The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 5,169,395 people in Mauritania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,398,795 people compared to 5,432,542 in Mauritania.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 32.7 times bigger than Mauritania's.
- Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Mauritania is the 123rd.
- The countries together account for 2.21% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.07% for Mauritania.
- For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +3% in Mauritania.
- Since 2005, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 145M people to 177M (22.6% growth), while Mauritania has grown from 2.94M to 5.43M (84.8% growth).
- Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people compared to the peak of 17.1M people in 2100 for Mauritania.
Bangladesh vs Mauritania: live population counter
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| Current population |
177398795
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5432542
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| Population rank | 8/197 | 123/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.15% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
15.1 seconds
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3.58 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.04 seconds
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3.04 minutes
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| One death every |
36.7 seconds
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19 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.11 minutes
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4.01 hours
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| Annual migration change | -473,362 | -2,185 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,741 | +403 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,095,374 | +146,954 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.22% | +2.93% |
| Population growth rate rank | 92/197 | 18/197 |
Bangladesh and Mauritania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 51,828,660 | 824,298 | - | - |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | 846,167 | 2.86% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | 869,184 | 2.95% | 2.72% |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | 893,423 | 2.96% | 2.79% |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | 918,955 | 2.96% | 2.86% |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | 945,838 | 2.96% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | 974,157 | 2.95% | 2.99% |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | 1,003,843 | 2.99% | 3.05% |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | 1,034,739 | 2.99% | 3.08% |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | 1,066,754 | 2.88% | 3.09% |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | 1,099,806 | 2.62% | 3.1% |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | 1,133,702 | 1.76% | 3.08% |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | 1,168,355 | 1.94% | 3.06% |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | 1,203,838 | 2.9% | 3.04% |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | 1,240,188 | 2.87% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 77,854,351 | 1,277,330 | 2.66% | 2.99% |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | 1,315,336 | 2.57% | 2.98% |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | 1,353,768 | 2.52% | 2.92% |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | 1,392,713 | 2.47% | 2.88% |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | 1,432,758 | 2.44% | 2.88% |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | 1,474,043 | 2.42% | 2.88% |
| 1981 | 90,303,105 | 1,516,877 | 2.6% | 2.91% |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | 1,561,176 | 2.78% | 2.92% |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | 1,606,746 | 2.72% | 2.92% |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | 1,653,693 | 2.6% | 2.92% |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | 1,702,107 | 2.49% | 2.93% |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | 1,751,835 | 2.38% | 2.92% |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | 1,803,014 | 2.26% | 2.92% |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | 1,855,859 | 2.15% | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | 1,903,048 | 2.07% | 2.54% |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 1,951,878 | 2.01% | 2.57% |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 2,009,738 | 1.93% | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 2,088,135 | 1.9% | 3.9% |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 2,174,328 | 1.88% | 4.13% |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 2,249,454 | 1.87% | 3.46% |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 2,312,017 | 1.88% | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 2,358,188 | 1.84% | 2% |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 2,411,306 | 1.87% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 2,474,651 | 1.91% | 2.63% |
| 1999 | 132,108,065 | 2,541,698 | 1.92% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 2,613,441 | 1.84% | 2.82% |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 2,678,760 | 1.68% | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 2,738,655 | 1.56% | 2.24% |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 2,802,046 | 1.47% | 2.31% |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 2,868,664 | 1.37% | 2.38% |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 2,939,059 | 1.27% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 146,405,973 | 3,013,660 | 1.17% | 2.54% |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 3,093,059 | 1.08% | 2.63% |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 3,183,269 | 1% | 2.92% |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 3,284,448 | 0.94% | 3.18% |
| 2010 | 152,201,981 | 3,390,965 | 0.88% | 3.24% |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 3,502,811 | 0.91% | 3.3% |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 3,619,034 | 0.96% | 3.32% |
| 2013 | 156,532,141 | 3,734,318 | 0.94% | 3.19% |
| 2014 | 157,964,929 | 3,848,514 | 0.92% | 3.06% |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 3,965,959 | 0.9% | 3.05% |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 4,086,657 | 0.9% | 3.04% |
| 2017 | 162,186,147 | 4,210,600 | 0.85% | 3.03% |
| 2018 | 163,523,103 | 4,337,685 | 0.82% | 3.02% |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 4,467,708 | 0.85% | 3% |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 4,600,131 | 0.84% | 2.96% |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 4,734,874 | 0.82% | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 169,384,897 | 4,875,637 | 1.03% | 2.97% |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 5,022,441 | 1.23% | 3.01% |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 5,169,395 | 1.22% | 2.93% |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 5,315,063 | 1.22% | 2.82% |
| 2026 | 177,818,035 | 5,461,313 | 1.21% | 2.75% |
| 2027 | 179,930,171 | 5,608,785 | 1.19% | 2.7% |
| 2028 | 182,014,767 | 5,757,952 | 1.16% | 2.66% |
| 2029 | 184,064,616 | 5,909,186 | 1.13% | 2.63% |
| 2030 | 186,072,398 | 6,062,523 | 1.09% | 2.59% |
| 2031 | 188,025,193 | 6,217,791 | 1.05% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 6,374,839 | 1% | 2.53% |
| 2033 | 191,717,183 | 6,533,828 | 0.95% | 2.49% |
| 2034 | 193,461,162 | 6,694,445 | 0.91% | 2.46% |
| 2035 | 195,130,366 | 6,856,314 | 0.86% | 2.42% |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 7,019,227 | 0.83% | 2.38% |
| 2037 | 198,288,195 | 7,183,105 | 0.79% | 2.33% |
| 2038 | 199,776,950 | 7,348,357 | 0.75% | 2.3% |
| 2039 | 201,208,770 | 7,514,734 | 0.72% | 2.26% |
| 2040 | 202,589,424 | 7,681,907 | 0.69% | 2.22% |
| 2041 | 203,939,081 | 7,850,210 | 0.67% | 2.19% |
| 2042 | 205,259,485 | 8,020,480 | 0.65% | 2.17% |
| 2043 | 206,545,478 | 8,192,542 | 0.63% | 2.15% |
| 2044 | 207,801,049 | 8,365,171 | 0.61% | 2.11% |
| 2045 | 209,029,592 | 8,538,521 | 0.59% | 2.07% |
| 2046 | 210,231,183 | 8,713,247 | 0.57% | 2.05% |
| 2047 | 211,402,167 | 8,888,466 | 0.56% | 2.01% |
| 2048 | 212,537,925 | 9,064,207 | 0.54% | 1.98% |
| 2049 | 213,638,535 | 9,240,169 | 0.52% | 1.94% |
| 2050 | 214,709,094 | 9,415,589 | 0.5% | 1.9% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).
Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.
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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| City | Population |
| Nouakchott | 1.08M |
| Rosso | 33.5K |
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Population differences between Bangladesh and Mauritania
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| Life expectancy | 75.2 years | 68.9 years |
| Average age | 29.8 years | 23 years |
| Median age | 26.7 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 2.16 births per woman | 4.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 3,458 ppl/mi² | 13 ppl/mi² |
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