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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Indonesia	Bangladesh	Indonesia
1960	51,828,660	88,296,070	-	-
1961	53,310,348	90,791,249	2.86%	2.83%
1962	54,881,146	93,375,850	2.95%	2.85%
1963	56,504,402	96,051,424	2.96%	2.87%
1964	58,178,374	98,833,749	2.96%	2.9%
1965	59,902,519	101,365,130	2.96%	2.56%
1966	61,669,806	103,792,754	2.95%	2.39%
1967	63,510,929	106,526,393	2.99%	2.63%
1968	65,408,276	109,450,006	2.99%	2.74%
1969	67,294,133	112,517,639	2.88%	2.8%
1970	69,058,894	115,657,495	2.62%	2.79%
1971	70,276,758	118,833,702	1.76%	2.75%
1972	71,641,519	122,039,841	1.94%	2.7%
1973	73,722,294	125,288,515	2.9%	2.66%
1974	75,839,348	128,555,045	2.87%	2.61%
1975	77,854,351	131,843,848	2.66%	2.56%
1976	79,855,318	135,173,655	2.57%	2.53%
1977	81,867,264	138,533,541	2.52%	2.49%
1978	83,889,655	141,953,163	2.47%	2.47%
1979	85,935,072	145,434,834	2.44%	2.45%
1980	88,016,432	148,950,540	2.42%	2.42%
1981	90,303,105	152,485,035	2.6%	2.37%
1982	92,814,507	156,052,152	2.78%	2.34%
1983	95,335,155	159,651,381	2.72%	2.31%
1984	97,814,966	163,251,124	2.6%	2.25%
1985	100,253,825	166,776,185	2.49%	2.16%
1986	102,635,572	170,175,065	2.38%	2.04%
1987	104,959,291	173,511,154	2.26%	1.96%
1988	107,216,008	176,855,065	2.15%	1.93%
1989	109,433,799	180,201,630	2.07%	1.89%
1990	111,633,717	183,501,098	2.01%	1.83%
1991	113,787,109	186,778,238	1.93%	1.79%
1992	115,952,192	190,043,744	1.9%	1.75%
1993	118,132,360	193,305,168	1.88%	1.72%
1994	120,343,179	196,591,828	1.87%	1.7%
1995	122,600,370	199,888,057	1.88%	1.68%
1996	124,862,179	203,204,348	1.84%	1.66%
1997	127,198,069	206,536,095	1.87%	1.64%
1998	129,622,332	209,826,788	1.91%	1.59%
1999	132,108,065	213,004,668	1.92%	1.51%
2000	134,544,304	216,077,790	1.84%	1.44%
2001	136,805,810	219,097,902	1.68%	1.4%
2002	138,933,658	222,088,495	1.56%	1.36%
2003	140,970,351	225,048,008	1.47%	1.33%
2004	142,902,856	227,926,649	1.37%	1.28%
2005	144,715,786	230,871,650	1.27%	1.29%
2006	146,405,973	233,951,652	1.17%	1.33%
2007	147,989,278	237,062,337	1.08%	1.33%
2008	149,474,264	240,157,903	1%	1.31%
2009	150,873,714	243,220,028	0.94%	1.28%
2010	152,201,981	246,305,322	0.88%	1.27%
2011	153,591,076	249,470,032	0.91%	1.28%
2012	155,070,101	252,698,525	0.96%	1.29%
2013	156,532,141	255,852,467	0.94%	1.25%
2014	157,964,929	258,877,399	0.92%	1.18%
2015	159,383,179	261,799,249	0.9%	1.13%
2016	160,811,932	264,627,418	0.9%	1.08%
2017	162,186,147	267,346,658	0.85%	1.03%
2018	163,523,103	269,951,846	0.82%	0.97%
2019	164,913,055	272,489,381	0.85%	0.94%
2020	166,298,024	274,814,866	0.84%	0.85%
2021	167,658,854	276,758,053	0.82%	0.71%
2022	169,384,897	278,830,529	1.03%	0.75%
2023	171,466,990	281,190,067	1.23%	0.85%
2024	173,562,364	283,487,931	1.22%	0.82%
2025	175,686,900	285,721,231	1.22%	0.79%
2026	177,818,035	287,886,778	1.21%	0.76%
2027	179,930,171	289,986,520	1.19%	0.73%
2028	182,014,767	292,016,774	1.16%	0.7%
2029	184,064,616	293,978,106	1.13%	0.67%
2030	186,072,398	295,876,644	1.09%	0.65%
2031	188,025,193	297,719,741	1.05%	0.62%
2032	189,904,568	299,510,654	1%	0.6%
2033	191,717,183	301,250,975	0.95%	0.58%
2034	193,461,162	302,938,571	0.91%	0.56%
2035	195,130,366	304,566,615	0.86%	0.54%
2036	196,740,575	306,135,097	0.83%	0.51%
2037	198,288,195	307,646,407	0.79%	0.49%
2038	199,776,950	309,096,450	0.75%	0.47%
2039	201,208,770	310,481,116	0.72%	0.45%
2040	202,589,424	311,797,391	0.69%	0.42%
2041	203,939,081	313,041,656	0.67%	0.4%
2042	205,259,485	314,211,278	0.65%	0.37%
2043	206,545,478	315,304,309	0.63%	0.35%
2044	207,801,049	316,318,412	0.61%	0.32%
2045	209,029,592	317,249,609	0.59%	0.29%
2046	210,231,183	318,096,567	0.57%	0.27%
2047	211,402,167	318,862,018	0.56%	0.24%
2048	212,537,925	319,554,646	0.54%	0.22%
2049	213,638,535	320,173,244	0.52%	0.19%
2050	214,709,094	320,712,941	0.5%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,675,766 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 23,282,308 (a 8.8% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2006 and still ranked 4th 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 Indonesia will increase by 11.4% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.