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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Sweden	Bangladesh	Sweden
1960	51,828,660	7,484,656	-	-
1961	53,310,348	7,519,998	2.86%	0.47%
1962	54,881,146	7,561,588	2.95%	0.55%
1963	56,504,402	7,604,328	2.96%	0.57%
1964	58,178,374	7,661,354	2.96%	0.75%
1965	59,902,519	7,733,853	2.96%	0.95%
1966	61,669,806	7,807,797	2.95%	0.96%
1967	63,510,929	7,867,931	2.99%	0.77%
1968	65,408,276	7,912,273	2.99%	0.56%
1969	67,294,133	7,968,072	2.88%	0.71%
1970	69,058,894	8,042,801	2.62%	0.94%
1971	70,276,758	8,098,334	1.76%	0.69%
1972	71,641,519	8,122,300	1.94%	0.3%
1973	73,722,294	8,136,312	2.9%	0.17%
1974	75,839,348	8,159,955	2.87%	0.29%
1975	77,854,351	8,192,437	2.66%	0.4%
1976	79,855,318	8,222,286	2.57%	0.36%
1977	81,867,264	8,251,540	2.52%	0.36%
1978	83,889,655	8,275,599	2.47%	0.29%
1979	85,935,072	8,293,678	2.44%	0.22%
1980	88,016,432	8,310,531	2.42%	0.2%
1981	90,303,105	8,320,503	2.6%	0.12%
1982	92,814,507	8,325,263	2.78%	0.06%
1983	95,335,155	8,329,033	2.72%	0.05%
1984	97,814,966	8,336,605	2.6%	0.09%
1985	100,253,825	8,350,386	2.49%	0.17%
1986	102,635,572	8,369,829	2.38%	0.23%
1987	104,959,291	8,397,804	2.26%	0.33%
1988	107,216,008	8,436,489	2.15%	0.46%
1989	109,433,799	8,492,964	2.07%	0.67%
1990	111,633,717	8,558,835	2.01%	0.78%
1991	113,787,109	8,617,375	1.93%	0.68%
1992	115,952,192	8,668,067	1.9%	0.59%
1993	118,132,360	8,718,561	1.88%	0.58%
1994	120,343,179	8,780,745	1.87%	0.71%
1995	122,600,370	8,826,939	1.88%	0.53%
1996	124,862,179	8,840,998	1.84%	0.16%
1997	127,198,069	8,846,062	1.87%	0.06%
1998	129,622,332	8,850,974	1.91%	0.06%
1999	132,108,065	8,857,874	1.92%	0.08%
2000	134,544,304	8,872,109	1.84%	0.16%
2001	136,805,810	8,895,960	1.68%	0.27%
2002	138,933,658	8,924,958	1.56%	0.33%
2003	140,970,351	8,958,229	1.47%	0.37%
2004	142,902,856	8,993,531	1.37%	0.39%
2005	144,715,786	9,029,572	1.27%	0.4%
2006	146,405,973	9,080,505	1.17%	0.56%
2007	147,989,278	9,148,092	1.08%	0.74%
2008	149,474,264	9,219,637	1%	0.78%
2009	150,873,714	9,298,515	0.94%	0.86%
2010	152,201,981	9,378,126	0.88%	0.86%
2011	153,591,076	9,449,213	0.91%	0.76%
2012	155,070,101	9,519,374	0.96%	0.74%
2013	156,532,141	9,600,379	0.94%	0.85%
2014	157,964,929	9,696,110	0.92%	1%
2015	159,383,179	9,799,186	0.9%	1.06%
2016	160,811,932	9,923,085	0.9%	1.26%
2017	162,186,147	10,057,698	0.85%	1.36%
2018	163,523,103	10,175,214	0.82%	1.17%
2019	164,913,055	10,278,887	0.85%	1.02%
2020	166,298,024	10,353,442	0.84%	0.73%
2021	167,658,854	10,415,811	0.82%	0.6%
2022	169,384,897	10,486,941	1.03%	0.68%
2023	171,466,990	10,536,632	1.23%	0.47%
2024	173,562,364	10,569,709	1.22%	0.31%
2025	175,686,900	10,619,177	1.22%	0.47%
2026	177,818,035	10,663,427	1.21%	0.42%
2027	179,930,171	10,703,497	1.19%	0.38%
2028	182,014,767	10,740,420	1.16%	0.34%
2029	184,064,616	10,773,692	1.13%	0.31%
2030	186,072,398	10,803,699	1.09%	0.28%
2031	188,025,193	10,830,583	1.05%	0.25%
2032	189,904,568	10,855,855	1%	0.23%
2033	191,717,183	10,880,544	0.95%	0.23%
2034	193,461,162	10,903,924	0.91%	0.21%
2035	195,130,366	10,926,433	0.86%	0.21%
2036	196,740,575	10,949,062	0.83%	0.21%
2037	198,288,195	10,971,259	0.79%	0.2%
2038	199,776,950	10,993,203	0.75%	0.2%
2039	201,208,770	11,015,926	0.72%	0.21%
2040	202,589,424	11,039,663	0.69%	0.22%
2041	203,939,081	11,063,604	0.67%	0.22%
2042	205,259,485	11,088,299	0.65%	0.22%
2043	206,545,478	11,113,927	0.63%	0.23%
2044	207,801,049	11,139,125	0.61%	0.23%
2045	209,029,592	11,163,492	0.59%	0.22%
2046	210,231,183	11,186,803	0.57%	0.21%
2047	211,402,167	11,209,183	0.56%	0.2%
2048	212,537,925	11,230,526	0.54%	0.19%
2049	213,638,535	11,250,663	0.52%	0.18%
2050	214,709,094	11,269,877	0.5%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.