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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Nigeria	Bangladesh	Nigeria
1960	51,828,660	45,053,782	-	-
1961	53,310,348	45,989,310	2.86%	2.08%
1962	54,881,146	46,965,292	2.95%	2.12%
1963	56,504,402	47,973,575	2.96%	2.15%
1964	58,178,374	49,012,016	2.96%	2.16%
1965	59,902,519	50,086,764	2.96%	2.19%
1966	61,669,806	51,188,234	2.95%	2.2%
1967	63,510,929	52,293,065	2.99%	2.16%
1968	65,408,276	53,432,783	2.99%	2.18%
1969	67,294,133	54,631,914	2.88%	2.24%
1970	69,058,894	55,893,838	2.62%	2.31%
1971	70,276,758	57,214,684	1.76%	2.36%
1972	71,641,519	58,601,748	1.94%	2.42%
1973	73,722,294	60,082,139	2.9%	2.53%
1974	75,839,348	61,679,144	2.87%	2.66%
1975	77,854,351	63,410,815	2.66%	2.81%
1976	79,855,318	65,258,009	2.57%	2.91%
1977	81,867,264	67,234,590	2.52%	3.03%
1978	83,889,655	69,326,532	2.47%	3.11%
1979	85,935,072	71,498,242	2.44%	3.13%
1980	88,016,432	73,764,641	2.42%	3.17%
1981	90,303,105	76,068,103	2.6%	3.12%
1982	92,814,507	78,378,701	2.78%	3.04%
1983	95,335,155	80,438,260	2.72%	2.63%
1984	97,814,966	82,526,443	2.6%	2.6%
1985	100,253,825	84,897,973	2.49%	2.87%
1986	102,635,572	87,235,953	2.38%	2.75%
1987	104,959,291	89,591,716	2.26%	2.7%
1988	107,216,008	92,020,090	2.15%	2.71%
1989	109,433,799	94,531,014	2.07%	2.73%
1990	111,633,717	97,120,925	2.01%	2.74%
1991	113,787,109	99,720,162	1.93%	2.68%
1992	115,952,192	102,372,770	1.9%	2.66%
1993	118,132,360	105,122,069	1.88%	2.69%
1994	120,343,179	107,935,714	1.87%	2.68%
1995	122,600,370	110,819,428	1.88%	2.67%
1996	124,862,179	113,754,779	1.84%	2.65%
1997	127,198,069	116,754,792	1.87%	2.64%
1998	129,622,332	119,846,254	1.91%	2.65%
1999	132,108,065	123,047,320	1.92%	2.67%
2000	134,544,304	126,382,494	1.84%	2.71%
2001	136,805,810	129,862,595	1.68%	2.75%
2002	138,933,658	133,471,989	1.56%	2.78%
2003	140,970,351	137,202,644	1.47%	2.8%
2004	142,902,856	141,057,045	1.37%	2.81%
2005	144,715,786	145,017,253	1.27%	2.81%
2006	146,405,973	149,077,334	1.17%	2.8%
2007	147,989,278	153,267,261	1.08%	2.81%
2008	149,474,264	157,595,014	1%	2.82%
2009	150,873,714	162,049,464	0.94%	2.83%
2010	152,201,981	166,642,886	0.88%	2.83%
2011	153,591,076	171,379,598	0.91%	2.84%
2012	155,070,101	176,200,625	0.96%	2.81%
2013	156,532,141	181,049,443	0.94%	2.75%
2014	157,964,929	185,896,915	0.92%	2.68%
2015	159,383,179	190,671,878	0.9%	2.57%
2016	160,811,932	195,443,700	0.9%	2.5%
2017	162,186,147	200,254,579	0.85%	2.46%
2018	163,523,103	204,938,755	0.82%	2.34%
2019	164,913,055	209,485,641	0.85%	2.22%
2020	166,298,024	213,996,181	0.84%	2.15%
2021	167,658,854	218,529,286	0.82%	2.12%
2022	169,384,897	223,150,896	1.03%	2.11%
2023	171,466,990	227,882,945	1.23%	2.12%
2024	173,562,364	232,679,478	1.22%	2.1%
2025	175,686,900	237,527,783	1.22%	2.08%
2026	177,818,035	242,431,830	1.21%	2.06%
2027	179,930,171	247,374,258	1.19%	2.04%
2028	182,014,767	252,346,128	1.16%	2.01%
2029	184,064,616	257,352,638	1.13%	1.98%
2030	186,072,398	262,380,975	1.09%	1.95%
2031	188,025,193	267,421,079	1.05%	1.92%
2032	189,904,568	272,483,635	1%	1.89%
2033	191,717,183	277,555,116	0.95%	1.86%
2034	193,461,162	282,622,388	0.91%	1.83%
2035	195,130,366	287,685,757	0.86%	1.79%
2036	196,740,575	292,739,390	0.83%	1.76%
2037	198,288,195	297,773,236	0.79%	1.72%
2038	199,776,950	302,782,350	0.75%	1.68%
2039	201,208,770	307,764,754	0.72%	1.65%
2040	202,589,424	312,710,403	0.69%	1.61%
2041	203,939,081	317,607,237	0.67%	1.57%
2042	205,259,485	322,450,302	0.65%	1.52%
2043	206,545,478	327,243,941	0.63%	1.49%
2044	207,801,049	331,983,354	0.61%	1.45%
2045	209,029,592	336,662,502	0.59%	1.41%
2046	210,231,183	341,281,757	0.57%	1.37%
2047	211,402,167	345,844,004	0.56%	1.34%
2048	212,537,925	350,347,757	0.54%	1.3%
2049	213,638,535	354,792,418	0.52%	1.27%
2050	214,709,094	359,185,550	0.5%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.