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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	India	Bangladesh	India
1960	51,828,660	435,990,338	-	-
1961	53,310,348	446,564,729	2.86%	2.43%
1962	54,881,146	457,283,090	2.95%	2.4%
1963	56,504,402	468,138,575	2.96%	2.37%
1964	58,178,374	479,229,598	2.96%	2.37%
1965	59,902,519	490,140,146	2.96%	2.28%
1966	61,669,806	500,740,247	2.95%	2.16%
1967	63,510,929	511,606,372	2.99%	2.17%
1968	65,408,276	522,716,889	2.99%	2.17%
1969	67,294,133	533,880,544	2.88%	2.14%
1970	69,058,894	545,864,268	2.62%	2.24%
1971	70,276,758	558,096,387	1.76%	2.24%
1972	71,641,519	570,482,142	1.94%	2.22%
1973	73,722,294	583,465,598	2.9%	2.28%
1974	75,839,348	597,041,391	2.87%	2.33%
1975	77,854,351	611,309,535	2.66%	2.39%
1976	79,855,318	625,861,883	2.57%	2.38%
1977	81,867,264	640,801,103	2.52%	2.39%
1978	83,889,655	655,728,229	2.47%	2.33%
1979	85,935,072	671,155,747	2.44%	2.35%
1980	88,016,432	687,354,025	2.42%	2.41%
1981	90,303,105	703,696,250	2.6%	2.38%
1982	92,814,507	720,313,473	2.78%	2.36%
1983	95,335,155	737,372,681	2.72%	2.37%
1984	97,814,966	754,875,449	2.6%	2.37%
1985	100,253,825	772,647,793	2.49%	2.35%
1986	102,635,572	790,689,978	2.38%	2.34%
1987	104,959,291	808,931,270	2.26%	2.31%
1988	107,216,008	827,342,990	2.15%	2.28%
1989	109,433,799	846,039,529	2.07%	2.26%
1990	111,633,717	864,972,221	2.01%	2.24%
1991	113,787,109	883,927,600	1.93%	2.19%
1992	115,952,192	902,957,070	1.9%	2.15%
1993	118,132,360	922,118,387	1.88%	2.12%
1994	120,343,179	941,163,767	1.87%	2.07%
1995	122,600,370	960,301,044	1.88%	2.03%
1996	124,862,179	979,678,458	1.84%	2.02%
1997	127,198,069	999,133,762	1.87%	1.99%
1998	129,622,332	1,018,665,080	1.91%	1.95%
1999	132,108,065	1,038,225,823	1.92%	1.92%
2000	134,544,304	1,057,922,733	1.84%	1.9%
2001	136,805,810	1,077,898,575	1.68%	1.89%
2002	138,933,658	1,097,600,380	1.56%	1.83%
2003	140,970,351	1,116,803,006	1.47%	1.75%
2004	142,902,856	1,135,991,513	1.37%	1.72%
2005	144,715,786	1,154,676,322	1.27%	1.64%
2006	146,405,973	1,172,878,890	1.17%	1.58%
2007	147,989,278	1,190,676,021	1.08%	1.52%
2008	149,474,264	1,207,930,964	1%	1.45%
2009	150,873,714	1,225,524,753	0.94%	1.46%
2010	152,201,981	1,243,481,564	0.88%	1.47%
2011	153,591,076	1,261,224,954	0.91%	1.43%
2012	155,070,101	1,278,674,502	0.96%	1.38%
2013	156,532,141	1,295,829,511	0.94%	1.34%
2014	157,964,929	1,312,277,191	0.92%	1.27%
2015	159,383,179	1,328,024,498	0.9%	1.2%
2016	160,811,932	1,343,944,296	0.9%	1.2%
2017	162,186,147	1,359,657,400	0.85%	1.17%
2018	163,523,103	1,374,659,064	0.82%	1.1%
2019	164,913,055	1,389,030,312	0.85%	1.05%
2020	166,298,024	1,402,617,695	0.84%	0.98%
2021	167,658,854	1,414,203,896	0.82%	0.83%
2022	169,384,897	1,425,423,212	1.03%	0.79%
2023	171,466,990	1,438,069,596	1.23%	0.89%
2024	173,562,364	1,450,935,791	1.22%	0.89%
2025	175,686,900	1,463,865,531	1.22%	0.89%
2026	177,818,035	1,476,625,576	1.21%	0.87%
2027	179,930,171	1,489,164,679	1.19%	0.85%
2028	182,014,767	1,501,432,748	1.16%	0.82%
2029	184,064,616	1,513,423,737	1.13%	0.8%
2030	186,072,398	1,525,138,852	1.09%	0.77%
2031	188,025,193	1,536,540,604	1.05%	0.75%
2032	189,904,568	1,547,607,126	1%	0.72%
2033	191,717,183	1,558,324,087	0.95%	0.69%
2034	193,461,162	1,568,688,356	0.91%	0.67%
2035	195,130,366	1,578,694,799	0.86%	0.64%
2036	196,740,575	1,588,325,366	0.83%	0.61%
2037	198,288,195	1,597,537,009	0.79%	0.58%
2038	199,776,950	1,606,300,646	0.75%	0.55%
2039	201,208,770	1,614,639,243	0.72%	0.52%
2040	202,589,424	1,622,580,052	0.69%	0.49%
2041	203,939,081	1,630,119,374	0.67%	0.46%
2042	205,259,485	1,637,235,363	0.65%	0.44%
2043	206,545,478	1,643,915,269	0.63%	0.41%
2044	207,801,049	1,650,186,610	0.61%	0.38%
2045	209,029,592	1,656,067,585	0.59%	0.36%
2046	210,231,183	1,661,548,400	0.57%	0.33%
2047	211,402,167	1,666,628,151	0.56%	0.31%
2048	212,537,925	1,671,309,727	0.54%	0.28%
2049	213,638,535	1,675,619,893	0.52%	0.26%
2050	214,709,094	1,679,589,268	0.5%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while India gained 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while India's population increased by 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. India was ranked 2nd in 2006 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.