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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Iraq	Bangladesh	Iraq
1960	51,828,660	7,022,052	-	-
1961	53,310,348	7,194,553	2.86%	2.46%
1962	54,881,146	7,413,875	2.95%	3.05%
1963	56,504,402	7,667,928	2.96%	3.43%
1964	58,178,374	7,929,566	2.96%	3.41%
1965	59,902,519	8,202,140	2.96%	3.44%
1966	61,669,806	8,485,104	2.95%	3.45%
1967	63,510,929	8,778,869	2.99%	3.46%
1968	65,408,276	9,085,016	2.99%	3.49%
1969	67,294,133	9,403,356	2.88%	3.5%
1970	69,058,894	9,735,611	2.62%	3.53%
1971	70,276,758	10,077,809	1.76%	3.51%
1972	71,641,519	10,430,164	1.94%	3.5%
1973	73,722,294	10,795,869	2.9%	3.51%
1974	75,839,348	11,167,761	2.87%	3.44%
1975	77,854,351	11,543,639	2.66%	3.37%
1976	79,855,318	11,927,651	2.57%	3.33%
1977	81,867,264	12,331,046	2.52%	3.38%
1978	83,889,655	12,753,355	2.47%	3.42%
1979	85,935,072	13,170,365	2.44%	3.27%
1980	88,016,432	13,591,992	2.42%	3.2%
1981	90,303,105	14,006,381	2.6%	3.05%
1982	92,814,507	14,406,083	2.78%	2.85%
1983	95,335,155	14,840,555	2.72%	3.02%
1984	97,814,966	15,310,733	2.6%	3.17%
1985	100,253,825	15,683,430	2.49%	2.43%
1986	102,635,572	16,074,145	2.38%	2.49%
1987	104,959,291	16,521,049	2.26%	2.78%
1988	107,216,008	16,908,819	2.15%	2.35%
1989	109,433,799	17,364,542	2.07%	2.7%
1990	111,633,717	17,581,206	2.01%	1.25%
1991	113,787,109	17,767,253	1.93%	1.06%
1992	115,952,192	18,300,845	1.9%	3%
1993	118,132,360	19,201,195	1.88%	4.92%
1994	120,343,179	20,139,807	1.87%	4.89%
1995	122,600,370	20,825,860	1.88%	3.41%
1996	124,862,179	21,501,321	1.84%	3.24%
1997	127,198,069	22,176,593	1.87%	3.14%
1998	129,622,332	22,884,399	1.91%	3.19%
1999	132,108,065	23,636,527	1.92%	3.29%
2000	134,544,304	24,424,056	1.84%	3.33%
2001	136,805,810	25,197,840	1.68%	3.17%
2002	138,933,658	26,006,559	1.56%	3.21%
2003	140,970,351	26,802,659	1.47%	3.06%
2004	142,902,856	27,577,878	1.37%	2.89%
2005	144,715,786	28,407,448	1.27%	3.01%
2006	146,405,973	28,616,515	1.17%	0.74%
2007	147,989,278	28,391,607	1.08%	-0.79%
2008	149,474,264	28,971,036	1%	2.04%
2009	150,873,714	30,058,206	0.94%	3.75%
2010	152,201,981	31,045,366	0.88%	3.28%
2011	153,591,076	32,161,424	0.91%	3.59%
2012	155,070,101	33,654,842	0.96%	4.64%
2013	156,532,141	35,281,989	0.94%	4.83%
2014	157,964,929	36,550,059	0.92%	3.59%
2015	159,383,179	37,560,535	0.9%	2.76%
2016	160,811,932	38,469,627	0.9%	2.42%
2017	162,186,147	39,337,353	0.85%	2.26%
2018	163,523,103	40,265,624	0.82%	2.36%
2019	164,913,055	41,192,171	0.85%	2.3%
2020	166,298,024	42,116,605	0.84%	2.24%
2021	167,658,854	43,071,211	0.82%	2.27%
2022	169,384,897	44,070,551	1.03%	2.32%
2023	171,466,990	45,074,049	1.23%	2.28%
2024	173,562,364	46,042,015	1.22%	2.15%
2025	175,686,900	47,020,778	1.22%	2.13%
2026	177,818,035	48,007,435	1.21%	2.1%
2027	179,930,171	48,987,424	1.19%	2.04%
2028	182,014,767	49,960,955	1.16%	1.99%
2029	184,064,616	50,943,339	1.13%	1.97%
2030	186,072,398	51,937,208	1.09%	1.95%
2031	188,025,193	52,934,373	1.05%	1.92%
2032	189,904,568	53,953,395	1%	1.93%
2033	191,717,183	54,985,129	0.95%	1.91%
2034	193,461,162	56,012,641	0.91%	1.87%
2035	195,130,366	57,035,917	0.86%	1.83%
2036	196,740,575	58,071,740	0.83%	1.82%
2037	198,288,195	59,109,258	0.79%	1.79%
2038	199,776,950	60,132,232	0.75%	1.73%
2039	201,208,770	61,174,679	0.72%	1.73%
2040	202,589,424	62,223,208	0.69%	1.71%
2041	203,939,081	63,249,167	0.67%	1.65%
2042	205,259,485	64,260,847	0.65%	1.6%
2043	206,545,478	65,257,000	0.63%	1.55%
2044	207,801,049	66,237,772	0.61%	1.5%
2045	209,029,592	67,204,176	0.59%	1.46%
2046	210,231,183	68,150,060	0.57%	1.41%
2047	211,402,167	69,098,087	0.56%	1.39%
2048	212,537,925	70,050,118	0.54%	1.38%
2049	213,638,535	70,999,566	0.52%	1.36%
2050	214,709,094	71,928,759	0.5%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Iraq was ranked 39th in 2006 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.