The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 19,051,804 people in Romania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,841,118 people compared to 18,836,893 in Romania.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 9.44 times bigger than Romania's.
- Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 70th.
- The countries together account for 2.38% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.23% for Romania.
- For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs -0.43% in Romania.
- Since 2006, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 146M people to 178M (21.5% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.2M to 18.8M (11.1% decline).
- Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people, while Romania's population already peaked in 1990 at 23.2M people and is projected to decrease to 10.8M people by 2100.
Bangladesh vs Romania: live population counter
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| Current population |
177841118
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18836893
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| Population rank | 8/197 | 70/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.15% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
15.1 seconds
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56.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.04 seconds
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3.45 minutes
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| One death every |
36.7 seconds
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2.17 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.11 minutes
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18.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -473,362 | -28,466 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,741 | -25 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,095,374 | -9,258 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.22% | -0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 91/197 | 170/197 |
Bangladesh and Romania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 51,828,660 | 18,406,905 | - | - |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | 18,555,250 | 2.86% | 0.81% |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | 18,676,550 | 2.95% | 0.65% |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | 18,797,850 | 2.96% | 0.65% |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | 18,919,126 | 2.96% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | 19,031,576 | 2.96% | 0.59% |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | 19,215,450 | 2.95% | 0.97% |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | 19,534,242 | 2.99% | 1.66% |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | 19,799,831 | 2.99% | 1.36% |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | 20,009,141 | 2.88% | 1.06% |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | 20,250,398 | 2.62% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | 20,461,567 | 1.76% | 1.04% |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | 20,657,957 | 1.94% | 0.96% |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | 20,835,681 | 2.9% | 0.86% |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | 21,029,429 | 2.87% | 0.93% |
| 1975 | 77,854,351 | 21,293,583 | 2.66% | 1.26% |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | 21,551,634 | 2.57% | 1.21% |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | 21,756,096 | 2.52% | 0.95% |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | 21,951,464 | 2.47% | 0.9% |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | 22,090,488 | 2.44% | 0.63% |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | 22,207,282 | 2.42% | 0.53% |
| 1981 | 90,303,105 | 22,353,070 | 2.6% | 0.66% |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | 22,475,741 | 2.78% | 0.55% |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | 22,560,478 | 2.72% | 0.38% |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | 22,640,547 | 2.6% | 0.35% |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | 22,732,999 | 2.49% | 0.41% |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | 22,836,841 | 2.38% | 0.46% |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | 22,949,430 | 2.26% | 0.49% |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | 23,057,662 | 2.15% | 0.47% |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | 23,161,458 | 2.07% | 0.45% |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 23,201,835 | 2.01% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 23,001,155 | 1.93% | -0.86% |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 22,794,284 | 1.9% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 22,763,280 | 1.88% | -0.14% |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 22,730,211 | 1.87% | -0.15% |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 22,684,270 | 1.88% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 22,619,004 | 1.84% | -0.29% |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 22,553,978 | 1.87% | -0.29% |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 22,507,344 | 1.91% | -0.21% |
| 1999 | 132,108,065 | 22,472,040 | 1.92% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 22,442,971 | 1.84% | -0.13% |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 22,131,970 | 1.68% | -1.39% |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 21,730,496 | 1.56% | -1.81% |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 21,574,326 | 1.47% | -0.72% |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 21,451,748 | 1.37% | -0.57% |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 21,319,685 | 1.27% | -0.62% |
| 2006 | 146,405,973 | 21,193,760 | 1.17% | -0.59% |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 20,882,982 | 1.08% | -1.47% |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 20,537,875 | 1% | -1.65% |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 20,367,487 | 0.94% | -0.83% |
| 2010 | 152,201,981 | 20,246,871 | 0.88% | -0.59% |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 20,147,528 | 0.91% | -0.49% |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 20,058,035 | 0.96% | -0.44% |
| 2013 | 156,532,141 | 19,983,693 | 0.94% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 157,964,929 | 19,908,979 | 0.92% | -0.37% |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 19,815,616 | 0.9% | -0.47% |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 19,702,267 | 0.9% | -0.57% |
| 2017 | 162,186,147 | 19,588,715 | 0.85% | -0.58% |
| 2018 | 163,523,103 | 19,473,970 | 0.82% | -0.59% |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 19,371,648 | 0.85% | -0.53% |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 19,265,250 | 0.84% | -0.55% |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 19,122,059 | 0.82% | -0.74% |
| 2022 | 169,384,897 | 19,048,502 | 1.03% | -0.38% |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 19,061,062 | 1.23% | 0.07% |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 19,051,804 | 1.22% | -0.05% |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 18,945,157 | 1.22% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 177,818,035 | 18,836,893 | 1.21% | -0.57% |
| 2027 | 179,930,171 | 18,727,645 | 1.19% | -0.58% |
| 2028 | 182,014,767 | 18,617,757 | 1.16% | -0.59% |
| 2029 | 184,064,616 | 18,506,702 | 1.13% | -0.6% |
| 2030 | 186,072,398 | 18,394,947 | 1.09% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 188,025,193 | 18,282,991 | 1.05% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 18,170,681 | 1% | -0.61% |
| 2033 | 191,717,183 | 18,057,661 | 0.95% | -0.62% |
| 2034 | 193,461,162 | 17,943,814 | 0.91% | -0.63% |
| 2035 | 195,130,366 | 17,828,772 | 0.86% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 17,712,177 | 0.83% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 198,288,195 | 17,595,189 | 0.79% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 199,776,950 | 17,477,597 | 0.75% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 201,208,770 | 17,360,012 | 0.72% | -0.67% |
| 2040 | 202,589,424 | 17,242,939 | 0.69% | -0.67% |
| 2041 | 203,939,081 | 17,124,773 | 0.67% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 205,259,485 | 17,006,515 | 0.65% | -0.69% |
| 2043 | 206,545,478 | 16,888,882 | 0.63% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 207,801,049 | 16,770,593 | 0.61% | -0.7% |
| 2045 | 209,029,592 | 16,652,406 | 0.59% | -0.7% |
| 2046 | 210,231,183 | 16,534,847 | 0.57% | -0.71% |
| 2047 | 211,402,167 | 16,416,456 | 0.56% | -0.72% |
| 2048 | 212,537,925 | 16,297,099 | 0.54% | -0.73% |
| 2049 | 213,638,535 | 16,177,534 | 0.52% | -0.73% |
| 2050 | 214,709,094 | 16,058,209 | 0.5% | -0.74% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).
Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.
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 Romania
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| Life expectancy | 75.5 years | 76.4 years |
| Average age | 29.8 years | 42.5 years |
| Median age | 26.7 years | 43.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.16 births per woman | 1.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 3,458 ppl/mi² | 214.5 ppl/mi² |
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