Population in Bangladesh compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bangladesh and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Vatican	Bangladesh	Vatican
1960	51,828,660	-	-	-
1961	53,310,348	-	2.86%	-
1962	54,881,146	-	2.95%	-
1963	56,504,402	-	2.96%	-
1964	58,178,374	-	2.96%	-
1965	59,902,519	-	2.96%	-
1966	61,669,806	-	2.95%	-
1967	63,510,929	-	2.99%	-
1968	65,408,276	-	2.99%	-
1969	67,294,133	-	2.88%	-
1970	69,058,894	-	2.62%	-
1971	70,276,758	-	1.76%	-
1972	71,641,519	-	1.94%	-
1973	73,722,294	-	2.9%	-
1974	75,839,348	-	2.87%	-
1975	77,854,351	-	2.66%	-
1976	79,855,318	-	2.57%	-
1977	81,867,264	-	2.52%	-
1978	83,889,655	-	2.47%	-
1979	85,935,072	-	2.44%	-
1980	88,016,432	-	2.42%	-
1981	90,303,105	-	2.6%	-
1982	92,814,507	-	2.78%	-
1983	95,335,155	-	2.72%	-
1984	97,814,966	-	2.6%	-
1985	100,253,825	-	2.49%	-
1986	102,635,572	-	2.38%	-
1987	104,959,291	-	2.26%	-
1988	107,216,008	-	2.15%	-
1989	109,433,799	-	2.07%	-
1990	111,633,717	-	2.01%	-
1991	113,787,109	-	1.93%	-
1992	115,952,192	-	1.9%	-
1993	118,132,360	-	1.88%	-
1994	120,343,179	-	1.87%	-
1995	122,600,370	-	1.88%	-
1996	124,862,179	-	1.84%	-
1997	127,198,069	-	1.87%	-
1998	129,622,332	-	1.91%	-
1999	132,108,065	-	1.92%	-
2000	134,544,304	880	1.84%	-
2001	136,805,810	890	1.68%	1.14%
2002	138,933,658	900	1.56%	1.12%
2003	140,970,351	911	1.47%	1.22%
2004	142,902,856	921	1.37%	1.1%
2005	144,715,786	921	1.27%	0%
2006	146,405,973	932	1.17%	1.19%
2007	147,989,278	821	1.08%	-11.9%
2008	149,474,264	824	1%	0.37%
2009	150,873,714	826	0.94%	0.24%
2010	152,201,981	829	0.88%	0.36%
2011	153,591,076	832	0.91%	0.36%
2012	155,070,101	836	0.96%	0.48%
2013	156,532,141	839	0.94%	0.36%
2014	157,964,929	842	0.92%	0.36%
2015	159,383,179	1,000	0.9%	18.8%
2016	160,811,932	-	0.9%	0%
2017	162,186,147	1,000	0.85%	0%
2018	163,523,103	-	0.82%	0%
2019	164,913,055	1,000	0.85%	0%
2020	166,298,024	987	0.84%	-1.29%
2021	167,658,854	970	0.82%	-1.68%
2022	169,384,897	944	1.03%	-2.66%
2023	171,466,990	922	1.23%	-2.34%
2024	173,562,364	933	1.22%	1.2%
2025	175,686,900	939	1.22%	0.59%
2026	177,818,035	952	1.21%	1.37%
2027	179,930,171	974	1.19%	2.32%
2028	182,014,767	985	1.16%	1.13%
2029	184,064,616	983	1.13%	-0.19%
2030	186,072,398	976	1.09%	-0.75%
2031	188,025,193	968	1.05%	-0.75%
2032	189,904,568	968	1%	0%
2033	191,717,183	988	0.95%	2.09%
2034	193,461,162	992	0.91%	0.37%
2035	195,130,366	1,000	0.86%	0.74%
2036	196,740,575	998	0.83%	-0.18%
2037	198,288,195	1,003	0.79%	0.55%
2038	199,776,950	1,022	0.75%	1.83%
2039	201,208,770	1,060	0.72%	3.78%
2040	202,589,424	1,095	0.69%	3.3%
2041	203,939,081	1,127	0.67%	2.86%
2042	205,259,485	1,149	0.65%	1.96%
2043	206,545,478	1,169	0.63%	1.76%
2044	207,801,049	1,186	0.61%	1.42%
2045	209,029,592	1,209	0.59%	2.02%
2046	210,231,183	1,224	0.57%	1.22%
2047	211,402,167	1,248	0.56%	1.95%
2048	212,537,925	1,272	0.54%	1.92%
2049	213,638,535	1,296	0.52%	1.88%
2050	214,709,094	1,325	0.5%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.