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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Maldives	Bangladesh	Maldives
1960	51,828,660	91,189	-	-
1961	53,310,348	93,450	2.86%	2.48%
1962	54,881,146	95,802	2.95%	2.52%
1963	56,504,402	98,222	2.96%	2.53%
1964	58,178,374	100,662	2.96%	2.48%
1965	59,902,519	104,102	2.96%	3.42%
1966	61,669,806	108,507	2.95%	4.23%
1967	63,510,929	112,528	2.99%	3.71%
1968	65,408,276	116,075	2.99%	3.15%
1969	67,294,133	119,564	2.88%	3.01%
1970	69,058,894	123,219	2.62%	3.06%
1971	70,276,758	127,035	1.76%	3.1%
1972	71,641,519	130,968	1.94%	3.1%
1973	73,722,294	134,952	2.9%	3.04%
1974	75,839,348	138,978	2.87%	2.98%
1975	77,854,351	143,158	2.66%	3.01%
1976	79,855,318	147,525	2.57%	3.05%
1977	81,867,264	151,930	2.52%	2.99%
1978	83,889,655	156,159	2.47%	2.78%
1979	85,935,072	160,360	2.44%	2.69%
1980	88,016,432	164,835	2.42%	2.79%
1981	90,303,105	169,532	2.6%	2.85%
1982	92,814,507	174,333	2.78%	2.83%
1983	95,335,155	179,128	2.72%	2.75%
1984	97,814,966	184,198	2.6%	2.83%
1985	100,253,825	190,169	2.49%	3.24%
1986	102,635,572	196,935	2.38%	3.56%
1987	104,959,291	203,944	2.26%	3.56%
1988	107,216,008	210,885	2.15%	3.4%
1989	109,433,799	217,738	2.07%	3.25%
1990	111,633,717	224,762	2.01%	3.23%
1991	113,787,109	231,802	1.93%	3.13%
1992	115,952,192	238,543	1.9%	2.91%
1993	118,132,360	244,884	1.88%	2.66%
1994	120,343,179	250,822	1.87%	2.42%
1995	122,600,370	256,649	1.88%	2.32%
1996	124,862,179	262,347	1.84%	2.22%
1997	127,198,069	267,707	1.87%	2.04%
1998	129,622,332	272,723	1.91%	1.87%
1999	132,108,065	277,412	1.92%	1.72%
2000	134,544,304	282,019	1.84%	1.66%
2001	136,805,810	286,767	1.68%	1.68%
2002	138,933,658	291,616	1.56%	1.69%
2003	140,970,351	296,491	1.47%	1.67%
2004	142,902,856	301,413	1.37%	1.66%
2005	144,715,786	306,429	1.27%	1.66%
2006	146,405,973	313,851	1.17%	2.42%
2007	147,989,278	324,479	1.08%	3.39%
2008	149,474,264	336,170	1%	3.6%
2009	150,873,714	348,275	0.94%	3.6%
2010	152,201,981	360,792	0.88%	3.59%
2011	153,591,076	373,674	0.91%	3.57%
2012	155,070,101	386,818	0.96%	3.52%
2013	156,532,141	400,070	0.94%	3.43%
2014	157,964,929	413,617	0.92%	3.39%
2015	159,383,179	428,154	0.9%	3.51%
2016	160,811,932	443,308	0.9%	3.54%
2017	162,186,147	458,287	0.85%	3.38%
2018	163,523,103	473,099	0.82%	3.23%
2019	164,913,055	487,731	0.85%	3.09%
2020	166,298,024	502,118	0.84%	2.95%
2021	167,658,854	516,154	0.82%	2.8%
2022	169,384,897	524,106	1.03%	1.54%
2023	171,466,990	525,994	1.23%	0.36%
2024	173,562,364	527,799	1.22%	0.34%
2025	175,686,900	529,677	1.22%	0.36%
2026	177,818,035	531,514	1.21%	0.35%
2027	179,930,171	533,433	1.19%	0.36%
2028	182,014,767	535,502	1.16%	0.39%
2029	184,064,616	537,574	1.13%	0.39%
2030	186,072,398	539,667	1.09%	0.39%
2031	188,025,193	541,929	1.05%	0.42%
2032	189,904,568	544,288	1%	0.44%
2033	191,717,183	546,723	0.95%	0.45%
2034	193,461,162	549,162	0.91%	0.45%
2035	195,130,366	551,599	0.86%	0.44%
2036	196,740,575	554,092	0.83%	0.45%
2037	198,288,195	556,637	0.79%	0.46%
2038	199,776,950	559,231	0.75%	0.47%
2039	201,208,770	561,958	0.72%	0.49%
2040	202,589,424	564,800	0.69%	0.51%
2041	203,939,081	567,606	0.67%	0.5%
2042	205,259,485	570,381	0.65%	0.49%
2043	206,545,478	573,138	0.63%	0.48%
2044	207,801,049	575,811	0.61%	0.47%
2045	209,029,592	578,459	0.59%	0.46%
2046	210,231,183	581,026	0.57%	0.44%
2047	211,402,167	583,393	0.56%	0.41%
2048	212,537,925	585,720	0.54%	0.4%
2049	213,638,535	587,988	0.52%	0.39%
2050	214,709,094	589,960	0.5%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.