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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe
1960	51,828,660	3,809,389	-	-
1961	53,310,348	3,930,401	2.86%	3.18%
1962	54,881,146	4,055,959	2.95%	3.19%
1963	56,504,402	4,185,877	2.96%	3.2%
1964	58,178,374	4,320,006	2.96%	3.2%
1965	59,902,519	4,458,462	2.96%	3.2%
1966	61,669,806	4,601,217	2.95%	3.2%
1967	63,510,929	4,748,307	2.99%	3.2%
1968	65,408,276	4,900,440	2.99%	3.2%
1969	67,294,133	5,058,181	2.88%	3.22%
1970	69,058,894	5,215,918	2.62%	3.12%
1971	70,276,758	5,374,712	1.76%	3.04%
1972	71,641,519	5,542,445	1.94%	3.12%
1973	73,722,294	5,720,404	2.9%	3.21%
1974	75,839,348	5,908,328	2.87%	3.29%
1975	77,854,351	6,098,658	2.66%	3.22%
1976	79,855,318	6,287,105	2.57%	3.09%
1977	81,867,264	6,449,512	2.52%	2.58%
1978	83,889,655	6,543,575	2.47%	1.46%
1979	85,935,072	6,647,556	2.44%	1.59%
1980	88,016,432	7,041,303	2.42%	5.92%
1981	90,303,105	7,498,635	2.6%	6.49%
1982	92,814,507	7,796,496	2.78%	3.97%
1983	95,335,155	8,098,404	2.72%	3.87%
1984	97,814,966	8,391,488	2.6%	3.62%
1985	100,253,825	8,686,813	2.49%	3.52%
1986	102,635,572	8,982,578	2.38%	3.4%
1987	104,959,291	9,284,644	2.26%	3.36%
1988	107,216,008	9,583,094	2.15%	3.21%
1989	109,433,799	9,864,798	2.07%	2.94%
1990	111,633,717	10,137,281	2.01%	2.76%
1991	113,787,109	10,404,816	1.93%	2.64%
1992	115,952,192	10,702,700	1.9%	2.86%
1993	118,132,360	10,860,288	1.88%	1.47%
1994	120,343,179	10,873,148	1.87%	0.12%
1995	122,600,370	10,974,599	1.88%	0.93%
1996	124,862,179	11,158,360	1.84%	1.67%
1997	127,198,069	11,369,827	1.87%	1.9%
1998	129,622,332	11,594,297	1.91%	1.97%
1999	132,108,065	11,783,458	1.92%	1.63%
2000	134,544,304	11,892,055	1.84%	0.92%
2001	136,805,810	11,971,901	1.68%	0.67%
2002	138,933,658	12,087,653	1.56%	0.97%
2003	140,970,351	12,232,323	1.47%	1.2%
2004	142,902,856	12,365,896	1.37%	1.09%
2005	144,715,786	12,483,432	1.27%	0.95%
2006	146,405,973	12,636,445	1.17%	1.23%
2007	147,989,278	12,804,058	1.08%	1.33%
2008	149,474,264	12,959,149	1%	1.21%
2009	150,873,714	13,142,790	0.94%	1.42%
2010	152,201,981	13,356,548	0.88%	1.63%
2011	153,591,076	13,595,424	0.91%	1.79%
2012	155,070,101	13,817,887	0.96%	1.64%
2013	156,532,141	14,013,808	0.94%	1.42%
2014	157,964,929	14,207,359	0.92%	1.38%
2015	159,383,179	14,399,013	0.9%	1.35%
2016	160,811,932	14,600,294	0.9%	1.4%
2017	162,186,147	14,812,482	0.85%	1.45%
2018	163,523,103	15,034,452	0.82%	1.5%
2019	164,913,055	15,271,368	0.85%	1.58%
2020	166,298,024	15,526,888	0.84%	1.67%
2021	167,658,854	15,797,210	0.82%	1.74%
2022	169,384,897	16,069,056	1.03%	1.72%
2023	171,466,990	16,340,822	1.23%	1.69%
2024	173,562,364	16,634,373	1.22%	1.8%
2025	175,686,900	16,950,805	1.22%	1.9%
2026	177,818,035	17,273,591	1.21%	1.9%
2027	179,930,171	17,600,621	1.19%	1.89%
2028	182,014,767	17,932,015	1.16%	1.88%
2029	184,064,616	18,268,967	1.13%	1.88%
2030	186,072,398	18,610,356	1.09%	1.87%
2031	188,025,193	18,956,207	1.05%	1.86%
2032	189,904,568	19,311,368	1%	1.87%
2033	191,717,183	19,675,929	0.95%	1.89%
2034	193,461,162	20,041,125	0.91%	1.86%
2035	195,130,366	20,409,159	0.86%	1.84%
2036	196,740,575	20,778,662	0.83%	1.81%
2037	198,288,195	21,144,748	0.79%	1.76%
2038	199,776,950	21,512,919	0.75%	1.74%
2039	201,208,770	21,881,123	0.72%	1.71%
2040	202,589,424	22,250,123	0.69%	1.69%
2041	203,939,081	22,627,428	0.67%	1.7%
2042	205,259,485	23,000,906	0.65%	1.65%
2043	206,545,478	23,371,301	0.63%	1.61%
2044	207,801,049	23,740,630	0.61%	1.58%
2045	209,029,592	24,102,391	0.59%	1.52%
2046	210,231,183	24,462,491	0.57%	1.49%
2047	211,402,167	24,816,449	0.56%	1.45%
2048	212,537,925	25,168,419	0.54%	1.42%
2049	213,638,535	25,518,513	0.52%	1.39%
2050	214,709,094	25,866,397	0.5%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.