The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,398,795 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 1,285 times bigger than Kiribati's.
- Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
- The countries together account for 2.15% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
- For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
- Since 2005, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 145M people to 177M (22.6% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
- Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.
Bangladesh vs Kiribati: live population counter
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| Current population |
177398795
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138067
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| Population rank | 8/197 | 180/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.15% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
15.1 seconds
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4.41 hours
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| One birth every |
9.04 seconds
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2.56 hours
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| One death every |
36.7 seconds
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9.39 hours
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| One migration net change every |
1.11 minutes
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18.6 hours
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| Annual migration change | -473,362 | -471 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,741 | +5 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,095,374 | +1,988 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.22% | +1.5% |
| Population growth rate rank | 92/197 | 74/197 |
Bangladesh and Kiribati: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 51,828,660 | 47,157 | - | - |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | 48,323 | 2.86% | 2.47% |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | 49,538 | 2.95% | 2.51% |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | 50,791 | 2.96% | 2.53% |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | 52,088 | 2.96% | 2.55% |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | 53,439 | 2.96% | 2.59% |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | 54,425 | 2.95% | 1.85% |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | 54,996 | 2.99% | 1.05% |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | 55,529 | 2.99% | 0.97% |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | 56,360 | 2.88% | 1.5% |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | 57,510 | 2.62% | 2.04% |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | 58,652 | 1.76% | 1.99% |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | 59,778 | 1.94% | 1.92% |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | 60,824 | 2.9% | 1.75% |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | 61,219 | 2.87% | 0.65% |
| 1975 | 77,854,351 | 60,987 | 2.66% | -0.38% |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | 60,661 | 2.57% | -0.53% |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | 60,267 | 2.52% | -0.65% |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | 59,864 | 2.47% | -0.67% |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | 60,172 | 2.44% | 0.51% |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | 61,148 | 2.42% | 1.62% |
| 1981 | 90,303,105 | 62,121 | 2.6% | 1.59% |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | 63,134 | 2.78% | 1.63% |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | 64,169 | 2.72% | 1.64% |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | 65,228 | 2.6% | 1.65% |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | 66,496 | 2.49% | 1.94% |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | 68,059 | 2.38% | 2.35% |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | 69,733 | 2.26% | 2.46% |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | 71,427 | 2.15% | 2.43% |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | 73,147 | 2.07% | 2.41% |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 74,855 | 2.01% | 2.34% |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 76,367 | 1.93% | 2.02% |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 77,641 | 1.9% | 1.67% |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 78,841 | 1.88% | 1.55% |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 80,021 | 1.87% | 1.5% |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 81,234 | 1.88% | 1.52% |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 82,623 | 1.84% | 1.71% |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 84,147 | 1.87% | 1.84% |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 85,657 | 1.91% | 1.79% |
| 1999 | 132,108,065 | 87,126 | 1.92% | 1.71% |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 88,613 | 1.84% | 1.71% |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 90,335 | 1.68% | 1.94% |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 92,264 | 1.56% | 2.14% |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 94,175 | 1.47% | 2.07% |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 96,085 | 1.37% | 2.03% |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 98,035 | 1.27% | 2.03% |
| 2006 | 146,405,973 | 100,017 | 1.17% | 2.02% |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 102,068 | 1.08% | 2.05% |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 104,222 | 1% | 2.11% |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 106,467 | 0.94% | 2.15% |
| 2010 | 152,201,981 | 108,704 | 0.88% | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 110,647 | 0.91% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 112,284 | 0.96% | 1.48% |
| 2013 | 156,532,141 | 113,838 | 0.94% | 1.38% |
| 2014 | 157,964,929 | 115,326 | 0.92% | 1.31% |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 116,815 | 0.9% | 1.29% |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 118,478 | 0.9% | 1.42% |
| 2017 | 162,186,147 | 120,275 | 0.85% | 1.52% |
| 2018 | 163,523,103 | 122,084 | 0.82% | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 123,921 | 0.85% | 1.5% |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 126,099 | 0.84% | 1.76% |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 128,377 | 0.82% | 1.81% |
| 2022 | 169,384,897 | 130,469 | 1.03% | 1.63% |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 132,530 | 1.23% | 1.58% |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 134,518 | 1.22% | 1.5% |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 136,501 | 1.22% | 1.47% |
| 2026 | 177,818,035 | 138,451 | 1.21% | 1.43% |
| 2027 | 179,930,171 | 140,405 | 1.19% | 1.41% |
| 2028 | 182,014,767 | 142,335 | 1.16% | 1.37% |
| 2029 | 184,064,616 | 144,231 | 1.13% | 1.33% |
| 2030 | 186,072,398 | 146,130 | 1.09% | 1.32% |
| 2031 | 188,025,193 | 148,028 | 1.05% | 1.3% |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 149,915 | 1% | 1.27% |
| 2033 | 191,717,183 | 151,768 | 0.95% | 1.24% |
| 2034 | 193,461,162 | 153,602 | 0.91% | 1.21% |
| 2035 | 195,130,366 | 155,447 | 0.86% | 1.2% |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 157,316 | 0.83% | 1.2% |
| 2037 | 198,288,195 | 159,188 | 0.79% | 1.19% |
| 2038 | 199,776,950 | 161,050 | 0.75% | 1.17% |
| 2039 | 201,208,770 | 162,895 | 0.72% | 1.15% |
| 2040 | 202,589,424 | 164,711 | 0.69% | 1.11% |
| 2041 | 203,939,081 | 166,508 | 0.67% | 1.09% |
| 2042 | 205,259,485 | 168,325 | 0.65% | 1.09% |
| 2043 | 206,545,478 | 170,182 | 0.63% | 1.1% |
| 2044 | 207,801,049 | 172,012 | 0.61% | 1.08% |
| 2045 | 209,029,592 | 173,818 | 0.59% | 1.05% |
| 2046 | 210,231,183 | 175,629 | 0.57% | 1.04% |
| 2047 | 211,402,167 | 177,392 | 0.56% | 1% |
| 2048 | 212,537,925 | 179,152 | 0.54% | 0.99% |
| 2049 | 213,638,535 | 180,915 | 0.52% | 0.98% |
| 2050 | 214,709,094 | 182,629 | 0.5% | 0.95% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).
Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Bangladesh's population will grow by 21% to 214,709,094 people with a rank change from 8th to 10th. The population of Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Dhaka | 16.8M |
| Chittagong | 2.58M |
| Narayanganj | 968K |
| Khulna | 929K |
| Sylhet | 480K |
| Rajshahi | 448K |
| Bogra | 401K |
| Barisal | 328K |
| Rangpur | 294K |
| Brahmanbaria | 268K |
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| City | Population |
| South Tarawa | 63.4K |
| London | 1.9K |
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Population differences between Bangladesh and Kiribati
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| Life expectancy | 75.2 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 29.8 years | 27 years |
| Median age | 26.7 years | 23.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 2.16 births per woman | 3.15 births per woman |
| Population density | 3,458 ppl/mi² | 430 ppl/mi² |
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