Population in Bangladesh compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bangladesh and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Netherlands	Bangladesh	Netherlands
1960	51,828,660	11,486,631	-	-
1961	53,310,348	11,638,712	2.86%	1.32%
1962	54,881,146	11,805,689	2.95%	1.43%
1963	56,504,402	11,965,966	2.96%	1.36%
1964	58,178,374	12,127,120	2.96%	1.35%
1965	59,902,519	12,294,732	2.96%	1.38%
1966	61,669,806	12,456,251	2.95%	1.31%
1967	63,510,929	12,598,201	2.99%	1.14%
1968	65,408,276	12,729,721	2.99%	1.04%
1969	67,294,133	12,877,984	2.88%	1.16%
1970	69,058,894	13,038,526	2.62%	1.25%
1971	70,276,758	13,194,497	1.76%	1.2%
1972	71,641,519	13,328,593	1.94%	1.02%
1973	73,722,294	13,439,322	2.9%	0.83%
1974	75,839,348	13,545,056	2.87%	0.79%
1975	77,854,351	13,666,335	2.66%	0.9%
1976	79,855,318	13,774,037	2.57%	0.79%
1977	81,867,264	13,856,185	2.52%	0.6%
1978	83,889,655	13,941,700	2.47%	0.62%
1979	85,935,072	14,038,270	2.44%	0.69%
1980	88,016,432	14,149,800	2.42%	0.79%
1981	90,303,105	14,247,208	2.6%	0.69%
1982	92,814,507	14,312,690	2.78%	0.46%
1983	95,335,155	14,367,070	2.72%	0.38%
1984	97,814,966	14,424,211	2.6%	0.4%
1985	100,253,825	14,491,632	2.49%	0.47%
1986	102,635,572	14,572,278	2.38%	0.56%
1987	104,959,291	14,665,037	2.26%	0.64%
1988	107,216,008	14,760,094	2.15%	0.65%
1989	109,433,799	14,848,907	2.07%	0.6%
1990	111,633,717	14,951,510	2.01%	0.69%
1991	113,787,109	15,069,798	1.93%	0.79%
1992	115,952,192	15,184,166	1.9%	0.76%
1993	118,132,360	15,290,368	1.88%	0.7%
1994	120,343,179	15,382,838	1.87%	0.6%
1995	122,600,370	15,459,006	1.88%	0.5%
1996	124,862,179	15,530,498	1.84%	0.46%
1997	127,198,069	15,610,650	1.87%	0.52%
1998	129,622,332	15,707,209	1.91%	0.62%
1999	132,108,065	15,812,088	1.92%	0.67%
2000	134,544,304	15,925,513	1.84%	0.72%
2001	136,805,810	16,046,180	1.68%	0.76%
2002	138,933,658	16,148,929	1.56%	0.64%
2003	140,970,351	16,225,302	1.47%	0.47%
2004	142,902,856	16,281,779	1.37%	0.35%
2005	144,715,786	16,319,868	1.27%	0.23%
2006	146,405,973	16,346,101	1.17%	0.16%
2007	147,989,278	16,381,696	1.08%	0.22%
2008	149,474,264	16,445,593	1%	0.39%
2009	150,873,714	16,530,388	0.94%	0.52%
2010	152,201,981	16,615,394	0.88%	0.51%
2011	153,591,076	16,693,074	0.91%	0.47%
2012	155,070,101	16,754,962	0.96%	0.37%
2013	156,532,141	16,804,432	0.94%	0.3%
2014	157,964,929	16,865,008	0.92%	0.36%
2015	159,383,179	16,939,923	0.9%	0.44%
2016	160,811,932	17,030,314	0.9%	0.53%
2017	162,186,147	17,131,296	0.85%	0.59%
2018	163,523,103	17,231,624	0.82%	0.59%
2019	164,913,055	17,344,874	0.85%	0.66%
2020	166,298,024	17,441,500	0.84%	0.56%
2021	167,658,854	17,533,044	0.82%	0.52%
2022	169,384,897	17,700,982	1.03%	0.96%
2023	171,466,990	17,877,117	1.23%	1%
2024	173,562,364	17,993,485	1.22%	0.65%
2025	175,686,900	18,110,044	1.22%	0.65%
2026	177,818,035	18,210,675	1.21%	0.56%
2027	179,930,171	18,298,766	1.19%	0.48%
2028	182,014,767	18,378,805	1.16%	0.44%
2029	184,064,616	18,451,273	1.13%	0.39%
2030	186,072,398	18,515,139	1.09%	0.35%
2031	188,025,193	18,571,158	1.05%	0.3%
2032	189,904,568	18,620,309	1%	0.26%
2033	191,717,183	18,664,195	0.95%	0.24%
2034	193,461,162	18,701,674	0.91%	0.2%
2035	195,130,366	18,732,440	0.86%	0.16%
2036	196,740,575	18,759,270	0.83%	0.14%
2037	198,288,195	18,781,008	0.79%	0.12%
2038	199,776,950	18,797,497	0.75%	0.09%
2039	201,208,770	18,809,490	0.72%	0.06%
2040	202,589,424	18,816,959	0.69%	0.04%
2041	203,939,081	18,820,083	0.67%	0.02%
2042	205,259,485	18,818,821	0.65%	-0.007%
2043	206,545,478	18,814,475	0.63%	-0.02%
2044	207,801,049	18,806,778	0.61%	-0.04%
2045	209,029,592	18,796,219	0.59%	-0.06%
2046	210,231,183	18,784,939	0.57%	-0.06%
2047	211,402,167	18,770,867	0.56%	-0.07%
2048	212,537,925	18,753,541	0.54%	-0.09%
2049	213,638,535	18,734,516	0.52%	-0.1%
2050	214,709,094	18,713,797	0.5%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.