Population in Bangladesh compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bangladesh and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	South Africa	Bangladesh	South Africa
1960	51,828,660	16,440,172	-	-
1961	53,310,348	16,908,035	2.86%	2.85%
1962	54,881,146	17,418,522	2.95%	3.02%
1963	56,504,402	17,954,564	2.96%	3.08%
1964	58,178,374	18,511,361	2.96%	3.1%
1965	59,902,519	19,089,380	2.96%	3.12%
1966	61,669,806	19,690,087	2.95%	3.15%
1967	63,510,929	20,314,066	2.99%	3.17%
1968	65,408,276	20,957,287	2.99%	3.17%
1969	67,294,133	21,614,676	2.88%	3.14%
1970	69,058,894	22,279,984	2.62%	3.08%
1971	70,276,758	22,942,143	1.76%	2.97%
1972	71,641,519	23,609,456	1.94%	2.91%
1973	73,722,294	24,294,263	2.9%	2.9%
1974	75,839,348	24,989,108	2.87%	2.86%
1975	77,854,351	25,690,940	2.66%	2.81%
1976	79,855,318	26,395,450	2.57%	2.74%
1977	81,867,264	27,118,952	2.52%	2.74%
1978	83,889,655	27,869,507	2.47%	2.77%
1979	85,935,072	28,634,162	2.44%	2.74%
1980	88,016,432	29,518,857	2.42%	3.09%
1981	90,303,105	30,541,044	2.6%	3.46%
1982	92,814,507	31,615,339	2.78%	3.52%
1983	95,335,155	32,739,304	2.72%	3.56%
1984	97,814,966	33,892,788	2.6%	3.52%
1985	100,253,825	35,042,093	2.49%	3.39%
1986	102,635,572	36,180,515	2.38%	3.25%
1987	104,959,291	37,326,190	2.26%	3.17%
1988	107,216,008	38,480,649	2.15%	3.09%
1989	109,433,799	39,628,575	2.07%	2.98%
1990	111,633,717	40,746,268	2.01%	2.82%
1991	113,787,109	41,687,898	1.93%	2.31%
1992	115,952,192	42,443,509	1.9%	1.81%
1993	118,132,360	43,297,156	1.88%	2.01%
1994	120,343,179	44,004,139	1.87%	1.63%
1995	122,600,370	44,541,554	1.88%	1.22%
1996	124,862,179	45,123,018	1.84%	1.31%
1997	127,198,069	45,666,838	1.87%	1.21%
1998	129,622,332	46,223,880	1.91%	1.22%
1999	132,108,065	46,730,335	1.92%	1.1%
2000	134,544,304	47,159,719	1.84%	0.92%
2001	136,805,810	47,566,800	1.68%	0.86%
2002	138,933,658	48,019,415	1.56%	0.95%
2003	140,970,351	48,500,348	1.47%	1%
2004	142,902,856	48,991,421	1.37%	1.01%
2005	144,715,786	49,490,033	1.27%	1.02%
2006	146,405,973	49,998,277	1.17%	1.03%
2007	147,989,278	50,528,584	1.08%	1.06%
2008	149,474,264	51,114,599	1%	1.16%
2009	150,873,714	51,728,516	0.94%	1.2%
2010	152,201,981	52,344,051	0.88%	1.19%
2011	153,591,076	52,995,205	0.91%	1.24%
2012	155,070,101	53,782,567	0.96%	1.49%
2013	156,532,141	54,678,791	0.94%	1.67%
2014	157,964,929	55,594,838	0.92%	1.68%
2015	159,383,179	56,723,537	0.9%	2.03%
2016	160,811,932	57,259,551	0.9%	0.94%
2017	162,186,147	57,635,162	0.85%	0.66%
2018	163,523,103	58,613,001	0.82%	1.7%
2019	164,913,055	59,587,885	0.85%	1.66%
2020	166,298,024	60,562,381	0.84%	1.64%
2021	167,658,854	61,502,603	0.82%	1.55%
2022	169,384,897	62,378,410	1.03%	1.42%
2023	171,466,990	63,212,384	1.23%	1.34%
2024	173,562,364	64,007,187	1.22%	1.26%
2025	175,686,900	64,747,317	1.22%	1.16%
2026	177,818,035	65,453,086	1.21%	1.09%
2027	179,930,171	66,143,018	1.19%	1.05%
2028	182,014,767	66,830,384	1.16%	1.04%
2029	184,064,616	67,506,850	1.13%	1.01%
2030	186,072,398	68,161,357	1.09%	0.97%
2031	188,025,193	68,798,574	1.05%	0.93%
2032	189,904,568	69,426,441	1%	0.91%
2033	191,717,183	70,040,484	0.95%	0.88%
2034	193,461,162	70,641,572	0.91%	0.86%
2035	195,130,366	71,234,749	0.86%	0.84%
2036	196,740,575	71,816,372	0.83%	0.82%
2037	198,288,195	72,387,807	0.79%	0.8%
2038	199,776,950	72,949,611	0.75%	0.78%
2039	201,208,770	73,496,152	0.72%	0.75%
2040	202,589,424	74,035,615	0.69%	0.73%
2041	203,939,081	74,575,444	0.67%	0.73%
2042	205,259,485	75,111,899	0.65%	0.72%
2043	206,545,478	75,641,512	0.63%	0.71%
2044	207,801,049	76,164,461	0.61%	0.69%
2045	209,029,592	76,681,448	0.59%	0.68%
2046	210,231,183	77,199,542	0.57%	0.68%
2047	211,402,167	77,716,650	0.56%	0.67%
2048	212,537,925	78,215,323	0.54%	0.64%
2049	213,638,535	78,699,584	0.52%	0.62%
2050	214,709,094	79,177,329	0.5%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.