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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Somalia	Bangladesh	Somalia
1960	51,828,660	2,876,331	-	-
1961	53,310,348	2,952,054	2.86%	2.63%
1962	54,881,146	3,030,091	2.95%	2.64%
1963	56,504,402	3,110,361	2.96%	2.65%
1964	58,178,374	3,192,796	2.96%	2.65%
1965	59,902,519	3,277,874	2.96%	2.66%
1966	61,669,806	3,365,106	2.95%	2.66%
1967	63,510,929	3,454,537	2.99%	2.66%
1968	65,408,276	3,546,590	2.99%	2.66%
1969	67,294,133	3,641,015	2.88%	2.66%
1970	69,058,894	3,738,448	2.62%	2.68%
1971	70,276,758	3,837,691	1.76%	2.65%
1972	71,641,519	3,939,436	1.94%	2.65%
1973	73,722,294	4,045,592	2.9%	2.69%
1974	75,839,348	4,151,842	2.87%	2.63%
1975	77,854,351	4,257,535	2.66%	2.55%
1976	79,855,318	4,365,812	2.57%	2.54%
1977	81,867,264	4,484,050	2.52%	2.71%
1978	83,889,655	4,814,892	2.47%	7.38%
1979	85,935,072	5,449,117	2.44%	13.2%
1980	88,016,432	5,936,154	2.42%	8.94%
1981	90,303,105	5,982,849	2.6%	0.79%
1982	92,814,507	6,003,840	2.78%	0.35%
1983	95,335,155	6,198,430	2.72%	3.24%
1984	97,814,966	6,428,389	2.6%	3.71%
1985	100,253,825	6,693,289	2.49%	4.12%
1986	102,635,572	6,974,788	2.38%	4.21%
1987	104,959,291	7,228,302	2.26%	3.63%
1988	107,216,008	7,235,360	2.15%	0.1%
1989	109,433,799	7,114,817	2.07%	-1.67%
1990	111,633,717	7,082,811	2.01%	-0.45%
1991	113,787,109	6,813,760	1.93%	-3.8%
1992	115,952,192	6,495,107	1.9%	-4.68%
1993	118,132,360	6,681,399	1.88%	2.87%
1994	120,343,179	7,026,797	1.87%	5.17%
1995	122,600,370	7,285,007	1.88%	3.67%
1996	124,862,179	7,554,474	1.84%	3.7%
1997	127,198,069	7,824,525	1.87%	3.57%
1998	129,622,332	8,155,417	1.91%	4.23%
1999	132,108,065	8,492,059	1.92%	4.13%
2000	134,544,304	8,838,713	1.84%	4.08%
2001	136,805,810	9,198,493	1.68%	4.07%
2002	138,933,658	9,550,063	1.56%	3.82%
2003	140,970,351	9,909,157	1.47%	3.76%
2004	142,902,856	10,280,998	1.37%	3.75%
2005	144,715,786	10,644,228	1.27%	3.53%
2006	146,405,973	10,975,502	1.17%	3.11%
2007	147,989,278	11,322,582	1.08%	3.16%
2008	149,474,264	11,663,084	1%	3.01%
2009	150,873,714	11,961,201	0.94%	2.56%
2010	152,201,981	12,261,756	0.88%	2.51%
2011	153,591,076	12,348,830	0.91%	0.71%
2012	155,070,101	12,461,160	0.96%	0.91%
2013	156,532,141	12,869,594	0.94%	3.28%
2014	157,964,929	13,339,491	0.92%	3.65%
2015	159,383,179	13,806,963	0.9%	3.5%
2016	160,811,932	14,348,740	0.9%	3.92%
2017	162,186,147	14,916,629	0.85%	3.96%
2018	163,523,103	15,452,487	0.82%	3.59%
2019	164,913,055	16,030,971	0.85%	3.74%
2020	166,298,024	16,651,191	0.84%	3.87%
2021	167,658,854	17,271,431	0.82%	3.72%
2022	169,384,897	17,801,897	1.03%	3.07%
2023	171,466,990	18,358,615	1.23%	3.13%
2024	173,562,364	19,009,151	1.22%	3.54%
2025	175,686,900	19,654,737	1.22%	3.4%
2026	177,818,035	20,305,905	1.21%	3.31%
2027	179,930,171	20,959,056	1.19%	3.22%
2028	182,014,767	21,601,810	1.16%	3.07%
2029	184,064,616	22,247,714	1.13%	2.99%
2030	186,072,398	22,915,042	1.09%	3%
2031	188,025,193	23,589,793	1.05%	2.94%
2032	189,904,568	24,258,789	1%	2.84%
2033	191,717,183	24,921,830	0.95%	2.73%
2034	193,461,162	25,593,666	0.91%	2.7%
2035	195,130,366	26,294,943	0.86%	2.74%
2036	196,740,575	27,009,199	0.83%	2.72%
2037	198,288,195	27,731,170	0.79%	2.67%
2038	199,776,950	28,455,755	0.75%	2.61%
2039	201,208,770	29,167,897	0.72%	2.5%
2040	202,589,424	29,896,286	0.69%	2.5%
2041	203,939,081	30,635,956	0.67%	2.47%
2042	205,259,485	31,350,028	0.65%	2.33%
2043	206,545,478	32,057,980	0.63%	2.26%
2044	207,801,049	32,780,417	0.61%	2.25%
2045	209,029,592	33,510,163	0.59%	2.23%
2046	210,231,183	34,248,030	0.57%	2.2%
2047	211,402,167	34,996,366	0.56%	2.19%
2048	212,537,925	35,743,960	0.54%	2.14%
2049	213,638,535	36,474,683	0.52%	2.04%
2050	214,709,094	37,206,497	0.5%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.