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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Bhutan	Bangladesh	Bhutan
1960	51,828,660	224,084	-	-
1961	53,310,348	230,602	2.86%	2.91%
1962	54,881,146	237,636	2.95%	3.05%
1963	56,504,402	245,156	2.96%	3.16%
1964	58,178,374	252,987	2.96%	3.19%
1965	59,902,519	261,200	2.96%	3.25%
1966	61,669,806	269,820	2.95%	3.3%
1967	63,510,929	278,852	2.99%	3.35%
1968	65,408,276	288,311	2.99%	3.39%
1969	67,294,133	298,214	2.88%	3.43%
1970	69,058,894	308,528	2.62%	3.46%
1971	70,276,758	319,211	1.76%	3.46%
1972	71,641,519	330,264	1.94%	3.46%
1973	73,722,294	341,705	2.9%	3.46%
1974	75,839,348	353,538	2.87%	3.46%
1975	77,854,351	365,791	2.66%	3.47%
1976	79,855,318	378,490	2.57%	3.47%
1977	81,867,264	391,639	2.52%	3.47%
1978	83,889,655	405,243	2.47%	3.47%
1979	85,935,072	419,200	2.44%	3.44%
1980	88,016,432	433,404	2.42%	3.39%
1981	90,303,105	447,836	2.6%	3.33%
1982	92,814,507	462,485	2.78%	3.27%
1983	95,335,155	477,460	2.72%	3.24%
1984	97,814,966	492,784	2.6%	3.21%
1985	100,253,825	508,392	2.49%	3.17%
1986	102,635,572	524,324	2.38%	3.13%
1987	104,959,291	540,557	2.26%	3.1%
1988	107,216,008	556,986	2.15%	3.04%
1989	109,433,799	573,586	2.07%	2.98%
1990	111,633,717	589,287	2.01%	2.74%
1991	113,787,109	599,784	1.93%	1.78%
1992	115,952,192	577,774	1.9%	-3.67%
1993	118,132,360	554,673	1.88%	-4%
1994	120,343,179	554,497	1.87%	-0.03%
1995	122,600,370	547,989	1.88%	-1.17%
1996	124,862,179	548,784	1.84%	0.15%
1997	127,198,069	558,697	1.87%	1.81%
1998	129,622,332	569,435	1.91%	1.92%
1999	132,108,065	582,579	1.92%	2.31%
2000	134,544,304	596,863	1.84%	2.45%
2001	136,805,810	610,794	1.68%	2.33%
2002	138,933,658	624,409	1.56%	2.23%
2003	140,970,351	637,663	1.47%	2.12%
2004	142,902,856	650,544	1.37%	2.02%
2005	144,715,786	661,865	1.27%	1.74%
2006	146,405,973	670,799	1.17%	1.35%
2007	147,989,278	678,641	1.08%	1.17%
2008	149,474,264	686,351	1%	1.14%
2009	150,873,714	693,988	0.94%	1.11%
2010	152,201,981	701,632	0.88%	1.1%
2011	153,591,076	709,377	0.91%	1.1%
2012	155,070,101	717,279	0.96%	1.11%
2013	156,532,141	725,273	0.94%	1.11%
2014	157,964,929	733,139	0.92%	1.08%
2015	159,383,179	740,618	0.9%	1.02%
2016	160,811,932	747,866	0.9%	0.98%
2017	162,186,147	754,335	0.85%	0.86%
2018	163,523,103	759,759	0.82%	0.72%
2019	164,913,055	764,824	0.85%	0.67%
2020	166,298,024	770,006	0.84%	0.68%
2021	167,658,854	775,442	0.82%	0.71%
2022	169,384,897	780,914	1.03%	0.71%
2023	171,466,990	786,385	1.23%	0.7%
2024	173,562,364	791,524	1.22%	0.65%
2025	175,686,900	796,681	1.22%	0.65%
2026	177,818,035	802,211	1.21%	0.69%
2027	179,930,171	807,265	1.19%	0.63%
2028	182,014,767	811,835	1.16%	0.57%
2029	184,064,616	816,265	1.13%	0.55%
2030	186,072,398	820,693	1.09%	0.54%
2031	188,025,193	825,464	1.05%	0.58%
2032	189,904,568	830,347	1%	0.59%
2033	191,717,183	834,984	0.95%	0.56%
2034	193,461,162	839,045	0.91%	0.49%
2035	195,130,366	843,199	0.86%	0.5%
2036	196,740,575	847,699	0.83%	0.53%
2037	198,288,195	851,844	0.79%	0.49%
2038	199,776,950	855,558	0.75%	0.44%
2039	201,208,770	858,918	0.72%	0.39%
2040	202,589,424	862,126	0.69%	0.37%
2041	203,939,081	865,152	0.67%	0.35%
2042	205,259,485	868,152	0.65%	0.35%
2043	206,545,478	871,100	0.63%	0.34%
2044	207,801,049	873,733	0.61%	0.3%
2045	209,029,592	876,178	0.59%	0.28%
2046	210,231,183	878,161	0.57%	0.23%
2047	211,402,167	879,450	0.56%	0.15%
2048	212,537,925	880,488	0.54%	0.12%
2049	213,638,535	881,433	0.52%	0.11%
2050	214,709,094	882,337	0.5%	0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Bhutan gained 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Bhutan's population increased by 54,400 (a 7.27% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Bhutan was ranked 161st in 2006 and ranked 163rd 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 Bhutan will increase by 9.98% to 882,337 people and will still be ranked 163rd.