The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 7,381,023 people in Libya in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,398,795 people compared to 7,523,849 in Libya.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 23.6 times bigger than Libya's.
- Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Libya is the 105th.
- The countries together account for 2.24% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.09% for Libya.
- For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +1.44% in Libya.
- Since 2005, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 145M people to 177M (22.6% growth), while Libya has grown from 5.86M to 7.52M (28.4% growth).
- Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people compared to the peak of 9.97M people in 2086 for Libya.
Bangladesh vs Libya: live population counter
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| Current population |
177398795
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7523849
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| Population rank | 8/197 | 105/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.15% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
15.1 seconds
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6.97 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.04 seconds
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4.23 minutes
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| One death every |
36.7 seconds
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10.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.11 minutes
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2.54 hours
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| Annual migration change | -473,362 | +3,448 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,741 | +206 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,095,374 | +75,364 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.22% | +1.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 92/197 | 101/197 |
Bangladesh and Libya: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 51,828,660 | 1,492,890 | - | - |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | 1,555,699 | 2.86% | 4.21% |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | 1,621,960 | 2.95% | 4.26% |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | 1,690,457 | 2.96% | 4.22% |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | 1,753,691 | 2.96% | 3.74% |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | 1,804,015 | 2.96% | 2.87% |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | 1,849,063 | 2.95% | 2.5% |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | 1,898,199 | 2.99% | 2.66% |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | 1,952,781 | 2.99% | 2.88% |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | 2,014,293 | 2.88% | 3.15% |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | 2,082,589 | 2.62% | 3.39% |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | 2,153,534 | 1.76% | 3.41% |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | 2,226,091 | 1.94% | 3.37% |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | 2,314,193 | 2.9% | 3.96% |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | 2,432,211 | 2.87% | 5.1% |
| 1975 | 77,854,351 | 2,571,556 | 2.66% | 5.73% |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | 2,721,237 | 2.57% | 5.82% |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | 2,881,533 | 2.52% | 5.89% |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | 3,052,526 | 2.47% | 5.93% |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | 3,233,846 | 2.44% | 5.94% |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | 3,424,378 | 2.42% | 5.89% |
| 1981 | 90,303,105 | 3,621,486 | 2.6% | 5.76% |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | 3,724,765 | 2.78% | 2.85% |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | 3,718,961 | 2.72% | -0.16% |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | 3,773,633 | 2.6% | 1.47% |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | 3,898,745 | 2.49% | 3.32% |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | 4,017,403 | 2.38% | 3.04% |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | 4,129,739 | 2.26% | 2.8% |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | 4,237,755 | 2.15% | 2.62% |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | 4,342,920 | 2.07% | 2.48% |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 4,445,239 | 2.01% | 2.36% |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 4,544,400 | 1.93% | 2.23% |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 4,640,352 | 1.9% | 2.11% |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 4,733,045 | 1.88% | 2% |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 4,822,037 | 1.87% | 1.88% |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 4,906,843 | 1.88% | 1.76% |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 4,987,393 | 1.84% | 1.64% |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 5,064,639 | 1.87% | 1.55% |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 5,140,704 | 1.91% | 1.5% |
| 1999 | 132,108,065 | 5,218,038 | 1.92% | 1.5% |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 5,305,021 | 1.84% | 1.67% |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 5,403,639 | 1.68% | 1.86% |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 5,508,410 | 1.56% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 5,619,398 | 1.47% | 2.01% |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 5,736,693 | 1.37% | 2.09% |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 5,858,798 | 1.27% | 2.13% |
| 2006 | 146,405,973 | 5,980,211 | 1.17% | 2.07% |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 6,104,380 | 1.08% | 2.08% |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 6,235,430 | 1% | 2.15% |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 6,366,686 | 0.94% | 2.11% |
| 2010 | 152,201,981 | 6,497,839 | 0.88% | 2.06% |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 6,343,203 | 0.91% | -2.38% |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 6,179,328 | 0.96% | -2.58% |
| 2013 | 156,532,141 | 6,304,628 | 0.94% | 2.03% |
| 2014 | 157,964,929 | 6,427,252 | 0.92% | 1.94% |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 6,531,819 | 0.9% | 1.63% |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 6,632,126 | 0.9% | 1.54% |
| 2017 | 162,186,147 | 6,738,770 | 0.85% | 1.61% |
| 2018 | 163,523,103 | 6,849,055 | 0.82% | 1.64% |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 6,951,033 | 0.85% | 1.49% |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 7,045,399 | 0.84% | 1.36% |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 7,135,175 | 0.82% | 1.27% |
| 2022 | 169,384,897 | 7,223,805 | 1.03% | 1.24% |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 7,305,659 | 1.23% | 1.13% |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 7,381,023 | 1.22% | 1.03% |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 7,458,547 | 1.22% | 1.05% |
| 2026 | 177,818,035 | 7,539,842 | 1.21% | 1.09% |
| 2027 | 179,930,171 | 7,627,487 | 1.19% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 182,014,767 | 7,716,839 | 1.16% | 1.17% |
| 2029 | 184,064,616 | 7,802,209 | 1.13% | 1.11% |
| 2030 | 186,072,398 | 7,885,801 | 1.09% | 1.07% |
| 2031 | 188,025,193 | 7,969,103 | 1.05% | 1.06% |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 8,048,491 | 1% | 1% |
| 2033 | 191,717,183 | 8,126,634 | 0.95% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 193,461,162 | 8,206,611 | 0.91% | 0.98% |
| 2035 | 195,130,366 | 8,283,950 | 0.86% | 0.94% |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 8,357,480 | 0.83% | 0.89% |
| 2037 | 198,288,195 | 8,431,722 | 0.79% | 0.89% |
| 2038 | 199,776,950 | 8,506,595 | 0.75% | 0.89% |
| 2039 | 201,208,770 | 8,579,849 | 0.72% | 0.86% |
| 2040 | 202,589,424 | 8,651,409 | 0.69% | 0.83% |
| 2041 | 203,939,081 | 8,719,609 | 0.67% | 0.79% |
| 2042 | 205,259,485 | 8,786,619 | 0.65% | 0.77% |
| 2043 | 206,545,478 | 8,854,384 | 0.63% | 0.77% |
| 2044 | 207,801,049 | 8,920,015 | 0.61% | 0.74% |
| 2045 | 209,029,592 | 8,983,943 | 0.59% | 0.72% |
| 2046 | 210,231,183 | 9,043,667 | 0.57% | 0.66% |
| 2047 | 211,402,167 | 9,098,399 | 0.56% | 0.61% |
| 2048 | 212,537,925 | 9,154,058 | 0.54% | 0.61% |
| 2049 | 213,638,535 | 9,208,602 | 0.52% | 0.6% |
| 2050 | 214,709,094 | 9,260,603 | 0.5% | 0.56% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Libya gained 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Libya's population increased by 992,030 (a 15.2% growth).
Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Libya was ranked 104th in 2005 and ranked 105th 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 Libya will increase by 23.1% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.
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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Population differences between Bangladesh and Libya
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| Life expectancy | 75.2 years | 73.2 years |
| Average age | 29.8 years | 30.7 years |
| Median age | 26.7 years | 28.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.16 births per woman | 2.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 3,458 ppl/mi² | 10.9 ppl/mi² |
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