The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 10,694,681 people in Portugal in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,841,118 people compared to 10,663,982 in Portugal.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 16.7 times bigger than Portugal's.
- Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Portugal is the 92nd.
- The countries together account for 2.28% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.13% for Portugal.
- For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +0.21% in Portugal.
- Since 2006, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 146M people to 178M (21.5% growth), while Portugal has grown from 10.5M to 10.7M (1.35% growth).
- Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people, while Portugal's population already peaked in 2024 at 10.7M people and is projected to decrease to 8.98M people by 2100.
Bangladesh vs Portugal: live population counter
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| Current population |
177841118
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10663982
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| Population rank | 8/197 | 92/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.15% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
15.1 seconds
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4.51 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.04 seconds
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6.13 minutes
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| One death every |
36.7 seconds
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4.44 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.11 minutes
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25.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -473,362 | +20,648 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,741 | +319 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,095,374 | +116,507 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.22% | +1.1% |
| Population growth rate rank | 91/197 | 95/197 |
Bangladesh and Portugal: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 51,828,660 | 8,857,716 | - | - |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | 8,929,316 | 2.86% | 0.81% |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | 8,993,985 | 2.95% | 0.72% |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | 9,030,355 | 2.96% | 0.4% |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | 9,035,365 | 2.96% | 0.06% |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | 8,998,595 | 2.96% | -0.41% |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | 8,930,990 | 2.95% | -0.75% |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | 8,874,520 | 2.99% | -0.63% |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | 8,836,650 | 2.99% | -0.43% |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | 8,757,705 | 2.88% | -0.89% |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | 8,680,431 | 2.62% | -0.88% |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | 8,643,756 | 1.76% | -0.42% |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | 8,630,430 | 1.94% | -0.15% |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | 8,633,100 | 2.9% | 0.03% |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | 8,754,365 | 2.87% | 1.4% |
| 1975 | 77,854,351 | 9,093,470 | 2.66% | 3.87% |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | 9,355,810 | 2.57% | 2.88% |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | 9,455,675 | 2.52% | 1.07% |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | 9,558,250 | 2.47% | 1.08% |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | 9,661,265 | 2.44% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | 9,766,312 | 2.42% | 1.09% |
| 1981 | 90,303,105 | 9,851,362 | 2.6% | 0.87% |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | 9,911,771 | 2.78% | 0.61% |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | 9,957,865 | 2.72% | 0.47% |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | 9,996,232 | 2.6% | 0.39% |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | 10,023,613 | 2.49% | 0.27% |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | 10,032,734 | 2.38% | 0.09% |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | 10,030,031 | 2.26% | -0.03% |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | 10,019,610 | 2.15% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | 10,005,000 | 2.07% | -0.15% |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 9,983,218 | 2.01% | -0.22% |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 9,960,235 | 1.93% | -0.23% |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 9,952,494 | 1.9% | -0.08% |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 9,964,675 | 1.88% | 0.12% |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 9,991,525 | 1.87% | 0.27% |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 10,026,176 | 1.88% | 0.35% |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 10,063,945 | 1.84% | 0.38% |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 10,108,977 | 1.87% | 0.45% |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 10,160,196 | 1.91% | 0.51% |
| 1999 | 132,108,065 | 10,217,828 | 1.92% | 0.57% |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 10,289,898 | 1.84% | 0.71% |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 10,362,722 | 1.68% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 10,419,631 | 1.56% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 10,458,821 | 1.47% | 0.38% |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 10,483,861 | 1.37% | 0.24% |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 10,503,330 | 1.27% | 0.19% |
| 2006 | 146,405,973 | 10,522,288 | 1.17% | 0.18% |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 10,542,964 | 1.08% | 0.2% |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 10,558,177 | 1% | 0.14% |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 10,568,247 | 0.94% | 0.1% |
| 2010 | 152,201,981 | 10,573,100 | 0.88% | 0.05% |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 10,557,560 | 0.91% | -0.15% |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 10,514,844 | 0.96% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 156,532,141 | 10,457,295 | 0.94% | -0.55% |
| 2014 | 157,964,929 | 10,401,062 | 0.92% | -0.54% |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 10,358,076 | 0.9% | -0.41% |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 10,325,452 | 0.9% | -0.31% |
| 2017 | 162,186,147 | 10,300,300 | 0.85% | -0.24% |
| 2018 | 163,523,103 | 10,283,822 | 0.82% | -0.16% |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 10,286,263 | 0.85% | 0.02% |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 10,297,081 | 0.84% | 0.11% |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 10,361,831 | 0.82% | 0.63% |
| 2022 | 169,384,897 | 10,434,332 | 1.03% | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 10,578,174 | 1.23% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 10,694,681 | 1.22% | 1.1% |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 10,680,873 | 1.22% | -0.13% |
| 2026 | 177,818,035 | 10,663,982 | 1.21% | -0.16% |
| 2027 | 179,930,171 | 10,646,150 | 1.19% | -0.17% |
| 2028 | 182,014,767 | 10,625,957 | 1.16% | -0.19% |
| 2029 | 184,064,616 | 10,604,587 | 1.13% | -0.2% |
| 2030 | 186,072,398 | 10,584,552 | 1.09% | -0.19% |
| 2031 | 188,025,193 | 10,564,548 | 1.05% | -0.19% |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 10,542,600 | 1% | -0.21% |
| 2033 | 191,717,183 | 10,519,640 | 0.95% | -0.22% |
| 2034 | 193,461,162 | 10,496,056 | 0.91% | -0.22% |
| 2035 | 195,130,366 | 10,472,033 | 0.86% | -0.23% |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 10,447,836 | 0.83% | -0.23% |
| 2037 | 198,288,195 | 10,423,350 | 0.79% | -0.23% |
| 2038 | 199,776,950 | 10,398,185 | 0.75% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 201,208,770 | 10,371,223 | 0.72% | -0.26% |
| 2040 | 202,589,424 | 10,342,789 | 0.69% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 203,939,081 | 10,314,869 | 0.67% | -0.27% |
| 2042 | 205,259,485 | 10,287,416 | 0.65% | -0.27% |
| 2043 | 206,545,478 | 10,257,925 | 0.63% | -0.29% |
| 2044 | 207,801,049 | 10,226,892 | 0.61% | -0.3% |
| 2045 | 209,029,592 | 10,195,202 | 0.59% | -0.31% |
| 2046 | 210,231,183 | 10,162,323 | 0.57% | -0.32% |
| 2047 | 211,402,167 | 10,128,572 | 0.56% | -0.33% |
| 2048 | 212,537,925 | 10,094,854 | 0.54% | -0.33% |
| 2049 | 213,638,535 | 10,059,522 | 0.52% | -0.35% |
| 2050 | 214,709,094 | 10,022,734 | 0.5% | -0.37% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).
Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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 Portugal
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| Life expectancy | 75.5 years | 82.9 years |
| Average age | 29.8 years | 45.7 years |
| Median age | 26.7 years | 47.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 47.6:52.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.16 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| Population density | 3,458 ppl/mi² | 302 ppl/mi² |
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