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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Ethiopia	Bangladesh	Ethiopia
1960	51,828,660	21,376,693	-	-
1961	53,310,348	21,906,102	2.86%	2.48%
1962	54,881,146	22,465,126	2.95%	2.55%
1963	56,504,402	23,051,637	2.96%	2.61%
1964	58,178,374	23,666,548	2.96%	2.67%
1965	59,902,519	24,310,612	2.96%	2.72%
1966	61,669,806	24,952,689	2.95%	2.64%
1967	63,510,929	25,620,276	2.99%	2.68%
1968	65,408,276	26,337,930	2.99%	2.8%
1969	67,294,133	27,072,571	2.88%	2.79%
1970	69,058,894	27,829,128	2.62%	2.79%
1971	70,276,758	28,600,106	1.76%	2.77%
1972	71,641,519	29,374,608	1.94%	2.71%
1973	73,722,294	30,166,785	2.9%	2.7%
1974	75,839,348	30,957,273	2.87%	2.62%
1975	77,854,351	31,723,252	2.66%	2.47%
1976	79,855,318	32,534,418	2.57%	2.56%
1977	81,867,264	33,167,272	2.52%	1.95%
1978	83,889,655	33,734,592	2.47%	1.71%
1979	85,935,072	34,238,652	2.44%	1.49%
1980	88,016,432	34,428,514	2.42%	0.55%
1981	90,303,105	35,304,012	2.6%	2.54%
1982	92,814,507	36,701,290	2.78%	3.96%
1983	95,335,155	37,740,817	2.72%	2.83%
1984	97,814,966	38,735,722	2.6%	2.64%
1985	100,253,825	39,842,136	2.49%	2.86%
1986	102,635,572	41,037,656	2.38%	3%
1987	104,959,291	42,460,039	2.26%	3.47%
1988	107,216,008	44,150,825	2.15%	3.98%
1989	109,433,799	45,879,690	2.07%	3.92%
1990	111,633,717	47,609,755	2.01%	3.77%
1991	113,787,109	49,717,198	1.93%	4.43%
1992	115,952,192	51,853,747	1.9%	4.3%
1993	118,132,360	53,708,891	1.88%	3.58%
1994	120,343,179	55,611,508	1.87%	3.54%
1995	122,600,370	57,537,335	1.88%	3.46%
1996	124,862,179	59,467,635	1.84%	3.35%
1997	127,198,069	61,404,539	1.87%	3.26%
1998	129,622,332	63,363,524	1.91%	3.19%
1999	132,108,065	65,374,561	1.92%	3.17%
2000	134,544,304	67,411,494	1.84%	3.12%
2001	136,805,810	69,487,762	1.68%	3.08%
2002	138,933,658	71,635,517	1.56%	3.09%
2003	140,970,351	73,832,663	1.47%	3.07%
2004	142,902,856	76,077,206	1.37%	3.04%
2005	144,715,786	78,367,470	1.27%	3.01%
2006	146,405,973	80,703,490	1.17%	2.98%
2007	147,989,278	83,103,217	1.08%	2.97%
2008	149,474,264	85,543,668	1%	2.94%
2009	150,873,714	88,007,636	0.94%	2.88%
2010	152,201,981	90,538,514	0.88%	2.88%
2011	153,591,076	93,149,970	0.91%	2.88%
2012	155,070,101	95,798,767	0.96%	2.84%
2013	156,532,141	98,438,751	0.94%	2.76%
2014	157,964,929	101,115,610	0.92%	2.72%
2015	159,383,179	103,867,135	0.9%	2.72%
2016	160,811,932	106,718,162	0.9%	2.74%
2017	162,186,147	109,666,481	0.85%	2.76%
2018	163,523,103	112,664,152	0.82%	2.73%
2019	164,913,055	115,737,383	0.85%	2.73%
2020	166,298,024	118,917,671	0.84%	2.75%
2021	167,658,854	122,138,588	0.82%	2.71%
2022	169,384,897	125,384,287	1.03%	2.66%
2023	171,466,990	128,691,692	1.23%	2.64%
2024	173,562,364	132,059,767	1.22%	2.62%
2025	175,686,900	135,472,043	1.22%	2.58%
2026	177,818,035	138,902,180	1.21%	2.53%
2027	179,930,171	142,364,798	1.19%	2.49%
2028	182,014,767	145,841,255	1.16%	2.44%
2029	184,064,616	149,336,056	1.13%	2.4%
2030	186,072,398	152,855,352	1.09%	2.36%
2031	188,025,193	156,382,425	1.05%	2.31%
2032	189,904,568	159,923,895	1%	2.26%
2033	191,717,183	163,453,311	0.95%	2.21%
2034	193,461,162	166,978,790	0.91%	2.16%
2035	195,130,366	170,532,952	0.86%	2.13%
2036	196,740,575	174,097,772	0.83%	2.09%
2037	198,288,195	177,661,132	0.79%	2.05%
2038	199,776,950	181,235,892	0.75%	2.01%
2039	201,208,770	184,835,102	0.72%	1.99%
2040	202,589,424	188,450,900	0.69%	1.96%
2041	203,939,081	192,068,629	0.67%	1.92%
2042	205,259,485	195,695,295	0.65%	1.89%
2043	206,545,478	199,347,978	0.63%	1.87%
2044	207,801,049	203,014,368	0.61%	1.84%
2045	209,029,592	206,673,625	0.59%	1.8%
2046	210,231,183	210,337,847	0.57%	1.77%
2047	211,402,167	214,023,504	0.56%	1.75%
2048	212,537,925	217,710,204	0.54%	1.72%
2049	213,638,535	221,377,329	0.52%	1.68%
2050	214,709,094	225,021,865	0.5%	1.65%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Ethiopia gained 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2006 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.