Population in Bangladesh compared to the Gambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bangladesh and the Gambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Gambia	Bangladesh	Gambia
1960	51,828,660	398,060	-	-
1961	53,310,348	408,930	2.86%	2.73%
1962	54,881,146	420,163	2.95%	2.75%
1963	56,504,402	431,757	2.96%	2.76%
1964	58,178,374	443,687	2.96%	2.76%
1965	59,902,519	455,952	2.96%	2.76%
1966	61,669,806	468,516	2.95%	2.76%
1967	63,510,929	481,588	2.99%	2.79%
1968	65,408,276	495,269	2.99%	2.84%
1969	67,294,133	509,440	2.88%	2.86%
1970	69,058,894	524,105	2.62%	2.88%
1971	70,276,758	539,388	1.76%	2.92%
1972	71,641,519	555,370	1.94%	2.96%
1973	73,722,294	571,991	2.9%	2.99%
1974	75,839,348	589,085	2.87%	2.99%
1975	77,854,351	606,821	2.66%	3.01%
1976	79,855,318	625,667	2.57%	3.11%
1977	81,867,264	645,770	2.52%	3.21%
1978	83,889,655	667,103	2.47%	3.3%
1979	85,935,072	689,781	2.44%	3.4%
1980	88,016,432	713,913	2.42%	3.5%
1981	90,303,105	739,125	2.6%	3.53%
1982	92,814,507	765,753	2.78%	3.6%
1983	95,335,155	794,525	2.72%	3.76%
1984	97,814,966	825,631	2.6%	3.92%
1985	100,253,825	858,874	2.49%	4.03%
1986	102,635,572	894,019	2.38%	4.09%
1987	104,959,291	931,091	2.26%	4.15%
1988	107,216,008	970,160	2.15%	4.2%
1989	109,433,799	1,011,357	2.07%	4.25%
1990	111,633,717	1,054,696	2.01%	4.29%
1991	113,787,109	1,099,959	1.93%	4.29%
1992	115,952,192	1,145,582	1.9%	4.15%
1993	118,132,360	1,188,365	1.88%	3.73%
1994	120,343,179	1,227,226	1.87%	3.27%
1995	122,600,370	1,264,313	1.88%	3.02%
1996	124,862,179	1,301,410	1.84%	2.93%
1997	127,198,069	1,338,889	1.87%	2.88%
1998	129,622,332	1,376,987	1.91%	2.85%
1999	132,108,065	1,415,779	1.92%	2.82%
2000	134,544,304	1,455,084	1.84%	2.78%
2001	136,805,810	1,495,011	1.68%	2.74%
2002	138,933,658	1,535,691	1.56%	2.72%
2003	140,970,351	1,577,611	1.47%	2.73%
2004	142,902,856	1,621,312	1.37%	2.77%
2005	144,715,786	1,667,037	1.27%	2.82%
2006	146,405,973	1,715,275	1.17%	2.89%
2007	147,989,278	1,765,774	1.08%	2.94%
2008	149,474,264	1,817,852	1%	2.95%
2009	150,873,714	1,871,422	0.94%	2.95%
2010	152,201,981	1,926,630	0.88%	2.95%
2011	153,591,076	1,983,784	0.91%	2.97%
2012	155,070,101	2,043,094	0.96%	2.99%
2013	156,532,141	2,103,820	0.94%	2.97%
2014	157,964,929	2,164,528	0.92%	2.89%
2015	159,383,179	2,224,529	0.9%	2.77%
2016	160,811,932	2,283,769	0.9%	2.66%
2017	162,186,147	2,342,189	0.85%	2.56%
2018	163,523,103	2,399,632	0.82%	2.45%
2019	164,913,055	2,456,844	0.85%	2.38%
2020	166,298,024	2,515,733	0.84%	2.4%
2021	167,658,854	2,576,010	0.82%	2.4%
2022	169,384,897	2,636,470	1.03%	2.35%
2023	171,466,990	2,697,845	1.23%	2.33%
2024	173,562,364	2,759,988	1.22%	2.3%
2025	175,686,900	2,822,083	1.22%	2.25%
2026	177,818,035	2,884,075	1.21%	2.2%
2027	179,930,171	2,945,874	1.19%	2.14%
2028	182,014,767	3,007,541	1.16%	2.09%
2029	184,064,616	3,069,012	1.13%	2.04%
2030	186,072,398	3,130,117	1.09%	1.99%
2031	188,025,193	3,190,986	1.05%	1.94%
2032	189,904,568	3,251,816	1%	1.91%
2033	191,717,183	3,312,585	0.95%	1.87%
2034	193,461,162	3,373,117	0.91%	1.83%
2035	195,130,366	3,433,418	0.86%	1.79%
2036	196,740,575	3,493,569	0.83%	1.75%
2037	198,288,195	3,553,521	0.79%	1.72%
2038	199,776,950	3,613,489	0.75%	1.69%
2039	201,208,770	3,673,332	0.72%	1.66%
2040	202,589,424	3,732,793	0.69%	1.62%
2041	203,939,081	3,791,791	0.67%	1.58%
2042	205,259,485	3,850,526	0.65%	1.55%
2043	206,545,478	3,909,016	0.63%	1.52%
2044	207,801,049	3,966,899	0.61%	1.48%
2045	209,029,592	4,024,221	0.59%	1.45%
2046	210,231,183	4,080,955	0.57%	1.41%
2047	211,402,167	4,137,188	0.56%	1.38%
2048	212,537,925	4,192,836	0.54%	1.35%
2049	213,638,535	4,247,701	0.52%	1.31%
2050	214,709,094	4,301,881	0.5%	1.28%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while the Gambia gained 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while the Gambia's population increased by 647,350 (a 29.1% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. The Gambia was ranked 146th in 2005 and ranked 138th 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 Gambia will increase by 49.8% to 4,301,881 people and rank change from 138th to 132nd.