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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	China	Bangladesh	China
1960	51,828,660	667,070,000	-	-
1961	53,310,348	660,330,000	2.86%	-1.01%
1962	54,881,146	665,770,000	2.95%	0.82%
1963	56,504,402	682,335,000	2.96%	2.49%
1964	58,178,374	698,355,000	2.96%	2.35%
1965	59,902,519	715,185,000	2.96%	2.41%
1966	61,669,806	735,400,000	2.95%	2.83%
1967	63,510,929	754,550,000	2.99%	2.6%
1968	65,408,276	774,510,000	2.99%	2.65%
1969	67,294,133	796,025,000	2.88%	2.78%
1970	69,058,894	818,315,000	2.62%	2.8%
1971	70,276,758	841,105,000	1.76%	2.78%
1972	71,641,519	862,030,000	1.94%	2.49%
1973	73,722,294	881,940,000	2.9%	2.31%
1974	75,839,348	900,350,000	2.87%	2.09%
1975	77,854,351	916,395,000	2.66%	1.78%
1976	79,855,318	930,685,000	2.57%	1.56%
1977	81,867,264	943,455,000	2.52%	1.37%
1978	83,889,655	956,165,000	2.47%	1.35%
1979	85,935,072	969,005,000	2.44%	1.34%
1980	88,016,432	981,235,000	2.42%	1.26%
1981	90,303,105	993,885,000	2.6%	1.29%
1982	92,814,507	1,008,630,000	2.78%	1.48%
1983	95,335,155	1,023,310,000	2.72%	1.46%
1984	97,814,966	1,036,825,000	2.6%	1.32%
1985	100,253,825	1,051,040,000	2.49%	1.37%
1986	102,635,572	1,066,790,000	2.38%	1.5%
1987	104,959,291	1,084,035,000	2.26%	1.62%
1988	107,216,008	1,101,630,000	2.15%	1.62%
1989	109,433,799	1,118,650,000	2.07%	1.54%
1990	111,633,717	1,135,185,000	2.01%	1.48%
1991	113,787,109	1,150,780,000	1.93%	1.37%
1992	115,952,192	1,164,970,000	1.9%	1.23%
1993	118,132,360	1,178,440,000	1.88%	1.16%
1994	120,343,179	1,191,835,000	1.87%	1.14%
1995	122,600,370	1,204,855,000	1.88%	1.09%
1996	124,862,179	1,217,550,000	1.84%	1.05%
1997	127,198,069	1,230,075,000	1.87%	1.03%
1998	129,622,332	1,241,935,000	1.91%	0.96%
1999	132,108,065	1,252,735,000	1.92%	0.87%
2000	134,544,304	1,262,645,000	1.84%	0.79%
2001	136,805,810	1,271,850,000	1.68%	0.73%
2002	138,933,658	1,280,400,000	1.56%	0.67%
2003	140,970,351	1,288,400,000	1.47%	0.62%
2004	142,902,856	1,296,075,000	1.37%	0.6%
2005	144,715,786	1,303,720,000	1.27%	0.59%
2006	146,405,973	1,311,020,000	1.17%	0.56%
2007	147,989,278	1,317,885,000	1.08%	0.52%
2008	149,474,264	1,324,655,000	1%	0.51%
2009	150,873,714	1,331,260,000	0.94%	0.5%
2010	152,201,981	1,337,705,000	0.88%	0.48%
2011	153,591,076	1,345,035,000	0.91%	0.55%
2012	155,070,101	1,354,190,000	0.96%	0.68%
2013	156,532,141	1,363,240,000	0.94%	0.67%
2014	157,964,929	1,371,860,000	0.92%	0.63%
2015	159,383,179	1,379,860,000	0.9%	0.58%
2016	160,811,932	1,387,790,000	0.9%	0.57%
2017	162,186,147	1,396,215,000	0.85%	0.61%
2018	163,523,103	1,402,760,000	0.82%	0.47%
2019	164,913,055	1,407,745,000	0.85%	0.36%
2020	166,298,024	1,411,100,000	0.84%	0.24%
2021	167,658,854	1,412,360,000	0.82%	0.09%
2022	169,384,897	1,412,175,000	1.03%	-0.01%
2023	171,466,990	1,410,710,000	1.23%	-0.1%
2024	173,562,364	1,408,975,000	1.22%	-0.12%
2025	175,686,900	1,405,773,318	1.22%	-0.23%
2026	177,818,035	1,402,614,510	1.21%	-0.22%
2027	179,930,171	1,399,403,406	1.19%	-0.23%
2028	182,014,767	1,395,886,569	1.16%	-0.25%
2029	184,064,616	1,392,060,666	1.13%	-0.27%
2030	186,072,398	1,387,961,846	1.09%	-0.29%
2031	188,025,193	1,383,588,794	1.05%	-0.32%
2032	189,904,568	1,378,934,346	1%	-0.34%
2033	191,717,183	1,374,007,012	0.95%	-0.36%
2034	193,461,162	1,368,825,481	0.91%	-0.38%
2035	195,130,366	1,363,415,793	0.86%	-0.4%
2036	196,740,575	1,357,772,486	0.83%	-0.41%
2037	198,288,195	1,351,902,859	0.79%	-0.43%
2038	199,776,950	1,345,840,038	0.75%	-0.45%
2039	201,208,770	1,339,558,174	0.72%	-0.47%
2040	202,589,424	1,333,028,062	0.69%	-0.49%
2041	203,939,081	1,326,251,398	0.67%	-0.51%
2042	205,259,485	1,319,222,019	0.65%	-0.53%
2043	206,545,478	1,311,956,934	0.63%	-0.55%
2044	207,801,049	1,304,437,340	0.61%	-0.57%
2045	209,029,592	1,296,592,737	0.59%	-0.6%
2046	210,231,183	1,288,357,014	0.57%	-0.64%
2047	211,402,167	1,279,723,262	0.56%	-0.67%
2048	212,537,925	1,270,661,954	0.54%	-0.71%
2049	213,638,535	1,261,120,581	0.52%	-0.75%
2050	214,709,094	1,251,102,086	0.5%	-0.79%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while China gained 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while China's population increased by 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. China was ranked 1st in 2005 and ranked 2nd 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 China will decrease by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd.