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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Cameroon	Bangladesh	Cameroon
1960	51,828,660	5,159,057	-	-
1961	53,310,348	5,239,273	2.86%	1.55%
1962	54,881,146	5,338,620	2.95%	1.9%
1963	56,504,402	5,456,623	2.96%	2.21%
1964	58,178,374	5,578,257	2.96%	2.23%
1965	59,902,519	5,704,686	2.96%	2.27%
1966	61,669,806	5,837,295	2.95%	2.32%
1967	63,510,929	5,977,318	2.99%	2.4%
1968	65,408,276	6,125,863	2.99%	2.49%
1969	67,294,133	6,283,462	2.88%	2.57%
1970	69,058,894	6,449,793	2.62%	2.65%
1971	70,276,758	6,624,408	1.76%	2.71%
1972	71,641,519	6,806,872	1.94%	2.75%
1973	73,722,294	6,996,660	2.9%	2.79%
1974	75,839,348	7,193,583	2.87%	2.81%
1975	77,854,351	7,397,120	2.66%	2.83%
1976	79,855,318	7,597,962	2.57%	2.72%
1977	81,867,264	7,796,501	2.52%	2.61%
1978	83,889,655	8,011,921	2.47%	2.76%
1979	85,935,072	8,239,641	2.44%	2.84%
1980	88,016,432	8,512,219	2.42%	3.31%
1981	90,303,105	8,816,377	2.6%	3.57%
1982	92,814,507	9,028,678	2.78%	2.41%
1983	95,335,155	9,215,397	2.72%	2.07%
1984	97,814,966	9,475,078	2.6%	2.82%
1985	100,253,825	9,761,730	2.49%	3.03%
1986	102,635,572	10,060,342	2.38%	3.06%
1987	104,959,291	10,370,749	2.26%	3.09%
1988	107,216,008	10,684,968	2.15%	3.03%
1989	109,433,799	11,002,745	2.07%	2.97%
1990	111,633,717	11,331,821	2.01%	2.99%
1991	113,787,109	11,667,180	1.93%	2.96%
1992	115,952,192	12,006,353	1.9%	2.91%
1993	118,132,360	12,353,131	1.88%	2.89%
1994	120,343,179	12,704,903	1.87%	2.85%
1995	122,600,370	13,058,516	1.88%	2.78%
1996	124,862,179	13,414,757	1.84%	2.73%
1997	127,198,069	13,775,214	1.87%	2.69%
1998	129,622,332	14,144,860	1.91%	2.68%
1999	132,108,065	14,525,140	1.92%	2.69%
2000	134,544,304	14,912,631	1.84%	2.67%
2001	136,805,810	15,309,490	1.68%	2.66%
2002	138,933,658	15,725,528	1.56%	2.72%
2003	140,970,351	16,160,340	1.47%	2.77%
2004	142,902,856	16,610,487	1.37%	2.79%
2005	144,715,786	17,074,594	1.27%	2.79%
2006	146,405,973	17,550,407	1.17%	2.79%
2007	147,989,278	18,049,896	1.08%	2.85%
2008	149,474,264	18,574,056	1%	2.9%
2009	150,873,714	19,113,974	0.94%	2.91%
2010	152,201,981	19,668,066	0.88%	2.9%
2011	153,591,076	20,232,304	0.91%	2.87%
2012	155,070,101	20,809,529	0.96%	2.85%
2013	156,532,141	21,402,376	0.94%	2.85%
2014	157,964,929	22,059,893	0.92%	3.07%
2015	159,383,179	22,763,414	0.9%	3.19%
2016	160,811,932	23,454,161	0.9%	3.03%
2017	162,186,147	24,128,601	0.85%	2.88%
2018	163,523,103	24,806,383	0.82%	2.81%
2019	164,913,055	25,506,095	0.85%	2.82%
2020	166,298,024	26,210,558	0.84%	2.76%
2021	167,658,854	26,915,758	0.82%	2.69%
2022	169,384,897	27,632,771	1.03%	2.66%
2023	171,466,990	28,372,687	1.23%	2.68%
2024	173,562,364	29,123,744	1.22%	2.65%
2025	175,686,900	29,879,335	1.22%	2.59%
2026	177,818,035	30,640,810	1.21%	2.55%
2027	179,930,171	31,410,378	1.19%	2.51%
2028	182,014,767	32,190,667	1.16%	2.48%
2029	184,064,616	32,979,275	1.13%	2.45%
2030	186,072,398	33,777,182	1.09%	2.42%
2031	188,025,193	34,584,118	1.05%	2.39%
2032	189,904,568	35,399,666	1%	2.36%
2033	191,717,183	36,223,480	0.95%	2.33%
2034	193,461,162	37,054,803	0.91%	2.29%
2035	195,130,366	37,893,817	0.86%	2.26%
2036	196,740,575	38,742,461	0.83%	2.24%
2037	198,288,195	39,600,369	0.79%	2.21%
2038	199,776,950	40,463,007	0.75%	2.18%
2039	201,208,770	41,332,840	0.72%	2.15%
2040	202,589,424	42,207,999	0.69%	2.12%
2041	203,939,081	43,089,974	0.67%	2.09%
2042	205,259,485	43,976,014	0.65%	2.06%
2043	206,545,478	44,857,795	0.63%	2.01%
2044	207,801,049	45,741,469	0.61%	1.97%
2045	209,029,592	46,629,033	0.59%	1.94%
2046	210,231,183	47,519,028	0.57%	1.91%
2047	211,402,167	48,413,775	0.56%	1.88%
2048	212,537,925	49,308,762	0.54%	1.85%
2049	213,638,535	50,203,267	0.52%	1.81%
2050	214,709,094	51,096,315	0.5%	1.78%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Cameroon gained 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Cameroon's population increased by 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Cameroon was ranked 59th in 2005 and ranked 51st 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 Cameroon will increase by 67.6% to 51,096,315 people and rank change from 51st to 41st.