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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Cambodia	Bangladesh	Cambodia
1960	51,828,660	5,449,966	-	-
1961	53,310,348	5,571,168	2.86%	2.22%
1962	54,881,146	5,697,558	2.95%	2.27%
1963	56,504,402	5,823,010	2.96%	2.2%
1964	58,178,374	5,946,178	2.96%	2.12%
1965	59,902,519	6,072,289	2.96%	2.12%
1966	61,669,806	6,201,232	2.95%	2.12%
1967	63,510,929	6,332,944	2.99%	2.12%
1968	65,408,276	6,467,324	2.99%	2.12%
1969	67,294,133	6,604,725	2.88%	2.12%
1970	69,058,894	6,639,182	2.62%	0.52%
1971	70,276,758	6,620,880	1.76%	-0.28%
1972	71,641,519	6,673,886	1.94%	0.8%
1973	73,722,294	6,739,726	2.9%	0.99%
1974	75,839,348	6,783,240	2.87%	0.65%
1975	77,854,351	6,581,371	2.66%	-2.98%
1976	79,855,318	6,134,991	2.57%	-6.78%
1977	81,867,264	5,668,551	2.52%	-7.6%
1978	83,889,655	5,211,653	2.47%	-8.06%
1979	85,935,072	5,088,808	2.44%	-2.36%
1980	88,016,432	5,199,872	2.42%	2.18%
1981	90,303,105	5,284,495	2.6%	1.63%
1982	92,814,507	5,436,432	2.78%	2.88%
1983	95,335,155	5,636,203	2.72%	3.67%
1984	97,814,966	5,845,117	2.6%	3.71%
1985	100,253,825	6,043,783	2.49%	3.4%
1986	102,635,572	6,285,693	2.38%	4%
1987	104,959,291	6,557,970	2.26%	4.33%
1988	107,216,008	6,812,014	2.15%	3.87%
1989	109,433,799	7,073,473	2.07%	3.84%
1990	111,633,717	7,374,752	2.01%	4.26%
1991	113,787,109	7,686,850	1.93%	4.23%
1992	115,952,192	8,113,083	1.9%	5.54%
1993	118,132,360	8,616,381	1.88%	6.2%
1994	120,343,179	9,239,162	1.87%	7.23%
1995	122,600,370	10,018,497	1.88%	8.44%
1996	124,862,179	10,801,270	1.84%	7.81%
1997	127,198,069	11,570,982	1.87%	7.13%
1998	129,622,332	12,058,173	1.91%	4.21%
1999	132,108,065	12,265,731	1.92%	1.72%
2000	134,544,304	12,462,336	1.84%	1.6%
2001	136,805,810	12,658,484	1.68%	1.57%
2002	138,933,658	12,855,241	1.56%	1.55%
2003	140,970,351	13,050,968	1.47%	1.52%
2004	142,902,856	13,244,731	1.37%	1.48%
2005	144,715,786	13,439,202	1.27%	1.47%
2006	146,405,973	13,639,028	1.17%	1.49%
2007	147,989,278	13,841,770	1.08%	1.49%
2008	149,474,264	14,053,479	1%	1.53%
2009	150,873,714	14,276,810	0.94%	1.59%
2010	152,201,981	14,500,726	0.88%	1.57%
2011	153,591,076	14,722,584	0.91%	1.53%
2012	155,070,101	14,945,085	0.96%	1.51%
2013	156,532,141	15,170,208	0.94%	1.51%
2014	157,964,929	15,396,772	0.92%	1.49%
2015	159,383,179	15,623,251	0.9%	1.47%
2016	160,811,932	15,852,803	0.9%	1.47%
2017	162,186,147	16,073,372	0.85%	1.39%
2018	163,523,103	16,274,522	0.82%	1.25%
2019	164,913,055	16,481,304	0.85%	1.27%
2020	166,298,024	16,725,474	0.84%	1.48%
2021	167,658,854	16,974,305	0.82%	1.49%
2022	169,384,897	17,201,724	1.03%	1.34%
2023	171,466,990	17,423,880	1.23%	1.29%
2024	173,562,364	17,638,801	1.22%	1.23%
2025	175,686,900	17,847,976	1.22%	1.19%
2026	177,818,035	18,051,214	1.21%	1.14%
2027	179,930,171	18,250,137	1.19%	1.1%
2028	182,014,767	18,446,768	1.16%	1.08%
2029	184,064,616	18,639,395	1.13%	1.04%
2030	186,072,398	18,827,380	1.09%	1.01%
2031	188,025,193	19,012,049	1.05%	0.98%
2032	189,904,568	19,193,347	1%	0.95%
2033	191,717,183	19,371,575	0.95%	0.93%
2034	193,461,162	19,546,868	0.91%	0.9%
2035	195,130,366	19,720,135	0.86%	0.89%
2036	196,740,575	19,889,525	0.83%	0.86%
2037	198,288,195	20,055,496	0.79%	0.83%
2038	199,776,950	20,220,797	0.75%	0.82%
2039	201,208,770	20,382,857	0.72%	0.8%
2040	202,589,424	20,540,677	0.69%	0.77%
2041	203,939,081	20,695,378	0.67%	0.75%
2042	205,259,485	20,848,368	0.65%	0.74%
2043	206,545,478	20,998,535	0.63%	0.72%
2044	207,801,049	21,144,573	0.61%	0.7%
2045	209,029,592	21,286,229	0.59%	0.67%
2046	210,231,183	21,424,338	0.57%	0.65%
2047	211,402,167	21,558,214	0.56%	0.62%
2048	212,537,925	21,687,184	0.54%	0.6%
2049	213,638,535	21,812,182	0.52%	0.58%
2050	214,709,094	21,931,449	0.5%	0.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Cambodia gained 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Cambodia's population increased by 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Cambodia was ranked 67th in 2005 and ranked 73rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Bangladesh's population will grow by 21% to 214,709,094 people with a rank change from 8th to 10th. The population of Cambodia will increase by 21.8% to 21,931,449 people and will still be ranked 73rd.