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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Japan	Bangladesh	Japan
1960	51,828,660	93,216,000	-	-
1961	53,310,348	94,055,000	2.86%	0.9%
1962	54,881,146	94,933,000	2.95%	0.93%
1963	56,504,402	95,900,000	2.96%	1.02%
1964	58,178,374	96,903,000	2.96%	1.05%
1965	59,902,519	97,952,000	2.96%	1.08%
1966	61,669,806	98,851,000	2.95%	0.92%
1967	63,510,929	99,879,000	2.99%	1.04%
1968	65,408,276	101,011,000	2.99%	1.13%
1969	67,294,133	102,219,000	2.88%	1.2%
1970	69,058,894	103,403,000	2.62%	1.16%
1971	70,276,758	105,697,000	1.76%	2.22%
1972	71,641,519	107,188,000	1.94%	1.41%
1973	73,722,294	108,707,000	2.9%	1.42%
1974	75,839,348	110,162,000	2.87%	1.34%
1975	77,854,351	111,573,000	2.66%	1.28%
1976	79,855,318	112,775,000	2.57%	1.08%
1977	81,867,264	113,872,000	2.52%	0.97%
1978	83,889,655	114,913,000	2.47%	0.91%
1979	85,935,072	115,890,000	2.44%	0.85%
1980	88,016,432	116,807,000	2.42%	0.79%
1981	90,303,105	117,661,000	2.6%	0.73%
1982	92,814,507	118,480,000	2.78%	0.7%
1983	95,335,155	119,307,000	2.72%	0.7%
1984	97,814,966	120,083,000	2.6%	0.65%
1985	100,253,825	120,837,000	2.49%	0.63%
1986	102,635,572	121,482,000	2.38%	0.53%
1987	104,959,291	122,069,000	2.26%	0.48%
1988	107,216,008	122,578,000	2.15%	0.42%
1989	109,433,799	123,069,000	2.07%	0.4%
1990	111,633,717	123,478,000	2.01%	0.33%
1991	113,787,109	123,964,000	1.93%	0.39%
1992	115,952,192	124,425,000	1.9%	0.37%
1993	118,132,360	124,829,000	1.88%	0.32%
1994	120,343,179	125,178,000	1.87%	0.28%
1995	122,600,370	125,472,000	1.88%	0.23%
1996	124,862,179	125,757,000	1.84%	0.23%
1997	127,198,069	126,057,000	1.87%	0.24%
1998	129,622,332	126,400,000	1.91%	0.27%
1999	132,108,065	126,631,000	1.92%	0.18%
2000	134,544,304	126,843,000	1.84%	0.17%
2001	136,805,810	127,149,000	1.68%	0.24%
2002	138,933,658	127,445,000	1.56%	0.23%
2003	140,970,351	127,718,000	1.47%	0.21%
2004	142,902,856	127,761,000	1.37%	0.03%
2005	144,715,786	127,773,000	1.27%	0.009%
2006	146,405,973	127,854,000	1.17%	0.06%
2007	147,989,278	128,001,000	1.08%	0.11%
2008	149,474,264	128,063,000	1%	0.05%
2009	150,873,714	128,047,000	0.94%	-0.01%
2010	152,201,981	128,070,000	0.88%	0.02%
2011	153,591,076	127,833,000	0.91%	-0.19%
2012	155,070,101	127,629,000	0.96%	-0.16%
2013	156,532,141	127,445,000	0.94%	-0.14%
2014	157,964,929	127,276,000	0.92%	-0.13%
2015	159,383,179	127,141,000	0.9%	-0.11%
2016	160,811,932	127,076,000	0.9%	-0.05%
2017	162,186,147	126,972,000	0.85%	-0.08%
2018	163,523,103	126,811,000	0.82%	-0.13%
2019	164,913,055	126,633,000	0.85%	-0.14%
2020	166,298,024	126,261,000	0.84%	-0.29%
2021	167,658,854	125,681,593	0.82%	-0.46%
2022	169,384,897	125,124,989	1.03%	-0.44%
2023	171,466,990	124,516,650	1.23%	-0.49%
2024	173,562,364	123,975,371	1.22%	-0.43%
2025	175,686,900	123,324,642	1.22%	-0.52%
2026	177,818,035	122,647,678	1.21%	-0.55%
2027	179,930,171	121,951,038	1.19%	-0.57%
2028	182,014,767	121,241,776	1.16%	-0.58%
2029	184,064,616	120,524,230	1.13%	-0.59%
2030	186,072,398	119,798,959	1.09%	-0.6%
2031	188,025,193	119,065,610	1.05%	-0.61%
2032	189,904,568	118,326,333	1%	-0.62%
2033	191,717,183	117,583,337	0.95%	-0.63%
2034	193,461,162	116,836,274	0.91%	-0.64%
2035	195,130,366	116,084,328	0.86%	-0.64%
2036	196,740,575	115,332,395	0.83%	-0.65%
2037	198,288,195	114,582,890	0.79%	-0.65%
2038	199,776,950	113,837,760	0.75%	-0.65%
2039	201,208,770	113,097,352	0.72%	-0.65%
2040	202,589,424	112,359,802	0.69%	-0.65%
2041	203,939,081	111,622,622	0.67%	-0.66%
2042	205,259,485	110,891,223	0.65%	-0.66%
2043	206,545,478	110,169,955	0.63%	-0.65%
2044	207,801,049	109,455,823	0.61%	-0.65%
2045	209,029,592	108,747,012	0.59%	-0.65%
2046	210,231,183	108,044,346	0.57%	-0.65%
2047	211,402,167	107,350,486	0.56%	-0.64%
2048	212,537,925	106,665,616	0.54%	-0.64%
2049	213,638,535	105,986,908	0.52%	-0.64%
2050	214,709,094	105,312,022	0.5%	-0.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Japan lost 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Japan was ranked 10th in 2006 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.