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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Lesotho	Bangladesh	Lesotho
1960	51,828,660	736,500	-	-
1961	53,310,348	758,824	2.86%	3.03%
1962	54,881,146	781,814	2.95%	3.03%
1963	56,504,402	805,373	2.96%	3.01%
1964	58,178,374	829,437	2.96%	2.99%
1965	59,902,519	854,090	2.96%	2.97%
1966	61,669,806	881,870	2.95%	3.25%
1967	63,510,929	913,982	2.99%	3.64%
1968	65,408,276	948,105	2.99%	3.73%
1969	67,294,133	983,202	2.88%	3.7%
1970	69,058,894	1,019,273	2.62%	3.67%
1971	70,276,758	1,056,246	1.76%	3.63%
1972	71,641,519	1,094,063	1.94%	3.58%
1973	73,722,294	1,132,697	2.9%	3.53%
1974	75,839,348	1,172,420	2.87%	3.51%
1975	77,854,351	1,213,643	2.66%	3.52%
1976	79,855,318	1,253,214	2.57%	3.26%
1977	81,867,264	1,289,967	2.52%	2.93%
1978	83,889,655	1,327,240	2.47%	2.89%
1979	85,935,072	1,366,169	2.44%	2.93%
1980	88,016,432	1,406,521	2.42%	2.95%
1981	90,303,105	1,448,069	2.6%	2.95%
1982	92,814,507	1,490,732	2.78%	2.95%
1983	95,335,155	1,534,413	2.72%	2.93%
1984	97,814,966	1,578,986	2.6%	2.9%
1985	100,253,825	1,624,379	2.49%	2.87%
1986	102,635,572	1,666,138	2.38%	2.57%
1987	104,959,291	1,703,390	2.26%	2.24%
1988	107,216,008	1,739,841	2.15%	2.14%
1989	109,433,799	1,775,436	2.07%	2.05%
1990	111,633,717	1,809,696	2.01%	1.93%
1991	113,787,109	1,842,379	1.93%	1.81%
1992	115,952,192	1,873,274	1.9%	1.68%
1993	118,132,360	1,901,793	1.88%	1.52%
1994	120,343,179	1,927,707	1.87%	1.36%
1995	122,600,370	1,951,437	1.88%	1.23%
1996	124,862,179	1,972,418	1.84%	1.08%
1997	127,198,069	1,988,130	1.87%	0.8%
1998	129,622,332	1,998,049	1.91%	0.5%
1999	132,108,065	2,003,234	1.92%	0.26%
2000	134,544,304	2,003,913	1.84%	0.03%
2001	136,805,810	2,000,853	1.68%	-0.15%
2002	138,933,658	1,994,679	1.56%	-0.31%
2003	140,970,351	1,985,059	1.47%	-0.48%
2004	142,902,856	1,971,129	1.37%	-0.7%
2005	144,715,786	1,953,076	1.27%	-0.92%
2006	146,405,973	1,945,063	1.17%	-0.41%
2007	147,989,278	1,953,268	1.08%	0.42%
2008	149,474,264	1,966,541	1%	0.68%
2009	150,873,714	1,980,883	0.94%	0.73%
2010	152,201,981	1,996,251	0.88%	0.78%
2011	153,591,076	2,014,009	0.91%	0.89%
2012	155,070,101	2,034,354	0.96%	1.01%
2013	156,532,141	2,056,504	0.94%	1.09%
2014	157,964,929	2,080,089	0.92%	1.15%
2015	159,383,179	2,104,611	0.9%	1.18%
2016	160,811,932	2,130,422	0.9%	1.23%
2017	162,186,147	2,157,110	0.85%	1.25%
2018	163,523,103	2,183,603	0.82%	1.23%
2019	164,913,055	2,209,405	0.85%	1.18%
2020	166,298,024	2,235,727	0.84%	1.19%
2021	167,658,854	2,261,542	0.82%	1.15%
2022	169,384,897	2,286,110	1.03%	1.09%
2023	171,466,990	2,311,472	1.23%	1.11%
2024	173,562,364	2,337,423	1.22%	1.12%
2025	175,686,900	2,363,324	1.22%	1.11%
2026	177,818,035	2,389,334	1.21%	1.1%
2027	179,930,171	2,415,365	1.19%	1.09%
2028	182,014,767	2,441,435	1.16%	1.08%
2029	184,064,616	2,467,677	1.13%	1.07%
2030	186,072,398	2,493,816	1.09%	1.06%
2031	188,025,193	2,520,014	1.05%	1.05%
2032	189,904,568	2,546,489	1%	1.05%
2033	191,717,183	2,573,106	0.95%	1.05%
2034	193,461,162	2,599,777	0.91%	1.04%
2035	195,130,366	2,626,560	0.86%	1.03%
2036	196,740,575	2,653,503	0.83%	1.03%
2037	198,288,195	2,680,081	0.79%	1%
2038	199,776,950	2,706,197	0.75%	0.97%
2039	201,208,770	2,732,138	0.72%	0.96%
2040	202,589,424	2,757,868	0.69%	0.94%
2041	203,939,081	2,783,361	0.67%	0.92%
2042	205,259,485	2,808,538	0.65%	0.9%
2043	206,545,478	2,833,257	0.63%	0.88%
2044	207,801,049	2,857,499	0.61%	0.86%
2045	209,029,592	2,881,333	0.59%	0.83%
2046	210,231,183	2,904,780	0.57%	0.81%
2047	211,402,167	2,927,859	0.56%	0.79%
2048	212,537,925	2,950,411	0.54%	0.77%
2049	213,638,535	2,972,156	0.52%	0.74%
2050	214,709,094	2,993,080	0.5%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.