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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Myanmar	Bangladesh	Myanmar
1960	51,828,660	21,730,250	-	-
1961	53,310,348	22,210,581	2.86%	2.21%
1962	54,881,146	22,704,719	2.95%	2.22%
1963	56,504,402	23,213,408	2.96%	2.24%
1964	58,178,374	23,737,315	2.96%	2.26%
1965	59,902,519	24,279,431	2.96%	2.28%
1966	61,669,806	24,836,496	2.95%	2.29%
1967	63,510,929	25,406,429	2.99%	2.29%
1968	65,408,276	25,989,662	2.99%	2.3%
1969	67,294,133	26,585,112	2.88%	2.29%
1970	69,058,894	27,193,016	2.62%	2.29%
1971	70,276,758	27,807,219	1.76%	2.26%
1972	71,641,519	28,428,324	1.94%	2.23%
1973	73,722,294	29,026,388	2.9%	2.1%
1974	75,839,348	29,598,167	2.87%	1.97%
1975	77,854,351	30,176,565	2.66%	1.95%
1976	79,855,318	30,758,811	2.57%	1.93%
1977	81,867,264	31,355,966	2.52%	1.94%
1978	83,889,655	31,972,976	2.47%	1.97%
1979	85,935,072	32,596,550	2.44%	1.95%
1980	88,016,432	33,227,204	2.42%	1.93%
1981	90,303,105	33,858,783	2.6%	1.9%
1982	92,814,507	34,482,965	2.78%	1.84%
1983	95,335,155	35,162,715	2.72%	1.97%
1984	97,814,966	35,899,313	2.6%	2.09%
1985	100,253,825	36,622,827	2.49%	2.02%
1986	102,635,572	37,314,878	2.38%	1.89%
1987	104,959,291	37,971,594	2.26%	1.76%
1988	107,216,008	38,600,927	2.15%	1.66%
1989	109,433,799	39,214,618	2.07%	1.59%
1990	111,633,717	39,817,251	2.01%	1.54%
1991	113,787,109	40,394,154	1.93%	1.45%
1992	115,952,192	40,950,342	1.9%	1.38%
1993	118,132,360	41,502,429	1.88%	1.35%
1994	120,343,179	42,055,143	1.87%	1.33%
1995	122,600,370	42,605,338	1.88%	1.31%
1996	124,862,179	43,154,860	1.84%	1.29%
1997	127,198,069	43,708,798	1.87%	1.28%
1998	129,622,332	44,257,793	1.91%	1.26%
1999	132,108,065	44,787,724	1.92%	1.2%
2000	134,544,304	45,290,841	1.84%	1.12%
2001	136,805,810	45,771,139	1.68%	1.06%
2002	138,933,658	46,232,653	1.56%	1.01%
2003	140,970,351	46,667,192	1.47%	0.94%
2004	142,902,856	47,068,772	1.37%	0.86%
2005	144,715,786	47,438,365	1.27%	0.79%
2006	146,405,973	47,785,135	1.17%	0.73%
2007	147,989,278	48,125,043	1.08%	0.71%
2008	149,474,264	48,390,793	1%	0.55%
2009	150,873,714	48,660,459	0.94%	0.56%
2010	152,201,981	49,024,382	0.88%	0.75%
2011	153,591,076	49,419,820	0.91%	0.81%
2012	155,070,101	49,837,446	0.96%	0.85%
2013	156,532,141	50,262,658	0.94%	0.85%
2014	157,964,929	50,681,634	0.92%	0.83%
2015	159,383,179	51,089,056	0.9%	0.8%
2016	160,811,932	51,495,696	0.9%	0.8%
2017	162,186,147	51,894,938	0.85%	0.78%
2018	163,523,103	52,272,247	0.82%	0.73%
2019	164,913,055	52,640,713	0.85%	0.7%
2020	166,298,024	53,016,522	0.84%	0.71%
2021	167,658,854	53,387,102	0.82%	0.7%
2022	169,384,897	53,756,787	1.03%	0.69%
2023	171,466,990	54,133,798	1.23%	0.7%
2024	173,562,364	54,500,091	1.22%	0.68%
2025	175,686,900	54,850,652	1.22%	0.64%
2026	177,818,035	55,184,831	1.21%	0.61%
2027	179,930,171	55,502,494	1.19%	0.58%
2028	182,014,767	55,802,778	1.16%	0.54%
2029	184,064,616	56,085,147	1.13%	0.51%
2030	186,072,398	56,351,028	1.09%	0.47%
2031	188,025,193	56,601,632	1.05%	0.44%
2032	189,904,568	56,836,048	1%	0.41%
2033	191,717,183	57,054,552	0.95%	0.38%
2034	193,461,162	57,257,183	0.91%	0.36%
2035	195,130,366	57,444,471	0.86%	0.33%
2036	196,740,575	57,616,158	0.83%	0.3%
2037	198,288,195	57,773,912	0.79%	0.27%
2038	199,776,950	57,919,868	0.75%	0.25%
2039	201,208,770	58,052,183	0.72%	0.23%
2040	202,589,424	58,169,863	0.69%	0.2%
2041	203,939,081	58,274,275	0.67%	0.18%
2042	205,259,485	58,365,927	0.65%	0.16%
2043	206,545,478	58,443,291	0.63%	0.13%
2044	207,801,049	58,506,418	0.61%	0.11%
2045	209,029,592	58,558,173	0.59%	0.09%
2046	210,231,183	58,596,775	0.57%	0.07%
2047	211,402,167	58,620,774	0.56%	0.04%
2048	212,537,925	58,632,733	0.54%	0.02%
2049	213,638,535	58,633,128	0.52%	0.001%
2050	214,709,094	58,623,237	0.5%	-0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Myanmar gained 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Myanmar's population increased by 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Myanmar was ranked 27th in 2005 and still ranked 27th 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 Myanmar will increase by 6.36% to 58,623,237 people and rank change from 27th to 35th.