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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 568,847 people in Malta in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,841,118 people compared to 578,778 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Bangladesh's population is 307 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 2.15% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +2.69% in Malta.
  • Since 2006, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 146M people to 178M (21.5% growth), while Malta has grown from 405K to 579K (42.8% growth).
  • Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people compared to the peak of 587K people in 2033 for Malta.

Bangladesh vs Malta: live population counter

Bangladesh Malta
Current population
177841118
578778
Population rank 8/197 167/197
Percent of world population 2.15% 0.007%
One net population change
15.1 seconds
32.6 minutes
One birth every
9.04 seconds
1.96 hours
One death every
36.7 seconds
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
1.11 minutes
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -473,362 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +5,741 +44
Annual growth/decline +2,095,374 +16,100
Annual growth/decline rate +1.22% +2.91%
Population growth rate rank 91/197 19/197

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

Bangladesh
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bangladesh Malta Bangladesh Malta
1960 51,828,660 326,550 - -
1961 53,310,348 325,250 2.86% -0.4%
1962 54,881,146 323,900 2.95% -0.42%
1963 56,504,402 322,550 2.96% -0.42%
1964 58,178,374 321,250 2.96% -0.4%
1965 59,902,519 318,800 2.96% -0.76%
1966 61,669,806 315,200 2.95% -1.13%
1967 63,510,929 311,550 2.99% -1.16%
1968 65,408,276 307,900 2.99% -1.17%
1969 67,294,133 304,300 2.88% -1.17%
1970 69,058,894 302,650 2.62% -0.54%
1971 70,276,758 302,700 1.76% 0.02%
1972 71,641,519 302,450 1.94% -0.08%
1973 73,722,294 302,200 2.9% -0.08%
1974 75,839,348 301,996 2.87% -0.07%
1975 77,854,351 304,222 2.66% 0.74%
1976 79,855,318 305,774 2.57% 0.51%
1977 81,867,264 306,970 2.52% 0.39%
1978 83,889,655 310,182 2.47% 1.05%
1979 85,935,072 313,342 2.44% 1.02%
1980 88,016,432 316,645 2.42% 1.05%
1981 90,303,105 318,982 2.6% 0.74%
1982 92,814,507 325,898 2.78% 2.17%
1983 95,335,155 330,524 2.72% 1.42%
1984 97,814,966 330,593 2.6% 0.02%
1985 100,253,825 336,452 2.49% 1.77%
1986 102,635,572 342,121 2.38% 1.68%
1987 104,959,291 344,485 2.26% 0.69%
1988 107,216,008 347,325 2.15% 0.82%
1989 109,433,799 350,722 2.07% 0.98%
1990 111,633,717 354,170 2.01% 0.98%
1991 113,787,109 363,845 1.93% 2.73%
1992 115,952,192 367,618 1.9% 1.04%
1993 118,132,360 371,308 1.88% 1%
1994 120,343,179 374,797 1.87% 0.94%
1995 122,600,370 377,419 1.88% 0.7%
1996 124,862,179 379,905 1.84% 0.66%
1997 127,198,069 382,791 1.87% 0.76%
1998 129,622,332 385,287 1.91% 0.65%
1999 132,108,065 387,578 1.92% 0.59%
2000 134,544,304 390,087 1.84% 0.65%
2001 136,805,810 393,028 1.68% 0.75%
2002 138,933,658 395,969 1.56% 0.75%
2003 140,970,351 398,582 1.47% 0.66%
2004 142,902,856 401,268 1.37% 0.67%
2005 144,715,786 403,834 1.27% 0.64%
2006 146,405,973 405,308 1.17% 0.37%
2007 147,989,278 406,724 1.08% 0.35%
2008 149,474,264 409,379 1% 0.65%
2009 150,873,714 412,477 0.94% 0.76%
2010 152,201,981 414,508 0.88% 0.49%
2011 153,591,076 416,268 0.91% 0.42%
2012 155,070,101 420,028 0.96% 0.9%
2013 156,532,141 424,810 0.94% 1.14%
2014 157,964,929 433,481 0.92% 2.04%
2015 159,383,179 444,220 0.9% 2.48%
2016 160,811,932 454,505 0.9% 2.32%
2017 162,186,147 467,106 0.85% 2.77%
2018 163,523,103 483,903 0.82% 3.6%
2019 164,913,055 503,912 0.85% 4.13%
2020 166,298,024 515,490 0.84% 2.3%
2021 167,658,854 518,150 0.82% 0.52%
2022 169,384,897 531,113 1.03% 2.5%
2023 171,466,990 552,747 1.23% 4.07%
2024 173,562,364 568,847 1.22% 2.91%
2025 175,686,900 574,955 1.22% 1.07%
2026 177,818,035 578,756 1.21% 0.66%
2027 179,930,171 580,829 1.19% 0.36%
2028 182,014,767 582,657 1.16% 0.31%
2029 184,064,616 584,129 1.13% 0.25%
2030 186,072,398 585,315 1.09% 0.2%
2031 188,025,193 586,254 1.05% 0.16%
2032 189,904,568 586,948 1% 0.12%
2033 191,717,183 587,297 0.95% 0.06%
2034 193,461,162 587,151 0.91% -0.02%
2035 195,130,366 586,661 0.86% -0.08%
2036 196,740,575 586,003 0.83% -0.11%
2037 198,288,195 585,174 0.79% -0.14%
2038 199,776,950 584,125 0.75% -0.18%
2039 201,208,770 582,893 0.72% -0.21%
2040 202,589,424 581,634 0.69% -0.22%
2041 203,939,081 580,285 0.67% -0.23%
2042 205,259,485 578,871 0.65% -0.24%
2043 206,545,478 577,384 0.63% -0.26%
2044 207,801,049 575,789 0.61% -0.28%
2045 209,029,592 574,143 0.59% -0.29%
2046 210,231,183 572,420 0.57% -0.3%
2047 211,402,167 570,534 0.56% -0.33%
2048 212,537,925 568,553 0.54% -0.35%
2049 213,638,535 566,709 0.52% -0.32%
2050 214,709,094 564,751 0.5% -0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.

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