Population in Bangladesh compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bangladesh and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	DR Congo	Bangladesh	DR Congo
1960	51,828,660	15,264,846	-	-
1961	53,310,348	15,662,374	2.86%	2.6%
1962	54,881,146	16,075,724	2.95%	2.64%
1963	56,504,402	16,507,599	2.96%	2.69%
1964	58,178,374	16,955,327	2.96%	2.71%
1965	59,902,519	17,427,802	2.96%	2.79%
1966	61,669,806	17,931,929	2.95%	2.89%
1967	63,510,929	18,462,782	2.99%	2.96%
1968	65,408,276	19,012,189	2.99%	2.98%
1969	67,294,133	19,570,445	2.88%	2.94%
1970	69,058,894	20,137,436	2.62%	2.9%
1971	70,276,758	20,695,569	1.76%	2.77%
1972	71,641,519	21,251,160	1.94%	2.68%
1973	73,722,294	21,827,665	2.9%	2.71%
1974	75,839,348	22,418,878	2.87%	2.71%
1975	77,854,351	23,021,101	2.66%	2.69%
1976	79,855,318	23,624,031	2.57%	2.62%
1977	81,867,264	24,229,061	2.52%	2.56%
1978	83,889,655	24,992,689	2.47%	3.15%
1979	85,935,072	25,886,782	2.44%	3.58%
1980	88,016,432	26,711,099	2.42%	3.18%
1981	90,303,105	27,500,515	2.6%	2.96%
1982	92,814,507	28,338,190	2.78%	3.05%
1983	95,335,155	29,250,963	2.72%	3.22%
1984	97,814,966	30,245,081	2.6%	3.4%
1985	100,253,825	31,264,816	2.49%	3.37%
1986	102,635,572	32,265,196	2.38%	3.2%
1987	104,959,291	33,298,904	2.26%	3.2%
1988	107,216,008	34,382,752	2.15%	3.25%
1989	109,433,799	35,486,866	2.07%	3.21%
1990	111,633,717	36,684,063	2.01%	3.37%
1991	113,787,109	37,925,817	1.93%	3.38%
1992	115,952,192	39,228,910	1.9%	3.44%
1993	118,132,360	40,656,336	1.88%	3.64%
1994	120,343,179	42,626,876	1.87%	4.85%
1995	122,600,370	44,433,704	1.88%	4.24%
1996	124,862,179	45,296,124	1.84%	1.94%
1997	127,198,069	46,029,902	1.87%	1.62%
1998	129,622,332	47,297,600	1.91%	2.75%
1999	132,108,065	48,912,971	1.92%	3.42%
2000	134,544,304	50,507,442	1.84%	3.26%
2001	136,805,810	52,132,646	1.68%	3.22%
2002	138,933,658	53,750,524	1.56%	3.1%
2003	140,970,351	55,343,867	1.47%	2.96%
2004	142,902,856	56,997,741	1.37%	2.99%
2005	144,715,786	58,775,724	1.27%	3.12%
2006	146,405,973	60,615,908	1.17%	3.13%
2007	147,989,278	62,477,752	1.08%	3.07%
2008	149,474,264	64,390,664	1%	3.06%
2009	150,873,714	66,412,044	0.94%	3.14%
2010	152,201,981	68,563,038	0.88%	3.24%
2011	153,591,076	70,849,311	0.91%	3.33%
2012	155,070,101	73,254,618	0.96%	3.39%
2013	156,532,141	75,789,395	0.94%	3.46%
2014	157,964,929	78,403,242	0.92%	3.45%
2015	159,383,179	81,035,531	0.9%	3.36%
2016	160,811,932	83,956,415	0.9%	3.6%
2017	162,186,147	87,083,398	0.85%	3.72%
2018	163,523,103	90,047,644	0.82%	3.4%
2019	164,913,055	92,947,442	0.85%	3.22%
2020	166,298,024	95,989,998	0.84%	3.27%
2021	167,658,854	99,148,932	0.82%	3.29%
2022	169,384,897	102,396,968	1.03%	3.28%
2023	171,466,990	105,789,731	1.23%	3.31%
2024	173,562,364	109,276,265	1.22%	3.3%
2025	175,686,900	112,832,475	1.22%	3.25%
2026	177,818,035	116,452,162	1.21%	3.21%
2027	179,930,171	120,129,744	1.19%	3.16%
2028	182,014,767	123,871,555	1.16%	3.11%
2029	184,064,616	127,674,141	1.13%	3.07%
2030	186,072,398	131,532,201	1.09%	3.02%
2031	188,025,193	135,447,495	1.05%	2.98%
2032	189,904,568	139,408,613	1%	2.92%
2033	191,717,183	143,414,031	0.95%	2.87%
2034	193,461,162	147,468,142	0.91%	2.83%
2035	195,130,366	151,560,102	0.86%	2.77%
2036	196,740,575	155,689,453	0.83%	2.72%
2037	198,288,195	159,848,574	0.79%	2.67%
2038	199,776,950	164,045,610	0.75%	2.63%
2039	201,208,770	168,296,695	0.72%	2.59%
2040	202,589,424	172,595,578	0.69%	2.55%
2041	203,939,081	176,946,261	0.67%	2.52%
2042	205,259,485	181,350,407	0.65%	2.49%
2043	206,545,478	185,805,168	0.63%	2.46%
2044	207,801,049	190,312,004	0.61%	2.43%
2045	209,029,592	194,865,386	0.59%	2.39%
2046	210,231,183	199,464,487	0.57%	2.36%
2047	211,402,167	204,105,925	0.56%	2.33%
2048	212,537,925	208,783,692	0.54%	2.29%
2049	213,638,535	213,497,692	0.52%	2.26%
2050	214,709,094	218,246,073	0.5%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th 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 the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.