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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Pakistan
1960	51,828,660	45,709,310	-	-
1961	53,310,348	46,921,277	2.86%	2.65%
1962	54,881,146	48,156,128	2.95%	2.63%
1963	56,504,402	49,447,776	2.96%	2.68%
1964	58,178,374	50,799,999	2.96%	2.73%
1965	59,902,519	52,209,010	2.96%	2.77%
1966	61,669,806	53,678,667	2.95%	2.81%
1967	63,510,929	55,214,768	2.99%	2.86%
1968	65,408,276	56,810,507	2.99%	2.89%
1969	67,294,133	58,460,939	2.88%	2.91%
1970	69,058,894	60,166,719	2.62%	2.92%
1971	70,276,758	61,847,899	1.76%	2.79%
1972	71,641,519	63,583,194	1.94%	2.81%
1973	73,722,294	65,461,912	2.9%	2.95%
1974	75,839,348	67,415,487	2.87%	2.98%
1975	77,854,351	69,461,175	2.66%	3.03%
1976	79,855,318	71,620,254	2.57%	3.11%
1977	81,867,264	73,901,827	2.52%	3.19%
1978	83,889,655	76,307,379	2.47%	3.26%
1979	85,935,072	78,997,039	2.44%	3.52%
1980	88,016,432	82,291,010	2.42%	4.17%
1981	90,303,105	85,802,049	2.6%	4.27%
1982	92,814,507	89,089,246	2.78%	3.83%
1983	95,335,155	92,227,711	2.72%	3.52%
1984	97,814,966	95,164,936	2.6%	3.18%
1985	100,253,825	98,229,285	2.49%	3.22%
1986	102,635,572	101,606,764	2.38%	3.44%
1987	104,959,291	105,130,717	2.26%	3.47%
1988	107,216,008	108,724,739	2.15%	3.42%
1989	109,433,799	112,336,629	2.07%	3.32%
1990	111,633,717	116,155,576	2.01%	3.4%
1991	113,787,109	120,060,406	1.93%	3.36%
1992	115,952,192	123,546,848	1.9%	2.9%
1993	118,132,360	127,020,117	1.88%	2.81%
1994	120,343,179	130,748,083	1.87%	2.93%
1995	122,600,370	134,582,253	1.88%	2.93%
1996	124,862,179	138,557,092	1.84%	2.95%
1997	127,198,069	142,531,804	1.87%	2.87%
1998	129,622,332	146,522,356	1.91%	2.8%
1999	132,108,065	150,565,377	1.92%	2.76%
2000	134,544,304	154,879,127	1.84%	2.87%
2001	136,805,810	159,270,907	1.68%	2.84%
2002	138,933,658	163,222,549	1.56%	2.48%
2003	140,970,351	167,110,248	1.47%	2.38%
2004	142,902,856	171,286,000	1.37%	2.5%
2005	144,715,786	175,453,212	1.27%	2.43%
2006	146,405,973	179,682,690	1.17%	2.41%
2007	147,989,278	184,493,231	1.08%	2.68%
2008	149,474,264	189,499,113	1%	2.71%
2009	150,873,714	194,376,534	0.94%	2.57%
2010	152,201,981	199,239,047	0.88%	2.5%
2011	153,591,076	203,746,065	0.91%	2.26%
2012	155,070,101	207,667,125	0.96%	1.92%
2013	156,532,141	211,073,978	0.94%	1.64%
2014	157,964,929	214,264,647	0.92%	1.51%
2015	159,383,179	217,290,883	0.9%	1.41%
2016	160,811,932	220,138,869	0.9%	1.31%
2017	162,186,147	223,273,967	0.85%	1.42%
2018	163,523,103	226,928,892	0.82%	1.64%
2019	164,913,055	230,800,899	0.85%	1.71%
2020	166,298,024	235,001,746	0.84%	1.82%
2021	167,658,854	239,477,801	0.82%	1.9%
2022	169,384,897	243,700,667	1.03%	1.76%
2023	171,466,990	247,504,495	1.23%	1.56%
2024	173,562,364	251,269,164	1.22%	1.52%
2025	175,686,900	255,219,564	1.22%	1.57%
2026	177,818,035	259,299,796	1.21%	1.6%
2027	179,930,171	263,515,827	1.19%	1.63%
2028	182,014,767	267,881,923	1.16%	1.66%
2029	184,064,616	272,337,520	1.13%	1.66%
2030	186,072,398	276,883,261	1.09%	1.67%
2031	188,025,193	281,528,070	1.05%	1.68%
2032	189,904,568	286,241,141	1%	1.67%
2033	191,717,183	291,012,268	0.95%	1.67%
2034	193,461,162	295,820,153	0.91%	1.65%
2035	195,130,366	300,643,518	0.86%	1.63%
2036	196,740,575	305,491,504	0.83%	1.61%
2037	198,288,195	310,353,293	0.79%	1.59%
2038	199,776,950	315,227,709	0.75%	1.57%
2039	201,208,770	320,105,882	0.72%	1.55%
2040	202,589,424	324,937,703	0.69%	1.51%
2041	203,939,081	329,746,478	0.67%	1.48%
2042	205,259,485	334,551,874	0.65%	1.46%
2043	206,545,478	339,334,851	0.63%	1.43%
2044	207,801,049	344,095,467	0.61%	1.4%
2045	209,029,592	348,837,732	0.59%	1.38%
2046	210,231,183	353,552,859	0.57%	1.35%
2047	211,402,167	358,207,159	0.56%	1.32%
2048	212,537,925	362,796,532	0.54%	1.28%
2049	213,638,535	367,344,429	0.52%	1.25%
2050	214,709,094	371,863,804	0.5%	1.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Pakistan gained 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 41,206,244 (a 19% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2005 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.