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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 50,015,092 people in Uganda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,398,795 people compared to 52,490,669 in Uganda.

Population statistics:

  • Bangladesh's population is 3.38 times bigger than Uganda's.
  • Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Uganda is the 30th.
  • The countries together account for 2.78% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.63% for Uganda.
  • For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +3.21% in Uganda.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 145M people to 177M (22.6% growth), while Uganda has grown from 28M to 52.5M (87.7% growth).
  • Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people compared to the peak of 121M people in 2100 for Uganda.

Bangladesh vs Uganda: live population counter

Bangladesh Uganda
Current population
177398795
52490669
Population rank 8/197 30/197
Percent of world population 2.15% 0.63%
One net population change
15.1 seconds
23.2 seconds
One birth every
9.04 seconds
18.4 seconds
One death every
36.7 seconds
2.23 minutes
One migration net change every
1.11 minutes
4.46 minutes
Annual migration change -473,362 -117,924
Daily growth/decline +5,741 +3,722
Annual growth/decline +2,095,374 +1,358,491
Annual growth/decline rate +1.22% +2.79%
Population growth rate rank 92/197 23/197

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

Bangladesh
Population

Growth rate
Uganda
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bangladesh Uganda Bangladesh Uganda
1960 51,828,660 7,640,973 - -
1961 53,310,348 7,862,217 2.86% 2.9%
1962 54,881,146 8,092,231 2.95% 2.93%
1963 56,504,402 8,333,663 2.96% 2.98%
1964 58,178,374 8,586,363 2.96% 3.03%
1965 59,902,519 8,849,203 2.96% 3.06%
1966 61,669,806 9,122,864 2.95% 3.09%
1967 63,510,929 9,408,924 2.99% 3.14%
1968 65,408,276 9,708,632 2.99% 3.19%
1969 67,294,133 10,014,858 2.88% 3.15%
1970 69,058,894 10,321,603 2.62% 3.06%
1971 70,276,758 10,618,206 1.76% 2.87%
1972 71,641,519 10,885,796 1.94% 2.52%
1973 73,722,294 11,144,236 2.9% 2.37%
1974 75,839,348 11,424,846 2.87% 2.52%
1975 77,854,351 11,725,240 2.66% 2.63%
1976 79,855,318 12,037,294 2.57% 2.66%
1977 81,867,264 12,359,669 2.52% 2.68%
1978 83,889,655 12,692,113 2.47% 2.69%
1979 85,935,072 13,002,163 2.44% 2.44%
1980 88,016,432 13,275,741 2.42% 2.1%
1981 90,303,105 13,556,452 2.6% 2.11%
1982 92,814,507 13,873,631 2.78% 2.34%
1983 95,335,155 14,221,881 2.72% 2.51%
1984 97,814,966 14,607,677 2.6% 2.71%
1985 100,253,825 15,023,681 2.49% 2.85%
1986 102,635,572 15,467,579 2.38% 2.95%
1987 104,959,291 15,954,170 2.26% 3.15%
1988 107,216,008 16,470,483 2.15% 3.24%
1989 109,433,799 17,010,698 2.07% 3.28%
1990 111,633,717 17,569,897 2.01% 3.29%
1991 113,787,109 18,155,901 1.93% 3.34%
1992 115,952,192 18,785,032 1.9% 3.47%
1993 118,132,360 19,445,161 1.88% 3.51%
1994 120,343,179 20,108,801 1.87% 3.41%
1995 122,600,370 20,665,667 1.88% 2.77%
1996 124,862,179 21,231,550 1.84% 2.74%
1997 127,198,069 21,856,046 1.87% 2.94%
1998 129,622,332 22,515,806 1.91% 3.02%
1999 132,108,065 23,257,281 1.92% 3.29%
2000 134,544,304 24,000,150 1.84% 3.19%
2001 136,805,810 24,745,676 1.68% 3.11%
2002 138,933,658 25,532,870 1.56% 3.18%
2003 140,970,351 26,352,124 1.47% 3.21%
2004 142,902,856 27,154,515 1.37% 3.04%
2005 144,715,786 27,963,289 1.27% 2.98%
2006 146,405,973 28,794,003 1.17% 2.97%
2007 147,989,278 29,653,430 1.08% 2.98%
2008 149,474,264 30,539,553 1% 2.99%
2009 150,873,714 31,451,151 0.94% 2.98%
2010 152,201,981 32,390,802 0.88% 2.99%
2011 153,591,076 33,354,543 0.91% 2.98%
2012 155,070,101 34,337,438 0.96% 2.95%
2013 156,532,141 35,337,042 0.94% 2.91%
2014 157,964,929 36,395,539 0.92% 3%
2015 159,383,179 37,531,446 0.9% 3.12%
2016 160,811,932 38,799,152 0.9% 3.38%
2017 162,186,147 40,177,388 0.85% 3.55%
2018 163,523,103 41,565,831 0.82% 3.46%
2019 164,913,055 42,999,637 0.85% 3.45%
2020 166,298,024 44,457,152 0.84% 3.39%
2021 167,658,854 45,910,930 0.82% 3.27%
2022 169,384,897 47,312,719 1.03% 3.05%
2023 171,466,990 48,656,601 1.23% 2.84%
2024 173,562,364 50,015,092 1.22% 2.79%
2025 175,686,900 51,384,895 1.22% 2.74%
2026 177,818,035 52,761,471 1.21% 2.68%
2027 179,930,171 54,144,274 1.19% 2.62%
2028 182,014,767 55,532,564 1.16% 2.56%
2029 184,064,616 56,922,797 1.13% 2.5%
2030 186,072,398 58,312,944 1.09% 2.44%
2031 188,025,193 59,703,537 1.05% 2.38%
2032 189,904,568 61,089,060 1% 2.32%
2033 191,717,183 62,464,116 0.95% 2.25%
2034 193,461,162 63,833,872 0.91% 2.19%
2035 195,130,366 65,205,570 0.86% 2.15%
2036 196,740,575 66,573,737 0.83% 2.1%
2037 198,288,195 67,942,634 0.79% 2.06%
2038 199,776,950 69,312,210 0.75% 2.02%
2039 201,208,770 70,669,875 0.72% 1.96%
2040 202,589,424 72,020,414 0.69% 1.91%
2041 203,939,081 73,372,658 0.67% 1.88%
2042 205,259,485 74,730,004 0.65% 1.85%
2043 206,545,478 76,090,991 0.63% 1.82%
2044 207,801,049 77,449,517 0.61% 1.79%
2045 209,029,592 78,797,995 0.59% 1.74%
2046 210,231,183 80,139,174 0.57% 1.7%
2047 211,402,167 81,478,503 0.56% 1.67%
2048 212,537,925 82,812,102 0.54% 1.64%
2049 213,638,535 84,130,056 0.52% 1.59%
2050 214,709,094 85,431,202 0.5% 1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.

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