	179,930,171	11,909,001	1.19%	0.12%
2028	182,014,767	11,922,115	1.16%	0.11%
2029	184,064,616	11,934,272	1.13%	0.1%
2030	186,072,398	11,944,861	1.09%	0.09%
2031	188,025,193	11,953,823	1.05%	0.08%
2032	189,904,568	11,962,020	1%	0.07%
2033	191,717,183	11,970,216	0.95%	0.07%
2034	193,461,162	11,977,922	0.91%	0.06%
2035	195,130,366	11,984,704	0.86%	0.06%
2036	196,740,575	11,991,147	0.83%	0.05%
2037	198,288,195	11,997,789	0.79%	0.06%
2038	199,776,950	12,004,230	0.75%	0.05%
2039	201,208,770	12,009,488	0.72%	0.04%
2040	202,589,424	12,013,619	0.69%	0.03%
2041	203,939,081	12,017,411	0.67%	0.03%
2042	205,259,485	12,020,456	0.65%	0.03%
2043	206,545,478	12,022,156	0.63%	0.01%
2044	207,801,049	12,023,061	0.61%	0.008%
2045	209,029,592	12,022,487	0.59%	-0.005%
2046	210,231,183	12,020,034	0.57%	-0.02%
2047	211,402,167	12,015,998	0.56%	-0.03%
2048	212,537,925	12,010,009	0.54%	-0.05%
2049	213,638,535	12,001,950	0.52%	-0.07%
2050	214,709,094	11,992,103	0.5%	-0.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Belgium gained 783,464 people (a 7.43% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Belgium's population increased by 563,596 (a 4.97% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Belgium was ranked 77th in 2006 and ranked 83rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bangladesh's population will grow by 20.7% to 214,709,094 people with a rank change from 8th to 10th. The population of Belgium will increase by 0.82% to 11,992,103 people and rank change from 83rd to 92nd.