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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Yemen	Bangladesh	Yemen
1960	51,828,660	5,532,301	-	-
1961	53,310,348	5,655,232	2.86%	2.22%
1962	54,881,146	5,782,221	2.95%	2.25%
1963	56,504,402	5,911,135	2.96%	2.23%
1964	58,178,374	6,048,006	2.96%	2.32%
1965	59,902,519	6,195,593	2.96%	2.44%
1966	61,669,806	6,351,494	2.95%	2.52%
1967	63,510,929	6,516,444	2.99%	2.6%
1968	65,408,276	6,690,524	2.99%	2.67%
1969	67,294,133	6,875,859	2.88%	2.77%
1970	69,058,894	7,065,279	2.62%	2.75%
1971	70,276,758	7,257,462	1.76%	2.72%
1972	71,641,519	7,460,068	1.94%	2.79%
1973	73,722,294	7,672,796	2.9%	2.85%
1974	75,839,348	7,896,783	2.87%	2.92%
1975	77,854,351	8,133,598	2.66%	3%
1976	79,855,318	8,384,113	2.57%	3.08%
1977	81,867,264	8,648,222	2.52%	3.15%
1978	83,889,655	8,926,586	2.47%	3.22%
1979	85,935,072	9,224,194	2.44%	3.33%
1980	88,016,432	9,543,358	2.42%	3.46%
1981	90,303,105	9,882,362	2.6%	3.55%
1982	92,814,507	10,241,006	2.78%	3.63%
1983	95,335,155	10,621,499	2.72%	3.72%
1984	97,814,966	11,025,597	2.6%	3.8%
1985	100,253,825	11,453,825	2.49%	3.88%
1986	102,635,572	11,901,040	2.38%	3.9%
1987	104,959,291	12,369,912	2.26%	3.94%
1988	107,216,008	12,859,708	2.15%	3.96%
1989	109,433,799	13,364,174	2.07%	3.92%
1990	111,633,717	13,887,862	2.01%	3.92%
1991	113,787,109	14,430,201	1.93%	3.91%
1992	115,952,192	14,989,494	1.9%	3.88%
1993	118,132,360	15,563,914	1.88%	3.83%
1994	120,343,179	16,149,147	1.87%	3.76%
1995	122,600,370	16,740,058	1.88%	3.66%
1996	124,862,179	17,313,177	1.84%	3.42%
1997	127,198,069	17,873,936	1.87%	3.24%
1998	129,622,332	18,446,013	1.91%	3.2%
1999	132,108,065	19,029,420	1.92%	3.16%
2000	134,544,304	19,624,141	1.84%	3.13%
2001	136,805,810	20,226,147	1.68%	3.07%
2002	138,933,658	20,835,086	1.56%	3.01%
2003	140,970,351	21,456,379	1.47%	2.98%
2004	142,902,856	22,095,167	1.37%	2.98%
2005	144,715,786	22,790,085	1.27%	3.15%
2006	146,405,973	23,543,083	1.17%	3.3%
2007	147,989,278	24,318,082	1.08%	3.29%
2008	149,474,264	25,111,941	1%	3.26%
2009	150,873,714	25,927,724	0.94%	3.25%
2010	152,201,981	26,754,387	0.88%	3.19%
2011	153,591,076	27,582,897	0.91%	3.1%
2012	155,070,101	28,433,647	0.96%	3.08%
2013	156,532,141	29,312,952	0.94%	3.09%
2014	157,964,929	30,226,309	0.92%	3.12%
2015	159,383,179	31,159,379	0.9%	3.09%
2016	160,811,932	32,109,010	0.9%	3.05%
2017	162,186,147	33,090,921	0.85%	3.06%
2018	163,523,103	34,085,182	0.82%	3%
2019	164,913,055	35,111,408	0.85%	3.01%
2020	166,298,024	36,134,863	0.84%	2.91%
2021	167,658,854	37,140,230	0.82%	2.78%
2022	169,384,897	38,222,876	1.03%	2.92%
2023	171,466,990	39,390,799	1.23%	3.06%
2024	173,562,364	40,583,164	1.22%	3.03%
2025	175,686,900	41,773,871	1.22%	2.93%
2026	177,818,035	42,961,650	1.21%	2.84%
2027	179,930,171	44,145,620	1.19%	2.76%
2028	182,014,767	45,323,685	1.16%	2.67%
2029	184,064,616	46,497,573	1.13%	2.59%
2030	186,072,398	47,667,649	1.09%	2.52%
2031	188,025,193	48,827,503	1.05%	2.43%
2032	189,904,568	49,979,089	1%	2.36%
2033	191,717,183	51,129,867	0.95%	2.3%
2034	193,461,162	52,279,989	0.91%	2.25%
2035	195,130,366	53,429,308	0.86%	2.2%
2036	196,740,575	54,578,046	0.83%	2.15%
2037	198,288,195	55,724,259	0.79%	2.1%
2038	199,776,950	56,872,152	0.75%	2.06%
2039	201,208,770	58,024,713	0.72%	2.03%
2040	202,589,424	59,181,514	0.69%	1.99%
2041	203,939,081	60,345,667	0.67%	1.97%
2042	205,259,485	61,517,965	0.65%	1.94%
2043	206,545,478	62,696,517	0.63%	1.92%
2044	207,801,049	63,880,172	0.61%	1.89%
2045	209,029,592	65,066,344	0.59%	1.86%
2046	210,231,183	66,253,578	0.57%	1.82%
2047	211,402,167	67,438,796	0.56%	1.79%
2048	212,537,925	68,620,844	0.54%	1.75%
2049	213,638,535	69,799,794	0.52%	1.72%
2050	214,709,094	70,976,389	0.5%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.