The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 2,389,275 people in Moldova in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,398,795 people compared to 2,358,679 in Moldova.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 75.2 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Moldova is the 145th.
- The countries together account for 2.17% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.03% for Moldova.
- For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs -1.62% in Moldova.
- Since 2005, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 145M people to 177M (22.6% growth), while Moldova has declined from 2.89M to 2.36M (18.4% decline).
- Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people, while Moldova's population already peaked in 1991 at 2.98M people and is projected to decrease to 1.17M people by 2100.
Bangladesh vs Moldova: live population counter
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| Current population |
177398795
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2358679
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| Population rank | 8/197 | 145/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.15% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
15.1 seconds
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7.67 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.04 seconds
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19.9 minutes
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| One death every |
36.7 seconds
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15.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.11 minutes
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19.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -473,362 | -27,088 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,741 | -188 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,095,374 | -68,508 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.22% | -2.79% |
| Population growth rate rank | 92/197 | 196/197 |
Bangladesh and Moldova: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 51,828,660 | 2,058,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | 2,103,327 | 2.86% | 2.2% |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | 2,147,227 | 2.95% | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | 2,188,895 | 2.96% | 1.94% |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | 2,228,000 | 2.96% | 1.79% |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | 2,265,287 | 2.96% | 1.67% |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | 2,301,871 | 2.95% | 1.61% |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | 2,337,695 | 2.99% | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | 2,373,073 | 2.99% | 1.51% |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | 2,408,469 | 2.88% | 1.49% |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | 2,437,590 | 2.62% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | 2,460,611 | 1.76% | 0.94% |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | 2,484,742 | 1.94% | 0.98% |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | 2,510,584 | 2.9% | 1.04% |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | 2,538,164 | 2.87% | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 77,854,351 | 2,566,998 | 2.66% | 1.14% |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | 2,596,491 | 2.57% | 1.15% |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | 2,626,298 | 2.52% | 1.15% |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | 2,656,211 | 2.47% | 1.14% |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | 2,683,035 | 2.44% | 1.01% |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | 2,708,675 | 2.42% | 0.96% |
| 1981 | 90,303,105 | 2,735,987 | 2.6% | 1.01% |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | 2,763,101 | 2.78% | 0.99% |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | 2,791,207 | 2.72% | 1.02% |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | 2,820,518 | 2.6% | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | 2,850,787 | 2.49% | 1.07% |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | 2,883,057 | 2.38% | 1.13% |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | 2,916,306 | 2.26% | 1.15% |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | 2,948,891 | 2.15% | 1.12% |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | 2,970,039 | 2.07% | 0.72% |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 2,977,912 | 2.01% | 0.27% |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 2,981,566 | 1.93% | 0.12% |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 2,980,965 | 1.9% | -0.02% |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 2,975,966 | 1.88% | -0.17% |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 2,966,745 | 1.87% | -0.31% |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 2,953,200 | 1.88% | -0.46% |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 2,947,293 | 1.84% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 2,936,413 | 1.87% | -0.37% |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 2,935,227 | 1.91% | -0.04% |
| 1999 | 132,108,065 | 2,930,622 | 1.92% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 2,924,668 | 1.84% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 2,918,135 | 1.68% | -0.22% |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 2,911,385 | 1.56% | -0.23% |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 2,903,198 | 1.47% | -0.28% |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 2,896,023 | 1.37% | -0.25% |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 2,888,985 | 1.27% | -0.24% |
| 2006 | 146,405,973 | 2,880,967 | 1.17% | -0.28% |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 2,874,299 | 1.08% | -0.23% |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 2,868,833 | 1% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 2,865,213 | 0.94% | -0.13% |
| 2010 | 152,201,981 | 2,862,354 | 0.88% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 2,860,699 | 0.91% | -0.06% |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 2,860,324 | 0.96% | -0.01% |
| 2013 | 156,532,141 | 2,859,558 | 0.94% | -0.03% |
| 2014 | 157,964,929 | 2,857,815 | 0.92% | -0.06% |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 2,835,978 | 0.9% | -0.76% |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 2,803,186 | 0.9% | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 162,186,147 | 2,755,189 | 0.85% | -1.71% |
| 2018 | 163,523,103 | 2,707,203 | 0.82% | -1.74% |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 2,664,224 | 0.85% | -1.59% |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 2,635,130 | 0.84% | -1.09% |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 2,595,809 | 0.82% | -1.49% |
| 2022 | 169,384,897 | 2,528,654 | 1.03% | -2.59% |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 2,457,783 | 1.23% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 2,389,275 | 1.22% | -2.79% |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 2,358,679 | 1.22% | -1.28% |
| 2026 | 177,818,035 | 2,331,249 | 1.21% | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 179,930,171 | 2,308,519 | 1.19% | -0.97% |
| 2028 | 182,014,767 | 2,285,773 | 1.16% | -0.99% |
| 2029 | 184,064,616 | 2,262,909 | 1.13% | -1% |
| 2030 | 186,072,398 | 2,239,915 | 1.09% | -1.02% |
| 2031 | 188,025,193 | 2,217,099 | 1.05% | -1.02% |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 2,194,590 | 1% | -1.02% |
| 2033 | 191,717,183 | 2,172,083 | 0.95% | -1.03% |
| 2034 | 193,461,162 | 2,149,558 | 0.91% | -1.04% |
| 2035 | 195,130,366 | 2,127,153 | 0.86% | -1.04% |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 2,105,178 | 0.83% | -1.03% |
| 2037 | 198,288,195 | 2,083,762 | 0.79% | -1.02% |
| 2038 | 199,776,950 | 2,062,803 | 0.75% | -1.01% |
| 2039 | 201,208,770 | 2,042,214 | 0.72% | -1% |
| 2040 | 202,589,424 | 2,022,294 | 0.69% | -0.98% |
| 2041 | 203,939,081 | 2,003,296 | 0.67% | -0.94% |
| 2042 | 205,259,485 | 1,984,924 | 0.65% | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 206,545,478 | 1,966,961 | 0.63% | -0.9% |
| 2044 | 207,801,049 | 1,949,608 | 0.61% | -0.88% |
| 2045 | 209,029,592 | 1,932,647 | 0.59% | -0.87% |
| 2046 | 210,231,183 | 1,915,982 | 0.57% | -0.86% |
| 2047 | 211,402,167 | 1,899,781 | 0.56% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 212,537,925 | 1,883,795 | 0.54% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 213,638,535 | 1,867,636 | 0.52% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 214,709,094 | 1,851,456 | 0.5% | -0.87% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Moldova lost 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -477,299 (a 16.8% decline).
Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2005 and ranked 145th 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 Moldova will decrease by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people and rank change from 145th to 150th.
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 Moldova
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| Life expectancy | 75.2 years | 71.5 years |
| Average age | 29.8 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 26.7 years | 39.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 46:54 |
| Fertility rate | 2.16 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 3,458 ppl/mi² | 187.9 ppl/mi² |
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