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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Greece	Bangladesh	Greece
1960	51,828,660	8,331,725	-	-
1961	53,310,348	8,398,050	2.86%	0.8%
1962	54,881,146	8,448,233	2.95%	0.6%
1963	56,504,402	8,479,625	2.96%	0.37%
1964	58,178,374	8,510,429	2.96%	0.36%
1965	59,902,519	8,550,333	2.96%	0.47%
1966	61,669,806	8,613,651	2.95%	0.74%
1967	63,510,929	8,684,088	2.99%	0.82%
1968	65,408,276	8,740,765	2.99%	0.65%
1969	67,294,133	8,772,764	2.88%	0.37%
1970	69,058,894	8,792,806	2.62%	0.23%
1971	70,276,758	8,831,036	1.76%	0.43%
1972	71,641,519	8,888,628	1.94%	0.65%
1973	73,722,294	8,929,086	2.9%	0.46%
1974	75,839,348	8,962,022	2.87%	0.37%
1975	77,854,351	9,046,541	2.66%	0.94%
1976	79,855,318	9,188,150	2.57%	1.57%
1977	81,867,264	9,308,479	2.52%	1.31%
1978	83,889,655	9,429,959	2.47%	1.31%
1979	85,935,072	9,548,258	2.44%	1.25%
1980	88,016,432	9,642,505	2.42%	0.99%
1981	90,303,105	9,729,350	2.6%	0.9%
1982	92,814,507	9,789,513	2.78%	0.62%
1983	95,335,155	9,846,627	2.72%	0.58%
1984	97,814,966	9,895,801	2.6%	0.5%
1985	100,253,825	9,934,300	2.49%	0.39%
1986	102,635,572	9,967,213	2.38%	0.33%
1987	104,959,291	10,000,595	2.26%	0.33%
1988	107,216,008	10,036,983	2.15%	0.36%
1989	109,433,799	10,089,498	2.07%	0.52%
1990	111,633,717	10,196,792	2.01%	1.06%
1991	113,787,109	10,319,927	1.93%	1.21%
1992	115,952,192	10,399,061	1.9%	0.77%
1993	118,132,360	10,460,415	1.88%	0.59%
1994	120,343,179	10,512,922	1.87%	0.5%
1995	122,600,370	10,562,153	1.88%	0.47%
1996	124,862,179	10,608,800	1.84%	0.44%
1997	127,198,069	10,661,259	1.87%	0.49%
1998	129,622,332	10,720,509	1.91%	0.56%
1999	132,108,065	10,761,698	1.92%	0.38%
2000	134,544,304	10,805,808	1.84%	0.41%
2001	136,805,810	10,862,132	1.68%	0.52%
2002	138,933,658	10,902,022	1.56%	0.37%
2003	140,970,351	10,928,070	1.47%	0.24%
2004	142,902,856	10,955,141	1.37%	0.25%
2005	144,715,786	10,987,314	1.27%	0.29%
2006	146,405,973	11,020,362	1.17%	0.3%
2007	147,989,278	11,048,473	1.08%	0.26%
2008	149,474,264	11,077,841	1%	0.27%
2009	150,873,714	11,107,017	0.94%	0.26%
2010	152,201,981	11,121,341	0.88%	0.13%
2011	153,591,076	11,104,899	0.91%	-0.15%
2012	155,070,101	11,045,011	0.96%	-0.54%
2013	156,532,141	10,965,211	0.94%	-0.72%
2014	157,964,929	10,892,413	0.92%	-0.66%
2015	159,383,179	10,820,883	0.9%	-0.66%
2016	160,811,932	10,775,971	0.9%	-0.42%
2017	162,186,147	10,754,679	0.85%	-0.2%
2018	163,523,103	10,732,882	0.82%	-0.2%
2019	164,913,055	10,721,582	0.85%	-0.11%
2020	166,298,024	10,698,599	0.84%	-0.21%
2021	167,658,854	10,569,207	0.82%	-1.21%
2022	169,384,897	10,436,882	1.03%	-1.25%
2023	171,466,990	10,407,351	1.23%	-0.28%
2024	173,562,364	10,405,134	1.22%	-0.02%
2025	175,686,900	10,292,291	1.22%	-1.08%
2026	177,818,035	10,249,082	1.21%	-0.42%
2027	179,930,171	10,204,400	1.19%	-0.44%
2028	182,014,767	10,159,146	1.16%	-0.44%
2029	184,064,616	10,113,475	1.13%	-0.45%
2030	186,072,398	10,067,720	1.09%	-0.45%
2031	188,025,193	10,021,773	1.05%	-0.46%
2032	189,904,568	9,974,701	1%	-0.47%
2033	191,717,183	9,927,344	0.95%	-0.47%
2034	193,461,162	9,880,848	0.91%	-0.47%
2035	195,130,366	9,834,216	0.86%	-0.47%
2036	196,740,575	9,787,786	0.83%	-0.47%
2037	198,288,195	9,741,790	0.79%	-0.47%
2038	199,776,950	9,695,855	0.75%	-0.47%
2039	201,208,770	9,650,459	0.72%	-0.47%
2040	202,589,424	9,605,475	0.69%	-0.47%
2041	203,939,081	9,560,641	0.67%	-0.47%
2042	205,259,485	9,516,502	0.65%	-0.46%
2043	206,545,478	9,472,263	0.63%	-0.46%
2044	207,801,049	9,426,737	0.61%	-0.48%
2045	209,029,592	9,380,458	0.59%	-0.49%
2046	210,231,183	9,333,671	0.57%	-0.5%
2047	211,402,167	9,284,541	0.56%	-0.53%
2048	212,537,925	9,233,189	0.54%	-0.55%
2049	213,638,535	9,180,074	0.52%	-0.58%
2050	214,709,094	9,125,443	0.5%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Greece lost 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Greece's population decreased by -526,889 (a 4.89% decline).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Greece was ranked 74th in 2006 and ranked 96th 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 Greece will decrease by 11% to 9,125,443 people and rank change from 96th to 106th.