Population in Bangladesh compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Saudi Arabia	Bangladesh	Saudi Arabia
1960	51,828,660	2,435,403	-	-
1961	53,310,348	2,526,347	2.86%	3.73%
1962	54,881,146	2,620,910	2.95%	3.74%
1963	56,504,402	2,719,341	2.96%	3.76%
1964	58,178,374	2,821,968	2.96%	3.77%
1965	59,902,519	2,928,771	2.96%	3.78%
1966	61,669,806	3,039,887	2.95%	3.79%
1967	63,510,929	3,157,242	2.99%	3.86%
1968	65,408,276	3,282,711	2.99%	3.97%
1969	67,294,133	3,417,114	2.88%	4.09%
1970	69,058,894	3,562,470	2.62%	4.25%
1971	70,276,758	3,724,031	1.76%	4.54%
1972	71,641,519	3,905,722	1.94%	4.88%
1973	73,722,294	4,106,344	2.9%	5.14%
1974	75,839,348	4,323,632	2.87%	5.29%
1975	77,854,351	4,556,287	2.66%	5.38%
1976	79,855,318	4,807,933	2.57%	5.52%
1977	81,867,264	5,083,048	2.52%	5.72%
1978	83,889,655	5,381,902	2.47%	5.88%
1979	85,935,072	5,703,698	2.44%	5.98%
1980	88,016,432	6,047,997	2.42%	6.04%
1981	90,303,105	6,420,551	2.6%	6.16%
1982	92,814,507	6,824,486	2.78%	6.29%
1983	95,335,155	7,252,941	2.72%	6.28%
1984	97,814,966	7,697,307	2.6%	6.13%
1985	100,253,825	8,151,779	2.49%	5.9%
1986	102,635,572	8,628,639	2.38%	5.85%
1987	104,959,291	9,130,194	2.26%	5.81%
1988	107,216,008	9,629,165	2.15%	5.47%
1989	109,433,799	10,128,394	2.07%	5.18%
1990	111,633,717	10,640,691	2.01%	5.06%
1991	113,787,109	11,160,744	1.93%	4.89%
1992	115,952,192	11,686,676	1.9%	4.71%
1993	118,132,360	12,215,862	1.88%	4.53%
1994	120,343,179	12,750,040	1.87%	4.37%
1995	122,600,370	13,289,245	1.88%	4.23%
1996	124,862,179	13,831,009	1.84%	4.08%
1997	127,198,069	14,374,943	1.87%	3.93%
1998	129,622,332	14,922,185	1.91%	3.81%
1999	132,108,065	15,472,075	1.92%	3.69%
2000	134,544,304	16,177,722	1.84%	4.56%
2001	136,805,810	17,041,397	1.68%	5.34%
2002	138,933,658	17,910,910	1.56%	5.1%
2003	140,970,351	18,786,767	1.47%	4.89%
2004	142,902,856	19,669,480	1.37%	4.7%
2005	144,715,786	20,559,890	1.27%	4.53%
2006	146,405,973	21,459,144	1.17%	4.37%
2007	147,989,278	22,368,313	1.08%	4.24%
2008	149,474,264	23,287,877	1%	4.11%
2009	150,873,714	24,217,654	0.94%	3.99%
2010	152,201,981	23,978,487	0.88%	-0.99%
2011	153,591,076	25,091,867	0.91%	4.64%
2012	155,070,101	26,168,861	0.96%	4.29%
2013	156,532,141	27,624,004	0.94%	5.56%
2014	157,964,929	28,309,273	0.92%	2.48%
2015	159,383,179	29,816,382	0.9%	5.32%
2016	160,811,932	30,954,198	0.9%	3.82%
2017	162,186,147	30,977,355	0.85%	0.07%
2018	163,523,103	30,196,281	0.82%	-2.52%
2019	164,913,055	30,063,799	0.85%	-0.44%
2020	166,298,024	31,552,510	0.84%	4.95%
2021	167,658,854	30,784,383	0.82%	-2.43%
2022	169,384,897	32,175,224	1.03%	4.52%
2023	171,466,990	33,702,731	1.23%	4.75%
2024	173,562,364	35,300,280	1.22%	4.74%
2025	175,686,900	35,927,625	1.22%	1.78%
2026	177,818,035	36,550,694	1.21%	1.73%
2027	179,930,171	37,167,513	1.19%	1.69%
2028	182,014,767	37,775,810	1.16%	1.64%
2029	184,064,616	38,364,377	1.13%	1.56%
2030	186,072,398	38,918,375	1.09%	1.44%
2031	188,025,193	39,450,880	1.05%	1.37%
2032	189,904,568	39,983,934	1%	1.35%
2033	191,717,183	40,517,599	0.95%	1.33%
2034	193,461,162	41,052,423	0.91%	1.32%
2035	195,130,366	41,588,429	0.86%	1.31%
2036	196,740,575	42,125,184	0.83%	1.29%
2037	198,288,195	42,661,908	0.79%	1.27%
2038	199,776,950	43,198,420	0.75%	1.26%
2039	201,208,770	43,734,316	0.72%	1.24%
2040	202,589,424	44,269,571	0.69%	1.22%
2041	203,939,081	44,804,338	0.67%	1.21%
2042	205,259,485	45,338,111	0.65%	1.19%
2043	206,545,478	45,870,896	0.63%	1.18%
2044	207,801,049	46,403,116	0.61%	1.16%
2045	209,029,592	46,934,822	0.59%	1.15%
2046	210,231,183	47,465,267	0.57%	1.13%
2047	211,402,167	47,993,976	0.56%	1.11%
2048	212,537,925	48,521,364	0.54%	1.1%
2049	213,638,535	49,047,461	0.52%	1.08%
2050	214,709,094	49,572,202	0.5%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.