The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 5,129,910 people in Costa Rica in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,841,118 people compared to 5,175,007 in Costa Rica.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 34.4 times bigger than Costa Rica's.
- Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Costa Rica is the 126th.
- The countries together account for 2.21% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.06% for Costa Rica.
- For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +0.77% in Costa Rica.
- Since 2006, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 146M people to 178M (21.5% growth), while Costa Rica has grown from 4.32M to 5.18M (19.8% growth).
- Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people compared to the peak of 5.38M people in 2044 for Costa Rica.
Bangladesh vs Costa Rica: live population counter
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| Current population |
177841118
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5175007
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| Population rank | 8/197 | 126/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.15% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
15.1 seconds
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21.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.04 seconds
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10.1 minutes
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| One death every |
36.7 seconds
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18.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.11 minutes
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9.06 hours
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| Annual migration change | -473,362 | +967 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,741 | +67 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,095,374 | +24,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.22% | +0.48% |
| Population growth rate rank | 91/197 | 138/197 |
Bangladesh and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 51,828,660 | 1,327,496 | - | - |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | 1,377,920 | 2.86% | 3.8% |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | 1,429,445 | 2.95% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | 1,481,604 | 2.96% | 3.65% |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | 1,533,960 | 2.96% | 3.53% |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | 1,586,208 | 2.96% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | 1,638,116 | 2.95% | 3.27% |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | 1,689,523 | 2.99% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | 1,739,731 | 2.99% | 2.97% |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | 1,789,276 | 2.88% | 2.85% |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | 1,838,949 | 2.62% | 2.78% |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | 1,888,539 | 1.76% | 2.7% |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | 1,938,248 | 1.94% | 2.63% |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | 1,988,343 | 2.9% | 2.58% |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | 2,039,643 | 2.87% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 77,854,351 | 2,092,719 | 2.66% | 2.6% |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | 2,147,774 | 2.57% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | 2,205,025 | 2.52% | 2.67% |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | 2,264,510 | 2.47% | 2.7% |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | 2,326,490 | 2.44% | 2.74% |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | 2,390,633 | 2.42% | 2.76% |
| 1981 | 90,303,105 | 2,456,637 | 2.6% | 2.76% |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | 2,524,806 | 2.78% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | 2,595,153 | 2.72% | 2.79% |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | 2,667,595 | 2.6% | 2.79% |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | 2,741,894 | 2.49% | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | 2,817,216 | 2.38% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | 2,892,699 | 2.26% | 2.68% |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | 2,968,103 | 2.15% | 2.61% |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | 3,043,827 | 2.07% | 2.55% |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 3,121,706 | 2.01% | 2.56% |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 3,202,176 | 1.93% | 2.58% |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 3,284,258 | 1.9% | 2.56% |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 3,367,434 | 1.88% | 2.53% |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 3,451,122 | 1.87% | 2.49% |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 3,535,176 | 1.88% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 3,619,013 | 1.84% | 2.37% |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 3,701,711 | 1.87% | 2.29% |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 3,782,838 | 1.91% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 132,108,065 | 3,862,101 | 1.92% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 3,937,739 | 1.84% | 1.96% |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 4,008,947 | 1.68% | 1.81% |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 4,075,705 | 1.56% | 1.67% |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 4,138,784 | 1.47% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 4,200,078 | 1.37% | 1.48% |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 4,261,240 | 1.27% | 1.46% |
| 2006 | 146,405,973 | 4,321,340 | 1.17% | 1.41% |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 4,380,248 | 1.08% | 1.36% |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 4,440,056 | 1% | 1.37% |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 4,499,791 | 0.94% | 1.35% |
| 2010 | 152,201,981 | 4,555,962 | 0.88% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 4,609,833 | 0.91% | 1.18% |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 4,663,934 | 0.96% | 1.17% |
| 2013 | 156,532,141 | 4,716,147 | 0.94% | 1.12% |
| 2014 | 157,964,929 | 4,767,119 | 0.92% | 1.08% |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 4,818,038 | 0.9% | 1.07% |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 4,866,998 | 0.9% | 1.02% |
| 2017 | 162,186,147 | 4,913,177 | 0.85% | 0.95% |
| 2018 | 163,523,103 | 4,957,818 | 0.82% | 0.91% |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 4,999,553 | 0.85% | 0.84% |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 5,034,320 | 0.84% | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 5,059,988 | 0.82% | 0.51% |
| 2022 | 169,384,897 | 5,081,765 | 1.03% | 0.43% |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 5,105,525 | 1.23% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 5,129,910 | 1.22% | 0.48% |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 5,152,946 | 1.22% | 0.45% |
| 2026 | 177,818,035 | 5,174,780 | 1.21% | 0.42% |
| 2027 | 179,930,171 | 5,195,555 | 1.19% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 182,014,767 | 5,215,247 | 1.16% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 184,064,616 | 5,233,877 | 1.13% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 186,072,398 | 5,251,495 | 1.09% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 188,025,193 | 5,268,137 | 1.05% | 0.32% |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 5,283,807 | 1% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 191,717,183 | 5,298,514 | 0.95% | 0.28% |
| 2034 | 193,461,162 | 5,312,162 | 0.91% | 0.26% |
| 2035 | 195,130,366 | 5,324,698 | 0.86% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 5,336,133 | 0.83% | 0.21% |
| 2037 | 198,288,195 | 5,346,408 | 0.79% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 199,776,950 | 5,355,519 | 0.75% | 0.17% |
| 2039 | 201,208,770 | 5,363,363 | 0.72% | 0.15% |
| 2040 | 202,589,424 | 5,369,806 | 0.69% | 0.12% |
| 2041 | 203,939,081 | 5,374,934 | 0.67% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 205,259,485 | 5,378,670 | 0.65% | 0.07% |
| 2043 | 206,545,478 | 5,380,915 | 0.63% | 0.04% |
| 2044 | 207,801,049 | 5,381,720 | 0.61% | 0.01% |
| 2045 | 209,029,592 | 5,381,014 | 0.59% | -0.01% |
| 2046 | 210,231,183 | 5,378,757 | 0.57% | -0.04% |
| 2047 | 211,402,167 | 5,374,945 | 0.56% | -0.07% |
| 2048 | 212,537,925 | 5,369,577 | 0.54% | -0.1% |
| 2049 | 213,638,535 | 5,362,651 | 0.52% | -0.13% |
| 2050 | 214,709,094 | 5,354,148 | 0.5% | -0.16% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Costa Rica gained 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 308,009 (a 6.33% growth).
Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Costa Rica was ranked 119th in 2006 and ranked 126th 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 Costa Rica will increase by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Dhaka | 16.8M |
| Chittagong | 2.58M |
| Narayanganj | 968K |
| Khulna | 929K |
| Sylhet | 480K |
| Rajshahi | 448K |
| Bogra | 401K |
| Barisal | 328K |
| Rangpur | 294K |
| Brahmanbaria | 268K |
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| City | Population |
| San Jose | 342K |
| Limon | 71.5K |
| Liberia | 65.9K |
| Alajuela | 44.4K |
| Puntarenas | 41.5K |
| Cartago | 22.8K |
| Heredia | 16.7K |
| Tamarindo | 7.13K |
| Santa Teresa | 3K |
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Population differences between Bangladesh and Costa Rica
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| Life expectancy | 75.5 years | 81.4 years |
| Average age | 29.8 years | 37 years |
| Median age | 26.7 years | 35.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.16 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 3,458 ppl/mi² | 260.2 ppl/mi² |
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