Population in Bangladesh compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka
1960	51,828,660	9,661,389	-	-
1961	53,310,348	9,899,372	2.86%	2.46%
1962	54,881,146	10,143,754	2.95%	2.47%
1963	56,504,402	10,395,040	2.96%	2.48%
1964	58,178,374	10,653,397	2.96%	2.49%
1965	59,902,519	10,916,965	2.96%	2.47%
1966	61,669,806	11,183,928	2.95%	2.45%
1967	63,510,929	11,457,328	2.99%	2.44%
1968	65,408,276	11,736,088	2.99%	2.43%
1969	67,294,133	12,013,858	2.88%	2.37%
1970	69,058,894	12,287,110	2.62%	2.27%
1971	70,276,758	12,551,910	1.76%	2.16%
1972	71,641,519	12,809,205	1.94%	2.05%
1973	73,722,294	13,060,916	2.9%	1.97%
1974	75,839,348	13,305,693	2.87%	1.87%
1975	77,854,351	13,548,984	2.66%	1.83%
1976	79,855,318	13,796,770	2.57%	1.83%
1977	81,867,264	14,049,371	2.52%	1.83%
1978	83,889,655	14,310,128	2.47%	1.86%
1979	85,935,072	14,579,614	2.44%	1.88%
1980	88,016,432	14,847,974	2.42%	1.84%
1981	90,303,105	15,099,414	2.6%	1.69%
1982	92,814,507	15,286,567	2.78%	1.24%
1983	95,335,155	15,388,794	2.72%	0.67%
1984	97,814,966	15,441,860	2.6%	0.34%
1985	100,253,825	15,544,154	2.49%	0.66%
1986	102,635,572	15,731,256	2.38%	1.2%
1987	104,959,291	15,916,576	2.26%	1.18%
1988	107,216,008	16,078,621	2.15%	1.02%
1989	109,433,799	16,248,557	2.07%	1.06%
1990	111,633,717	16,352,458	2.01%	0.64%
1991	113,787,109	16,475,354	1.93%	0.75%
1992	115,952,192	16,739,284	1.9%	1.6%
1993	118,132,360	17,025,918	1.88%	1.71%
1994	120,343,179	17,275,773	1.87%	1.47%
1995	122,600,370	17,564,068	1.88%	1.67%
1996	124,862,179	17,905,018	1.84%	1.94%
1997	127,198,069	18,248,200	1.87%	1.92%
1998	129,622,332	18,596,003	1.91%	1.91%
1999	132,108,065	18,944,731	1.92%	1.88%
2000	134,544,304	19,293,054	1.84%	1.84%
2001	136,805,810	19,600,362	1.68%	1.59%
2002	138,933,658	19,805,752	1.56%	1.05%
2003	140,970,351	19,951,521	1.47%	0.74%
2004	142,902,856	20,087,605	1.37%	0.68%
2005	144,715,786	20,216,524	1.27%	0.64%
2006	146,405,973	20,352,411	1.17%	0.67%
2007	147,989,278	20,492,545	1.08%	0.69%
2008	149,474,264	20,629,378	1%	0.67%
2009	150,873,714	20,756,435	0.94%	0.62%
2010	152,201,981	20,879,089	0.88%	0.59%
2011	153,591,076	21,009,048	0.91%	0.62%
2012	155,070,101	21,169,458	0.96%	0.76%
2013	156,532,141	20,585,000	0.94%	-2.76%
2014	157,964,929	20,778,000	0.92%	0.94%
2015	159,383,179	20,970,000	0.9%	0.92%
2016	160,811,932	21,209,000	0.9%	1.14%
2017	162,186,147	21,453,000	0.85%	1.15%
2018	163,523,103	21,670,000	0.82%	1.01%
2019	164,913,055	21,803,000	0.85%	0.61%
2020	166,298,024	21,919,000	0.84%	0.53%
2021	167,658,854	22,156,000	0.82%	1.08%
2022	169,384,897	22,181,000	1.03%	0.11%
2023	171,466,990	22,037,000	1.23%	-0.65%
2024	173,562,364	21,916,000	1.22%	-0.55%
2025	175,686,900	22,035,440	1.22%	0.54%
2026	177,818,035	22,148,172	1.21%	0.51%
2027	179,930,171	22,255,601	1.19%	0.49%
2028	182,014,767	22,357,682	1.16%	0.46%
2029	184,064,616	22,453,922	1.13%	0.43%
2030	186,072,398	22,546,245	1.09%	0.41%
2031	188,025,193	22,635,106	1.05%	0.39%
2032	189,904,568	22,720,118	1%	0.38%
2033	191,717,183	22,802,043	0.95%	0.36%
2034	193,461,162	22,879,527	0.91%	0.34%
2035	195,130,366	22,952,739	0.86%	0.32%
2036	196,740,575	23,022,027	0.83%	0.3%
2037	198,288,195	23,088,877	0.79%	0.29%
2038	199,776,950	23,152,480	0.75%	0.28%
2039	201,208,770	23,211,633	0.72%	0.26%
2040	202,589,424	23,265,986	0.69%	0.23%
2041	203,939,081	23,315,260	0.67%	0.21%
2042	205,259,485	23,359,578	0.65%	0.19%
2043	206,545,478	23,398,752	0.63%	0.17%
2044	207,801,049	23,433,096	0.61%	0.15%
2045	209,029,592	23,464,943	0.59%	0.14%
2046	210,231,183	23,492,738	0.57%	0.12%
2047	211,402,167	23,512,629	0.56%	0.08%
2048	212,537,925	23,525,953	0.54%	0.06%
2049	213,638,535	23,533,940	0.52%	0.03%
2050	214,709,094	23,538,230	0.5%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.