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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Nepal	Bangladesh	Nepal
1960	51,828,660	10,123,658	-	-
1961	53,310,348	10,318,396	2.86%	1.92%
1962	54,881,146	10,521,116	2.95%	1.96%
1963	56,504,402	10,729,818	2.96%	1.98%
1964	58,178,374	10,946,392	2.96%	2.02%
1965	59,902,519	11,173,411	2.96%	2.07%
1966	61,669,806	11,408,710	2.95%	2.11%
1967	63,510,929	11,652,716	2.99%	2.14%
1968	65,408,276	11,906,266	2.99%	2.18%
1969	67,294,133	12,167,036	2.88%	2.19%
1970	69,058,894	12,436,190	2.62%	2.21%
1971	70,276,758	12,710,061	1.76%	2.2%
1972	71,641,519	12,989,099	1.94%	2.2%
1973	73,722,294	13,275,239	2.9%	2.2%
1974	75,839,348	13,568,435	2.87%	2.21%
1975	77,854,351	13,870,695	2.66%	2.23%
1976	79,855,318	14,177,649	2.57%	2.21%
1977	81,867,264	14,499,175	2.52%	2.27%
1978	83,889,655	14,839,695	2.47%	2.35%
1979	85,935,072	15,190,590	2.44%	2.36%
1980	88,016,432	15,553,105	2.42%	2.39%
1981	90,303,105	15,922,423	2.6%	2.37%
1982	92,814,507	16,297,987	2.78%	2.36%
1983	95,335,155	16,689,119	2.72%	2.4%
1984	97,814,966	17,085,242	2.6%	2.37%
1985	100,253,825	17,477,692	2.49%	2.3%
1986	102,635,572	17,868,124	2.38%	2.23%
1987	104,959,291	18,250,505	2.26%	2.14%
1988	107,216,008	18,638,661	2.15%	2.13%
1989	109,433,799	19,057,807	2.07%	2.25%
1990	111,633,717	19,524,573	2.01%	2.45%
1991	113,787,109	20,036,500	1.93%	2.62%
1992	115,952,192	20,609,707	1.9%	2.86%
1993	118,132,360	21,180,159	1.88%	2.77%
1994	120,343,179	21,717,479	1.87%	2.54%
1995	122,600,370	22,245,439	1.88%	2.43%
1996	124,862,179	22,741,862	1.84%	2.23%
1997	127,198,069	23,219,463	1.87%	2.1%
1998	129,622,332	23,680,357	1.91%	1.98%
1999	132,108,065	24,125,199	1.92%	1.88%
2000	134,544,304	24,546,509	1.84%	1.75%
2001	136,805,810	24,946,748	1.68%	1.63%
2002	138,933,658	25,328,981	1.56%	1.53%
2003	140,970,351	25,688,758	1.47%	1.42%
2004	142,902,856	26,016,656	1.37%	1.28%
2005	144,715,786	26,309,458	1.27%	1.13%
2006	146,405,973	26,565,425	1.17%	0.97%
2007	147,989,278	26,788,492	1.08%	0.84%
2008	149,474,264	26,990,037	1%	0.75%
2009	150,873,714	27,173,035	0.94%	0.68%
2010	152,201,981	27,341,952	0.88%	0.62%
2011	153,591,076	27,464,494	0.91%	0.45%
2012	155,070,101	27,534,915	0.96%	0.26%
2013	156,532,141	27,589,996	0.94%	0.2%
2014	157,964,929	27,672,370	0.92%	0.3%
2015	159,383,179	27,823,629	0.9%	0.55%
2016	160,811,932	27,955,462	0.9%	0.47%
2017	162,186,147	28,011,258	0.85%	0.2%
2018	163,523,103	28,079,689	0.82%	0.24%
2019	164,913,055	28,414,064	0.85%	1.19%
2020	166,298,024	28,966,574	0.84%	1.94%
2021	167,658,854	29,475,010	0.82%	1.76%
2022	169,384,897	29,715,436	1.03%	0.82%
2023	171,466,990	29,694,614	1.23%	-0.07%
2024	173,562,364	29,651,054	1.22%	-0.15%
2025	175,686,900	29,618,120	1.22%	-0.11%
2026	177,818,035	29,629,406	1.21%	0.04%
2027	179,930,171	29,727,164	1.19%	0.33%
2028	182,014,767	29,947,588	1.16%	0.74%
2029	184,064,616	30,232,115	1.13%	0.95%
2030	186,072,398	30,509,999	1.09%	0.92%
2031	188,025,193	30,780,916	1.05%	0.89%
2032	189,904,568	31,045,411	1%	0.86%
2033	191,717,183	31,304,035	0.95%	0.83%
2034	193,461,162	31,555,068	0.91%	0.8%
2035	195,130,366	31,798,003	0.86%	0.77%
2036	196,740,575	32,033,714	0.83%	0.74%
2037	198,288,195	32,262,286	0.79%	0.71%
2038	199,776,950	32,484,801	0.75%	0.69%
2039	201,208,770	32,700,695	0.72%	0.66%
2040	202,589,424	32,909,540	0.69%	0.64%
2041	203,939,081	33,112,254	0.67%	0.62%
2042	205,259,485	33,309,062	0.65%	0.59%
2043	206,545,478	33,499,440	0.63%	0.57%
2044	207,801,049	33,683,331	0.61%	0.55%
2045	209,029,592	33,861,058	0.59%	0.53%
2046	210,231,183	34,032,994	0.57%	0.51%
2047	211,402,167	34,197,261	0.56%	0.48%
2048	212,537,925	34,352,077	0.54%	0.45%
2049	213,638,535	34,500,201	0.52%	0.43%
2050	214,709,094	34,642,021	0.5%	0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.