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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Vietnam	Bangladesh	Vietnam
1960	51,828,660	32,531,933	-	-
1961	53,310,348	33,409,059	2.86%	2.7%
1962	54,881,146	34,288,560	2.95%	2.63%
1963	56,504,402	35,249,101	2.96%	2.8%
1964	58,178,374	36,201,563	2.96%	2.7%
1965	59,902,519	37,129,656	2.96%	2.56%
1966	61,669,806	38,024,836	2.95%	2.41%
1967	63,510,929	38,895,080	2.99%	2.29%
1968	65,408,276	39,734,609	2.99%	2.16%
1969	67,294,133	40,582,096	2.88%	2.13%
1970	69,058,894	41,475,230	2.62%	2.2%
1971	70,276,758	42,449,276	1.76%	2.35%
1972	71,641,519	43,429,168	1.94%	2.31%
1973	73,722,294	44,409,861	2.9%	2.26%
1974	75,839,348	45,413,537	2.87%	2.26%
1975	77,854,351	46,482,903	2.66%	2.35%
1976	79,855,318	47,684,931	2.57%	2.59%
1977	81,867,264	48,954,872	2.52%	2.66%
1978	83,889,655	50,249,552	2.47%	2.64%
1979	85,935,072	51,378,211	2.44%	2.25%
1980	88,016,432	52,490,101	2.42%	2.16%
1981	90,303,105	53,738,141	2.6%	2.38%
1982	92,814,507	55,011,289	2.78%	2.37%
1983	95,335,155	56,337,921	2.72%	2.41%
1984	97,814,966	57,706,067	2.6%	2.43%
1985	100,253,825	59,060,622	2.49%	2.35%
1986	102,635,572	60,347,048	2.38%	2.18%
1987	104,959,291	61,584,651	2.26%	2.05%
1988	107,216,008	62,843,228	2.15%	2.04%
1989	109,433,799	64,147,348	2.07%	2.08%
1990	111,633,717	65,504,552	2.01%	2.12%
1991	113,787,109	66,891,775	1.93%	2.12%
1992	115,952,192	68,260,337	1.9%	2.05%
1993	118,132,360	69,586,384	1.88%	1.94%
1994	120,343,179	70,854,391	1.87%	1.82%
1995	122,600,370	72,049,940	1.88%	1.69%
1996	124,862,179	73,156,447	1.84%	1.54%
1997	127,198,069	74,226,889	1.87%	1.46%
1998	129,622,332	75,299,660	1.91%	1.45%
1999	132,108,065	76,287,452	1.92%	1.31%
2000	134,544,304	77,154,011	1.84%	1.14%
2001	136,805,810	77,969,361	1.68%	1.06%
2002	138,933,658	78,772,224	1.56%	1.03%
2003	140,970,351	79,563,777	1.47%	1%
2004	142,902,856	80,338,971	1.37%	0.97%
2005	144,715,786	81,088,313	1.27%	0.93%
2006	146,405,973	82,167,897	1.17%	1.33%
2007	147,989,278	83,633,375	1.08%	1.78%
2008	149,474,264	85,175,788	1%	1.84%
2009	150,873,714	86,460,018	0.94%	1.51%
2010	152,201,981	87,455,152	0.88%	1.15%
2011	153,591,076	88,468,314	0.91%	1.16%
2012	155,070,101	89,510,356	0.96%	1.18%
2013	156,532,141	90,573,104	0.94%	1.19%
2014	157,964,929	91,679,578	0.92%	1.22%
2015	159,383,179	92,823,254	0.9%	1.25%
2016	160,811,932	94,000,117	0.9%	1.27%
2017	162,186,147	95,176,977	0.85%	1.25%
2018	163,523,103	96,237,319	0.82%	1.11%
2019	164,913,055	97,173,776	0.85%	0.97%
2020	166,298,024	98,079,191	0.84%	0.93%
2021	167,658,854	98,935,098	0.82%	0.87%
2022	169,384,897	99,680,655	1.03%	0.75%
2023	171,466,990	100,352,192	1.23%	0.67%
2024	173,562,364	100,987,686	1.22%	0.63%
2025	175,686,900	101,598,531	1.22%	0.6%
2026	177,818,035	102,177,434	1.21%	0.57%
2027	179,930,171	102,727,392	1.19%	0.54%
2028	182,014,767	103,255,746	1.16%	0.51%
2029	184,064,616	103,761,151	1.13%	0.49%
2030	186,072,398	104,254,900	1.09%	0.48%
2031	188,025,193	104,737,913	1.05%	0.46%
2032	189,904,568	105,204,401	1%	0.45%
2033	191,717,183	105,656,307	0.95%	0.43%
2034	193,461,162	106,097,515	0.91%	0.42%
2035	195,130,366	106,530,671	0.86%	0.41%
2036	196,740,575	106,945,842	0.83%	0.39%
2037	198,288,195	107,346,046	0.79%	0.37%
2038	199,776,950	107,732,019	0.75%	0.36%
2039	201,208,770	108,097,653	0.72%	0.34%
2040	202,589,424	108,437,634	0.69%	0.31%
2041	203,939,081	108,752,199	0.67%	0.29%
2042	205,259,485	109,040,314	0.65%	0.26%
2043	206,545,478	109,292,559	0.63%	0.23%
2044	207,801,049	109,506,274	0.61%	0.2%
2045	209,029,592	109,685,396	0.59%	0.16%
2046	210,231,183	109,827,664	0.57%	0.13%
2047	211,402,167	109,930,243	0.56%	0.09%
2048	212,537,925	109,994,024	0.54%	0.06%
2049	213,638,535	110,018,017	0.52%	0.02%
2050	214,709,094	110,008,910	0.5%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.