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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Thailand	Bangladesh	Thailand
1960	51,828,660	26,851,747	-	-
1961	53,310,348	27,650,334	2.86%	2.97%
1962	54,881,146	28,481,040	2.95%	3%
1963	56,504,402	29,342,322	2.96%	3.02%
1964	58,178,374	30,232,141	2.96%	3.03%
1965	59,902,519	31,149,337	2.96%	3.03%
1966	61,669,806	32,086,071	2.95%	3.01%
1967	63,510,929	33,037,801	2.99%	2.97%
1968	65,408,276	34,002,560	2.99%	2.92%
1969	67,294,133	34,973,782	2.88%	2.86%
1970	69,058,894	35,954,408	2.62%	2.8%
1971	70,276,758	36,937,387	1.76%	2.73%
1972	71,641,519	37,933,929	1.94%	2.7%
1973	73,722,294	38,947,787	2.9%	2.67%
1974	75,839,348	39,952,891	2.87%	2.58%
1975	77,854,351	40,940,005	2.66%	2.47%
1976	79,855,318	41,896,504	2.57%	2.34%
1977	81,867,264	42,843,974	2.52%	2.26%
1978	83,889,655	43,788,976	2.47%	2.21%
1979	85,935,072	44,718,434	2.44%	2.12%
1980	88,016,432	45,650,022	2.42%	2.08%
1981	90,303,105	46,575,855	2.6%	2.03%
1982	92,814,507	47,494,577	2.78%	1.97%
1983	95,335,155	48,423,309	2.72%	1.96%
1984	97,814,966	49,351,708	2.6%	1.92%
1985	100,253,825	50,270,753	2.49%	1.86%
1986	102,635,572	51,177,834	2.38%	1.8%
1987	104,959,291	52,074,105	2.26%	1.75%
1988	107,216,008	52,969,595	2.15%	1.72%
1989	109,433,799	53,848,956	2.07%	1.66%
1990	111,633,717	54,738,329	2.01%	1.65%
1991	113,787,109	55,637,434	1.93%	1.64%
1992	115,952,192	56,528,834	1.9%	1.6%
1993	118,132,360	57,408,198	1.88%	1.56%
1994	120,343,179	58,260,854	1.87%	1.49%
1995	122,600,370	59,098,232	1.88%	1.44%
1996	124,862,179	59,920,064	1.84%	1.39%
1997	127,198,069	60,724,584	1.87%	1.34%
1998	129,622,332	61,522,630	1.91%	1.31%
1999	132,108,065	62,299,043	1.92%	1.26%
2000	134,544,304	63,007,815	1.84%	1.14%
2001	136,805,810	63,651,141	1.68%	1.02%
2002	138,933,658	64,266,437	1.56%	0.97%
2003	140,970,351	64,868,166	1.47%	0.94%
2004	142,902,856	65,452,047	1.37%	0.9%
2005	144,715,786	66,017,420	1.27%	0.86%
2006	146,405,973	66,567,687	1.17%	0.83%
2007	147,989,278	67,102,394	1.08%	0.8%
2008	149,474,264	67,619,830	1%	0.77%
2009	150,873,714	68,121,080	0.94%	0.74%
2010	152,201,981	68,579,447	0.88%	0.67%
2011	153,591,076	69,007,208	0.91%	0.62%
2012	155,070,101	69,436,098	0.96%	0.62%
2013	156,532,141	69,845,114	0.94%	0.59%
2014	157,964,929	70,216,367	0.92%	0.53%
2015	159,383,179	70,540,795	0.9%	0.46%
2016	160,811,932	70,859,841	0.9%	0.45%
2017	162,186,147	71,160,187	0.85%	0.42%
2018	163,523,103	71,376,079	0.82%	0.3%
2019	164,913,055	71,522,271	0.85%	0.2%
2020	166,298,024	71,641,484	0.84%	0.17%
2021	167,658,854	71,727,332	0.82%	0.12%
2022	169,384,897	71,735,329	1.03%	0.01%
2023	171,466,990	71,702,435	1.23%	-0.05%
2024	173,562,364	71,668,011	1.22%	-0.05%
2025	175,686,900	71,619,867	1.22%	-0.07%
2026	177,818,035	71,559,621	1.21%	-0.08%
2027	179,930,171	71,488,156	1.19%	-0.1%
2028	182,014,767	71,406,996	1.16%	-0.11%
2029	184,064,616	71,316,195	1.13%	-0.13%
2030	186,072,398	71,215,017	1.09%	-0.14%
2031	188,025,193	71,104,025	1.05%	-0.16%
2032	189,904,568	70,982,286	1%	-0.17%
2033	191,717,183	70,847,947	0.95%	-0.19%
2034	193,461,162	70,701,651	0.91%	-0.21%
2035	195,130,366	70,540,884	0.86%	-0.23%
2036	196,740,575	70,366,496	0.83%	-0.25%
2037	198,288,195	70,180,031	0.79%	-0.26%
2038	199,776,950	69,979,034	0.75%	-0.29%
2039	201,208,770	69,763,928	0.72%	-0.31%
2040	202,589,424	69,535,003	0.69%	-0.33%
2041	203,939,081	69,288,477	0.67%	-0.35%
2042	205,259,485	69,025,348	0.65%	-0.38%
2043	206,545,478	68,748,075	0.63%	-0.4%
2044	207,801,049	68,456,533	0.61%	-0.42%
2045	209,029,592	68,150,148	0.59%	-0.45%
2046	210,231,183	67,827,309	0.57%	-0.47%
2047	211,402,167	67,489,358	0.56%	-0.5%
2048	212,537,925	67,136,737	0.54%	-0.52%
2049	213,638,535	66,767,316	0.52%	-0.55%
2050	214,709,094	66,382,732	0.5%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.