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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	South Korea	Bangladesh	South Korea
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.