The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,398,795 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.
Population statistics:
- Bangladesh's population is 3.43 times bigger than South Korea's.
- Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
- The countries together account for 2.77% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.63% for South Korea.
- For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
- Since 2005, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 145M people to 177M (22.6% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
- Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.
Bangladesh vs South Korea: live population counter
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| Current population |
177398795
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51700480
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| Population rank | 8/197 | 31/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.15% | 0.63% |
| One net population change |
15.1 seconds
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13.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.04 seconds
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2.26 minutes
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| One death every |
36.7 seconds
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1.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.11 minutes
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6.92 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -473,362 | +75,963 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,741 | +105 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,095,374 | +38,446 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.22% | +0.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 92/197 | 159/197 |
Bangladesh and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 51,828,660 | 25,012,374 | - | - |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | 25,765,673 | 2.86% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | 26,513,030 | 2.95% | 2.9% |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | 27,261,747 | 2.96% | 2.82% |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | 27,984,155 | 2.96% | 2.65% |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | 28,704,674 | 2.96% | 2.57% |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | 29,435,571 | 2.95% | 2.55% |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | 30,130,983 | 2.99% | 2.36% |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | 30,838,302 | 2.99% | 2.35% |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | 31,544,266 | 2.88% | 2.29% |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | 32,240,827 | 2.62% | 2.21% |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | 32,882,704 | 1.76% | 1.99% |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | 33,505,406 | 1.94% | 1.89% |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | 34,103,149 | 2.9% | 1.78% |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | 34,692,266 | 2.87% | 1.73% |
| 1975 | 77,854,351 | 35,280,725 | 2.66% | 1.7% |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | 35,848,523 | 2.57% | 1.61% |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | 36,411,795 | 2.52% | 1.57% |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | 36,969,185 | 2.47% | 1.53% |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | 37,534,236 | 2.44% | 1.53% |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | 38,123,775 | 2.42% | 1.57% |
| 1981 | 90,303,105 | 38,723,248 | 2.6% | 1.57% |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | 39,326,352 | 2.78% | 1.56% |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | 39,910,403 | 2.72% | 1.49% |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | 40,405,956 | 2.6% | 1.24% |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | 40,805,744 | 2.49% | 0.99% |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | 41,213,674 | 2.38% | 1% |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | 41,621,690 | 2.26% | 0.99% |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | 42,031,247 | 2.15% | 0.98% |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | 42,449,038 | 2.07% | 0.99% |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 42,869,283 | 2.01% | 0.99% |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 43,295,704 | 1.93% | 0.99% |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 43,747,962 | 1.9% | 1.04% |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 44,194,628 | 1.88% | 1.02% |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 44,641,540 | 1.87% | 1.01% |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 45,092,991 | 1.88% | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 45,524,681 | 1.84% | 0.96% |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 45,953,580 | 1.87% | 0.94% |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 46,286,503 | 1.91% | 0.72% |
| 1999 | 132,108,065 | 46,616,677 | 1.92% | 0.71% |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 47,008,111 | 1.84% | 0.84% |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 47,370,164 | 1.68% | 0.77% |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 47,644,736 | 1.56% | 0.58% |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 47,892,330 | 1.47% | 0.52% |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 48,082,519 | 1.37% | 0.4% |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 48,184,561 | 1.27% | 0.21% |
| 2006 | 146,405,973 | 48,438,292 | 1.17% | 0.53% |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 48,683,638 | 1.08% | 0.51% |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 49,054,708 | 1% | 0.76% |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 49,307,835 | 0.94% | 0.52% |
| 2010 | 152,201,981 | 49,554,112 | 0.88% | 0.5% |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 49,936,638 | 0.91% | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 50,199,853 | 0.96% | 0.53% |
| 2013 | 156,532,141 | 50,428,893 | 0.94% | 0.46% |
| 2014 | 157,964,929 | 50,746,659 | 0.92% | 0.63% |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 51,014,947 | 0.9% | 0.53% |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 51,217,803 | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| 2017 | 162,186,147 | 51,361,911 | 0.85% | 0.28% |
| 2018 | 163,523,103 | 51,585,058 | 0.82% | 0.43% |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 51,764,822 | 0.85% | 0.35% |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 51,836,239 | 0.84% | 0.14% |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 51,769,539 | 0.82% | -0.13% |
| 2022 | 169,384,897 | 51,672,569 | 1.03% | -0.19% |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 51,712,619 | 1.23% | 0.08% |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 51,751,065 | 1.22% | 0.07% |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 51,700,480 | 1.22% | -0.1% |
| 2026 | 177,818,035 | 51,633,793 | 1.21% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 179,930,171 | 51,552,198 | 1.19% | -0.16% |
| 2028 | 182,014,767 | 51,456,707 | 1.16% | -0.19% |
| 2029 | 184,064,616 | 51,347,230 | 1.13% | -0.21% |
| 2030 | 186,072,398 | 51,221,713 | 1.09% | -0.24% |
| 2031 | 188,025,193 | 51,081,220 | 1.05% | -0.27% |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 50,924,233 | 1% | -0.31% |
| 2033 | 191,717,183 | 50,747,132 | 0.95% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 193,461,162 | 50,549,508 | 0.91% | -0.39% |
| 2035 | 195,130,366 | 50,333,286 | 0.86% | -0.43% |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 50,098,951 | 0.83% | -0.47% |
| 2037 | 198,288,195 | 49,845,669 | 0.79% | -0.51% |
| 2038 | 199,776,950 | 49,573,234 | 0.75% | -0.55% |
| 2039 | 201,208,770 | 49,283,770 | 0.72% | -0.58% |
| 2040 | 202,589,424 | 48,980,369 | 0.69% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 203,939,081 | 48,661,905 | 0.67% | -0.65% |
| 2042 | 205,259,485 | 48,331,004 | 0.65% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 206,545,478 | 47,990,085 | 0.63% | -0.71% |
| 2044 | 207,801,049 | 47,634,183 | 0.61% | -0.74% |
| 2045 | 209,029,592 | 47,263,526 | 0.59% | -0.78% |
| 2046 | 210,231,183 | 46,881,228 | 0.57% | -0.81% |
| 2047 | 211,402,167 | 46,482,133 | 0.56% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 212,537,925 | 46,063,595 | 0.54% | -0.9% |
| 2049 | 213,638,535 | 45,626,805 | 0.52% | -0.95% |
| 2050 | 214,709,094 | 45,172,356 | 0.5% | -1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).
Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.
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 South Korea
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| Life expectancy | 75.2 years | 84.5 years |
| Average age | 29.8 years | 44.8 years |
| Median age | 26.7 years | 46.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.16 births per woman | 0.72 births per woman |
| Population density | 3,458 ppl/mi² | 1,373 ppl/mi² |
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