Bangladesh Population

• The current population of Bangladesh is 166,327,068 as of Sunday, June 24, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• Bangladesh population is equivalent to 2.18% of the total world population.
• Bangladesh ranks number 8 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in Bangladesh is 1278 per Km2 (3,310 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 130,170 Km2 (50,259 sq. miles)
• 36.5 % of the population is urban (60,649,009 people in 2018)
• The median age in Bangladesh is 26.0 years.

Population of Bangladesh (2018 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Bangladesh Global Rank
2018	166,368,149	1.03 %	1,698,398	-470,000	26.0	2.19	1,278	35.3 %	60,649,009	2.18 %	7,632,819,325	8
2017	164,669,751	1.05 %	1,718,191	-470,000	26.0	2.19	1,265	35.7 %	58,746,319	2.18 %	7,550,262,101	8
2016	162,951,560	1.09 %	1,750,674	-470,000	26.0	2.19	1,252	34.9 %	56,856,665	2.18 %	7,466,964,280	8
2015	161,200,886	1.16 %	1,810,357	-505,297	25.6	2.22	1,238	34.1 %	54,983,919	2.18 %	7,383,008,820	8
2010	152,149,102	1.19 %	1,743,600	-714,191	23.9	2.48	1,169	30.3 %	46,035,276	2.19 %	6,958,169,159	8
2005	143,431,101	1.74 %	2,369,972	-308,291	22.4	2.94	1,102	26.8 %	38,373,642	2.19 %	6,542,159,383	8
2000	131,581,243	2.08 %	2,574,874	-151,224	20.9	3.43	1,011	23.7 %	31,229,852	2.14 %	6,145,006,989	8
1995	118,706,871	2.25 %	2,503,646	-159,632	19.5	4.06	912	21.9 %	26,003,685	2.06 %	5,751,474,416	9
1990	106,188,642	2.64 %	2,597,755	-43,873	18.6	4.98	816	20.0 %	21,274,633	1.99 %	5,330,943,460	9
1985	93,199,865	2.73 %	2,345,801	-157,493	17.7	5.98	716	17.7 %	16,496,299	1.91 %	4,873,781,796	8
1980	81,470,860	2.70 %	2,032,987	-215,346	17.3	6.63	626	15.0 %	12,251,656	1.83 %	4,458,411,534	8
1975	71,305,923	1.85 %	1,251,631	-595,571	17.6	6.91	548	10.0 %	7,107,810	1.75 %	4,079,087,198	9
1970	65,047,770	3.10 %	1,842,746	-32,364	17.8	6.92	500	7.7 %	5,034,728	1.76 %	3,700,577,650	9
1965	55,834,038	2.98 %	1,526,858	-11,019	19.4	6.36	429	6.4 %	3,552,536	1.67 %	3,339,592,688	12
1960	48,199,747	2.73 %	1,215,645	297	19.1	6.62	370	5.3 %	2,543,661	1.59 %	3,033,212,527	11
1955	42,121,524	2.14 %	845,369	-11,019	19.4	6.36	324	4.8 %	2,020,726	1.52 %	2,772,242,535	12

Bangladesh Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Bangladesh Global Rank
2020	169,775,309	1.04 %	1,714,885	-470,000	27.5	2.07	1,304	38.0 %	64,479,585	2.18 %	7,795,482,309	8
2025	178,262,909	0.98 %	1,697,520	-300,000	29.5	1.94	1,369	41.5 %	74,020,473	2.18 %	8,185,613,757	8
2030	185,584,811	0.81 %	1,464,380	-300,000	31.6	1.84	1,426	44.8 %	83,160,000	2.17 %	8,551,198,644	8
2035	191,600,525	0.64 %	1,203,143	-300,000	33.7	1.76	1,472	47.8 %	91,510,533	2.15 %	8,892,701,940	8
2040	196,294,312	0.49 %	938,757	-300,000	35.9	1.70	1,508	50.4 %	98,935,284	2.13 %	9,210,337,004	8
2045	199,743,520	0.35 %	689,842	-300,000	38.0	1.67	1,534	53.0 %	105,950,886	2.10 %	9,504,209,572	8
2050	201,926,816	0.22 %	436,659	-300,000	40.0	1.66	1,551	55.7 %	112,443,436	2.07 %	9,771,822,753