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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Malaysia	Bangladesh	Malaysia
1960	51,828,660	7,956,197	-	-
1961	53,310,348	8,164,443	2.86%	2.62%
1962	54,881,146	8,380,172	2.95%	2.64%
1963	56,504,402	8,602,160	2.96%	2.65%
1964	58,178,374	8,828,406	2.96%	2.63%
1965	59,902,519	9,056,408	2.96%	2.58%
1966	61,669,806	9,284,688	2.95%	2.52%
1967	63,510,929	9,507,099	2.99%	2.4%
1968	65,408,276	9,725,281	2.99%	2.29%
1969	67,294,133	9,947,597	2.88%	2.29%
1970	69,058,894	10,178,802	2.62%	2.32%
1971	70,276,758	10,423,453	1.76%	2.4%
1972	71,641,519	10,676,835	1.94%	2.43%
1973	73,722,294	10,935,621	2.9%	2.42%
1974	75,839,348	11,200,906	2.87%	2.43%
1975	77,854,351	11,471,914	2.66%	2.42%
1976	79,855,318	11,750,097	2.57%	2.42%
1977	81,867,264	12,035,713	2.52%	2.43%
1978	83,889,655	12,328,157	2.47%	2.43%
1979	85,935,072	12,627,862	2.44%	2.43%
1980	88,016,432	12,983,363	2.42%	2.82%
1981	90,303,105	13,399,203	2.6%	3.2%
1982	92,814,507	13,832,798	2.78%	3.24%
1983	95,335,155	14,285,907	2.72%	3.28%
1984	97,814,966	14,759,009	2.6%	3.31%
1985	100,253,825	15,252,258	2.49%	3.34%
1986	102,635,572	15,760,419	2.38%	3.33%
1987	104,959,291	16,276,737	2.26%	3.28%
1988	107,216,008	16,796,605	2.15%	3.19%
1989	109,433,799	17,314,997	2.07%	3.09%
1990	111,633,717	17,833,171	2.01%	2.99%
1991	113,787,109	18,342,464	1.93%	2.86%
1992	115,952,192	18,834,572	1.9%	2.68%
1993	118,132,360	19,322,664	1.88%	2.59%
1994	120,343,179	19,820,446	1.87%	2.58%
1995	122,600,370	20,330,599	1.88%	2.57%
1996	124,862,179	20,850,087	1.84%	2.56%
1997	127,198,069	21,375,218	1.87%	2.52%
1998	129,622,332	21,906,713	1.91%	2.49%
1999	132,108,065	22,435,531	1.92%	2.41%
2000	134,544,304	22,967,816	1.84%	2.37%
2001	136,805,810	23,526,538	1.68%	2.43%
2002	138,933,658	24,102,477	1.56%	2.45%
2003	140,970,351	24,679,602	1.47%	2.39%
2004	142,902,856	25,256,772	1.37%	2.34%
2005	144,715,786	25,836,071	1.27%	2.29%
2006	146,405,973	26,417,909	1.17%	2.25%
2007	147,989,278	26,998,389	1.08%	2.2%
2008	149,474,264	27,570,059	1%	2.12%
2009	150,873,714	28,124,778	0.94%	2.01%
2010	152,201,981	28,655,776	0.88%	1.89%
2011	153,591,076	29,162,039	0.91%	1.77%
2012	155,070,101	29,662,831	0.96%	1.72%
2013	156,532,141	30,174,265	0.94%	1.72%
2014	157,964,929	30,696,137	0.92%	1.73%
2015	159,383,179	31,232,798	0.9%	1.75%
2016	160,811,932	31,789,685	0.9%	1.78%
2017	162,186,147	32,355,644	0.85%	1.78%
2018	163,523,103	32,910,967	0.82%	1.72%
2019	164,913,055	33,440,596	0.85%	1.61%
2020	166,298,024	33,889,558	0.84%	1.34%
2021	167,658,854	34,282,399	0.82%	1.16%
2022	169,384,897	34,695,493	1.03%	1.2%
2023	171,466,990	35,126,298	1.23%	1.24%
2024	173,562,364	35,557,673	1.22%	1.23%
2025	175,686,900	35,977,838	1.22%	1.18%
2026	177,818,035	36,385,119	1.21%	1.13%
2027	179,930,171	36,785,089	1.19%	1.1%
2028	182,014,767	37,182,773	1.16%	1.08%
2029	184,064,616	37,574,292	1.13%	1.05%
2030	186,072,398	37,961,722	1.09%	1.03%
2031	188,025,193	38,347,786	1.05%	1.02%
2032	189,904,568	38,728,383	1%	0.99%
2033	191,717,183	39,097,871	0.95%	0.95%
2034	193,461,162	39,457,849	0.91%	0.92%
2035	195,130,366	39,814,834	0.86%	0.9%
2036	196,740,575	40,166,904	0.83%	0.88%
2037	198,288,195	40,512,289	0.79%	0.86%
2038	199,776,950	40,853,318	0.75%	0.84%
2039	201,208,770	41,185,892	0.72%	0.81%
2040	202,589,424	41,509,646	0.69%	0.79%
2041	203,939,081	41,828,594	0.67%	0.77%
2042	205,259,485	42,144,474	0.65%	0.76%
2043	206,545,478	42,455,952	0.63%	0.74%
2044	207,801,049	42,754,140	0.61%	0.7%
2045	209,029,592	43,038,205	0.59%	0.66%
2046	210,231,183	43,313,754	0.57%	0.64%
2047	211,402,167	43,580,459	0.56%	0.62%
2048	212,537,925	43,831,577	0.54%	0.58%
2049	213,638,535	44,065,538	0.52%	0.53%
2050	214,709,094	44,289,765	0.5%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.