The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 83,516,593 people in Germany in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,841,118 people compared to 82,619,736 in Germany.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 2.15 times bigger than Germany's.
- Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Germany is the 19th.
- The countries together account for 3.15% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 1% for Germany.
- For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +0.32% in Germany.
- Since 2006, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 146M people to 178M (21.5% growth), while Germany has grown from 82.4M to 82.6M (0.3% growth).
- Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people, while Germany's population already peaked in 2024 at 83.5M people and is projected to decrease to 70M people by 2100.
Bangladesh vs Germany: live population counter
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| Current population |
177841118
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82619736
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| Population rank | 8/197 | 19/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.15% | 1% |
| One net population change |
15.1 seconds
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2.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.04 seconds
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45.6 seconds
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| One death every |
36.7 seconds
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30.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.11 minutes
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14.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -473,362 | +36,954 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,741 | +628 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,095,374 | +229,320 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.22% | +0.28% |
| Population growth rate rank | 91/197 | 152/197 |
Bangladesh and Germany: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 51,828,660 | 72,814,900 | - | - |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | 73,377,632 | 2.86% | 0.77% |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | 74,025,784 | 2.95% | 0.88% |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | 74,714,353 | 2.96% | 0.93% |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | 75,318,337 | 2.96% | 0.81% |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | 75,963,695 | 2.96% | 0.86% |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | 76,600,311 | 2.95% | 0.84% |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | 76,951,336 | 2.99% | 0.46% |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | 77,294,314 | 2.99% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | 77,909,682 | 2.88% | 0.8% |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | 78,169,289 | 2.62% | 0.33% |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | 78,312,842 | 1.76% | 0.18% |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | 78,688,452 | 1.94% | 0.48% |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | 78,936,666 | 2.9% | 0.32% |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | 78,967,433 | 2.87% | 0.04% |
| 1975 | 77,854,351 | 78,673,554 | 2.66% | -0.37% |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | 78,336,950 | 2.57% | -0.43% |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | 78,159,814 | 2.52% | -0.23% |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | 78,091,820 | 2.47% | -0.09% |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | 78,126,350 | 2.44% | 0.04% |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | 78,288,576 | 2.42% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 90,303,105 | 78,407,907 | 2.6% | 0.15% |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | 78,333,366 | 2.78% | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | 78,128,282 | 2.72% | -0.26% |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | 77,858,685 | 2.6% | -0.35% |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | 77,684,873 | 2.49% | -0.22% |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | 77,720,436 | 2.38% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | 77,839,920 | 2.26% | 0.15% |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | 78,144,619 | 2.15% | 0.39% |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | 78,751,283 | 2.07% | 0.78% |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 79,433,029 | 2.01% | 0.87% |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 80,013,896 | 1.93% | 0.73% |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 80,624,598 | 1.9% | 0.76% |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 81,156,363 | 1.88% | 0.66% |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 81,438,348 | 1.87% | 0.35% |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 81,678,051 | 1.88% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 81,914,831 | 1.84% | 0.29% |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 82,034,771 | 1.87% | 0.15% |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 82,047,195 | 1.91% | 0.02% |
| 1999 | 132,108,065 | 82,100,243 | 1.92% | 0.06% |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 82,211,508 | 1.84% | 0.14% |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 82,349,925 | 1.68% | 0.17% |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 82,488,495 | 1.56% | 0.17% |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 82,534,176 | 1.47% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 82,516,260 | 1.37% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 82,469,422 | 1.27% | -0.06% |
| 2006 | 146,405,973 | 82,376,451 | 1.17% | -0.11% |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 82,266,372 | 1.08% | -0.13% |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 82,110,097 | 1% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 81,902,307 | 0.94% | -0.25% |
| 2010 | 152,201,981 | 81,776,930 | 0.88% | -0.15% |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 80,274,983 | 0.91% | -1.84% |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 80,425,823 | 0.96% | 0.19% |
| 2013 | 156,532,141 | 80,645,605 | 0.94% | 0.27% |
| 2014 | 157,964,929 | 80,982,500 | 0.92% | 0.42% |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 81,686,611 | 0.9% | 0.87% |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 82,348,669 | 0.9% | 0.81% |
| 2017 | 162,186,147 | 82,657,002 | 0.85% | 0.37% |
| 2018 | 163,523,103 | 82,905,782 | 0.82% | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 83,092,962 | 0.85% | 0.23% |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 83,160,871 | 0.84% | 0.08% |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 83,196,078 | 0.82% | 0.04% |
| 2022 | 169,384,897 | 83,177,813 | 1.03% | -0.02% |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 83,287,273 | 1.23% | 0.13% |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 83,516,593 | 1.22% | 0.28% |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 83,045,276 | 1.22% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 177,818,035 | 82,619,736 | 1.21% | -0.51% |
| 2027 | 179,930,171 | 82,420,656 | 1.19% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 182,014,767 | 82,209,650 | 1.16% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 184,064,616 | 81,988,746 | 1.13% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 186,072,398 | 81,767,011 | 1.09% | -0.27% |
| 2031 | 188,025,193 | 81,541,291 | 1.05% | -0.28% |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 81,315,327 | 1% | -0.28% |
| 2033 | 191,717,183 | 81,094,150 | 0.95% | -0.27% |
| 2034 | 193,461,162 | 80,879,704 | 0.91% | -0.26% |
| 2035 | 195,130,366 | 80,669,570 | 0.86% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 80,445,835 | 0.83% | -0.28% |
| 2037 | 198,288,195 | 80,222,108 | 0.79% | -0.28% |
| 2038 | 199,776,950 | 80,001,936 | 0.75% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 201,208,770 | 79,780,699 | 0.72% | -0.28% |
| 2040 | 202,589,424 | 79,565,092 | 0.69% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 203,939,081 | 79,361,541 | 0.67% | -0.26% |
| 2042 | 205,259,485 | 79,167,400 | 0.65% | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 206,545,478 | 78,962,964 | 0.63% | -0.26% |
| 2044 | 207,801,049 | 78,743,160 | 0.61% | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 209,029,592 | 78,518,131 | 0.59% | -0.29% |
| 2046 | 210,231,183 | 78,293,579 | 0.57% | -0.29% |
| 2047 | 211,402,167 | 78,066,226 | 0.56% | -0.29% |
| 2048 | 212,537,925 | 77,826,011 | 0.54% | -0.31% |
| 2049 | 213,638,535 | 77,578,876 | 0.52% | -0.32% |
| 2050 | 214,709,094 | 77,335,610 | 0.5% | -0.31% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Germany lost 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Germany's population increased by 271,067 (a 0.33% growth).
Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Germany was ranked 14th in 2006 and ranked 19th 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 Germany will decrease by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.
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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Population differences between Bangladesh and Germany
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| Life expectancy | 75.5 years | 81.9 years |
| Average age | 29.8 years | 45 years |
| Median age | 26.7 years | 46.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.16 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
| Population density | 3,458 ppl/mi² | 619 ppl/mi² |
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