Population in Bangladesh compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bangladesh and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	United States	Bangladesh	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	51,828,660	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	53,310,348	183,691,481	2.86%	1.67%
1962	54,881,146	186,537,737	2.95%	1.55%
1963	56,504,402	189,241,798	2.96%	1.45%
1964	58,178,374	191,888,791	2.96%	1.4%
1965	59,902,519	194,302,963	2.96%	1.26%
1966	61,669,806	196,560,338	2.95%	1.16%
1967	63,510,929	198,712,056	2.99%	1.09%
1968	65,408,276	200,706,052	2.99%	1%
1969	67,294,133	202,676,946	2.88%	0.98%
1970	69,058,894	205,052,174	2.62%	1.17%
1971	70,276,758	207,660,677	1.76%	1.27%
1972	71,641,519	209,896,021	1.94%	1.08%
1973	73,722,294	211,908,788	2.9%	0.96%
1974	75,839,348	213,853,928	2.87%	0.92%
1975	77,854,351	215,973,199	2.66%	0.99%
1976	79,855,318	218,035,164	2.57%	0.95%
1977	81,867,264	220,239,425	2.52%	1.01%
1978	83,889,655	222,584,545	2.47%	1.06%
1979	85,935,072	225,055,487	2.44%	1.11%
1980	88,016,432	226,542,250	2.42%	0.66%
1981	90,303,105	229,465,744	2.6%	1.29%
1982	92,814,507	231,664,432	2.78%	0.96%
1983	95,335,155	233,792,014	2.72%	0.92%
1984	97,814,966	235,824,908	2.6%	0.87%
1985	100,253,825	237,923,734	2.49%	0.89%
1986	102,635,572	240,132,831	2.38%	0.93%
1987	104,959,291	242,288,936	2.26%	0.9%
1988	107,216,008	244,499,004	2.15%	0.91%
1989	109,433,799	246,819,222	2.07%	0.95%
1990	111,633,717	250,131,894	2.01%	1.34%
1991	113,787,109	253,492,503	1.93%	1.34%
1992	115,952,192	256,894,189	1.9%	1.34%
1993	118,132,360	260,255,352	1.88%	1.31%
1994	120,343,179	263,435,673	1.87%	1.22%
1995	122,600,370	266,557,091	1.88%	1.18%
1996	124,862,179	269,667,391	1.84%	1.17%
1997	127,198,069	272,911,760	1.87%	1.2%
1998	129,622,332	276,115,288	1.91%	1.17%
1999	132,108,065	279,294,713	1.92%	1.15%
2000	134,544,304	282,162,411	1.84%	1.03%
2001	136,805,810	284,968,955	1.68%	0.99%
2002	138,933,658	287,625,193	1.56%	0.93%
2003	140,970,351	290,107,933	1.47%	0.86%
2004	142,902,856	292,805,298	1.37%	0.93%
2005	144,715,786	295,516,599	1.27%	0.93%
2006	146,405,973	298,379,912	1.17%	0.97%
2007	147,989,278	301,231,207	1.08%	0.96%
2008	149,474,264	304,093,966	1%	0.95%
2009	150,873,714	306,771,529	0.94%	0.88%
2010	152,201,981	309,327,143	0.88%	0.83%
2011	153,591,076	311,583,481	0.91%	0.73%
2012	155,070,101	313,877,662	0.96%	0.74%
2013	156,532,141	316,059,947	0.94%	0.7%
2014	157,964,929	318,386,329	0.92%	0.74%
2015	159,383,179	320,738,994	0.9%	0.74%
2016	160,811,932	323,071,755	0.9%	0.73%
2017	162,186,147	325,122,128	0.85%	0.63%
2018	163,523,103	326,838,199	0.82%	0.53%
2019	164,913,055	328,329,953	0.85%	0.46%
2020	166,298,024	331,526,933	0.84%	0.97%
2021	167,658,854	331,893,745	0.82%	0.11%
2022	169,384,897	333,271,411	1.03%	0.42%
2023	171,466,990	334,914,895	1.23%	0.49%
2024	173,562,364	340,110,988	1.22%	1.55%
2025	175,686,900	341,931,772	1.22%	0.54%
2026	177,818,035	343,664,369	1.21%	0.51%
2027	179,930,171	345,331,185	1.19%	0.49%
2028	182,014,767	346,981,137	1.16%	0.48%
2029	184,064,616	348,601,982	1.13%	0.47%
2030	186,072,398	350,176,974	1.09%	0.45%
2031	188,025,193	351,725,612	1.05%	0.44%
2032	189,904,568	353,249,060	1%	0.43%
2033	191,717,183	354,749,644	0.95%	0.42%
2034	193,461,162	356,234,239	0.91%	0.42%
2035	195,130,366	357,694,316	0.86%	0.41%
2036	196,740,575	359,119,002	0.83%	0.4%
2037	198,288,195	360,517,853	0.79%	0.39%
2038	199,776,950	361,895,407	0.75%	0.38%
2039	201,208,770	363,229,908	0.72%	0.37%
2040	202,589,424	364,512,364	0.69%	0.35%
2041	203,939,081	365,753,139	0.67%	0.34%
2042	205,259,485	366,969,419	0.65%	0.33%
2043	206,545,478	368,146,925	0.63%	0.32%
2044	207,801,049	369,258,123	0.61%	0.3%
2045	209,029,592	370,318,770	0.59%	0.29%
2046	210,231,183	371,328,255	0.57%	0.27%
2047	211,402,167	372,299,116	0.56%	0.26%
2048	212,537,925	373,230,539	0.54%	0.25%
2049	213,638,535	374,119,803	0.52%	0.24%
2050	214,709,094	374,986,259	0.5%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.