The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 5,289,152 people in Palestine in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,841,118 people compared to 5,480,218 in Palestine.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 32.5 times bigger than Palestine's.
- Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Palestine is the 122nd.
- The countries together account for 2.21% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.07% for Palestine.
- For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +2.4% in Palestine.
- Since 2006, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 146M people to 178M (21.5% growth), while Palestine has grown from 3.41M to 5.48M (60.9% growth).
- Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people compared to the peak of 11.1M people in 2100 for Palestine.
Bangladesh vs Palestine: live population counter
Bangladesh
|
Palestine
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
177841118
|
5480218
|
| Population rank | 8/197 | 122/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.15% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
15.1 seconds
|
4.26 minutes
|
| One birth every |
9.04 seconds
|
3.76 minutes
|
| One death every |
36.7 seconds
|
14.1 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.11 minutes
|
22.7 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -473,362 | -23,145 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,741 | +338 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,095,374 | +123,377 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.22% | +2.39% |
| Population growth rate rank | 91/197 | 34/197 |
Bangladesh and Palestine: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bangladesh
Population
Growth rate
Palestine
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bangladesh
|
Palestine
|
Bangladesh
|
Palestine
|
|
| 1960 | 51,828,660 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | - | 2.86% | - |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | - | 2.95% | - |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | - | 2.96% | - |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | - | 2.96% | - |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | - | 2.96% | - |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | - | 2.95% | - |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | - | 2.99% | - |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | - | 2.99% | - |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | - | 2.88% | - |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | - | 2.62% | - |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | - | 1.76% | - |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | - | 1.94% | - |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | - | 2.9% | - |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | - | 2.87% | - |
| 1975 | 77,854,351 | - | 2.66% | - |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | - | 2.57% | - |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | - | 2.52% | - |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | - | 2.47% | - |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | - | 2.44% | - |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | - | 2.42% | - |
| 1981 | 90,303,105 | - | 2.6% | - |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | - | 2.78% | - |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | - | 2.72% | - |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | - | 2.6% | - |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | - | 2.49% | - |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | - | 2.38% | - |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | - | 2.26% | - |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | - | 2.15% | - |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | - | 2.07% | - |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 1,978,248 | 2.01% | - |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 2,068,845 | 1.93% | 4.58% |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 2,163,591 | 1.9% | 4.58% |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 2,262,676 | 1.88% | 4.58% |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 2,366,298 | 1.87% | 4.58% |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 2,474,666 | 1.88% | 4.58% |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 2,587,997 | 1.84% | 4.58% |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 2,706,518 | 1.87% | 4.58% |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 2,776,568 | 1.91% | 2.59% |
| 1999 | 132,108,065 | 2,848,431 | 1.92% | 2.59% |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 2,922,153 | 1.84% | 2.59% |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 2,997,784 | 1.68% | 2.59% |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 3,075,373 | 1.56% | 2.59% |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 3,154,969 | 1.47% | 2.59% |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 3,236,626 | 1.37% | 2.59% |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 3,320,396 | 1.27% | 2.59% |
| 2006 | 146,405,973 | 3,406,334 | 1.17% | 2.59% |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 3,494,496 | 1.08% | 2.59% |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 3,591,977 | 1% | 2.79% |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 3,689,099 | 0.94% | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 152,201,981 | 3,786,161 | 0.88% | 2.63% |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 3,882,986 | 0.91% | 2.56% |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 3,979,998 | 0.96% | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 156,532,141 | 4,076,708 | 0.94% | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 157,964,929 | 4,173,398 | 0.92% | 2.37% |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 4,270,092 | 0.9% | 2.32% |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 4,367,088 | 0.9% | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 162,186,147 | 4,454,805 | 0.85% | 2.01% |
| 2018 | 163,523,103 | 4,569,087 | 0.82% | 2.57% |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 4,685,306 | 0.85% | 2.54% |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 4,803,269 | 0.84% | 2.52% |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 4,922,749 | 0.82% | 2.49% |
| 2022 | 169,384,897 | 5,043,612 | 1.03% | 2.46% |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 5,165,775 | 1.23% | 2.42% |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 5,289,152 | 1.22% | 2.39% |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 5,379,801 | 1.22% | 1.71% |
| 2026 | 177,818,035 | 5,479,090 | 1.21% | 1.85% |
| 2027 | 179,930,171 | 5,582,345 | 1.19% | 1.88% |
| 2028 | 182,014,767 | 5,684,855 | 1.16% | 1.84% |
| 2029 | 184,064,616 | 5,787,948 | 1.13% | 1.81% |
| 2030 | 186,072,398 | 5,892,492 | 1.09% | 1.81% |
| 2031 | 188,025,193 | 5,998,645 | 1.05% | 1.8% |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 6,106,047 | 1% | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 191,717,183 | 6,215,922 | 0.95% | 1.8% |
| 2034 | 193,461,162 | 6,327,947 | 0.91% | 1.8% |
| 2035 | 195,130,366 | 6,441,493 | 0.86% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 6,555,481 | 0.83% | 1.77% |
| 2037 | 198,288,195 | 6,669,212 | 0.79% | 1.73% |
| 2038 | 199,776,950 | 6,783,431 | 0.75% | 1.71% |
| 2039 | 201,208,770 | 6,899,866 | 0.72% | 1.72% |
| 2040 | 202,589,424 | 7,018,099 | 0.69% | 1.71% |
| 2041 | 203,939,081 | 7,135,825 | 0.67% | 1.68% |
| 2042 | 205,259,485 | 7,253,328 | 0.65% | 1.65% |
| 2043 | 206,545,478 | 7,369,647 | 0.63% | 1.6% |
| 2044 | 207,801,049 | 7,484,632 | 0.61% | 1.56% |
| 2045 | 209,029,592 | 7,598,729 | 0.59% | 1.52% |
| 2046 | 210,231,183 | 7,710,259 | 0.57% | 1.47% |
| 2047 | 211,402,167 | 7,818,786 | 0.56% | 1.41% |
| 2048 | 212,537,925 | 7,925,101 | 0.54% | 1.36% |
| 2049 | 213,638,535 | 8,029,929 | 0.52% | 1.32% |
| 2050 | 214,709,094 | 8,134,618 | 0.5% | 1.3% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Palestine gained 960,754 people (a 28.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Palestine's population increased by 1,113,130 (a 25.5% growth).
Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Palestine was ranked 127th in 2006 and ranked 122nd 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 Palestine will increase by 48.4% to 8,134,618 people and rank change from 122nd to 112th.
Biggest cities by population
|
Bangladesh
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Dhaka | 16.8M |
| Chittagong | 2.58M |
| Narayanganj | 968K |
| Khulna | 929K |
| Sylhet | 480K |
| Rajshahi | 448K |
| Bogra | 401K |
| Barisal | 328K |
| Rangpur | 294K |
| Brahmanbaria | 268K |
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Population differences between Bangladesh and Palestine
|
Bangladesh
|
Palestine
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 75.5 years | 77.4 years |
| Average age | 29.8 years | 25 years |
| Median age | 26.7 years | 20.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.16 births per woman | 3.31 births per woman |
| Population density | 3,458 ppl/mi² | 2,274 ppl/mi² |
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