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Population growth in Bangladesh
1961 – 2025 · 65 data points
11 of 42 · Countries
Updated Oct 22, 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
1.22%
+0.00 pp
since 2024
Countries · 2025
11 of 42
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
+0.32 pp
vs World
+0.31 pp
World: 0.91% · 2025
Population growth, 1961 – 2025 percent · Bangladesh · World
+0.32 pp since 2015
0%
1%
2%
3%
1961
1980
1990
2000
2010
2025
Bangladesh
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Compared with Population growth · percent
Bangladesh
1.22%
World
0.91%
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Bangladesh · 1961 – 2025
Latest value
1.22% · 2025
First value
2.82% · 1961
Highest
2.94% · 1968
Lowest
0.81% · 2021
Data points
65
By year
All years · 1961 – 2025
| Year | Bangladesh | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.22% | +0.00 pp | 0.91% |
| 2024 | 1.21% | −0.01 pp | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 1.22% | +0.20 pp | 0.93% |
| 2022 | 1.02% | +0.21 pp | 0.87% |
| 2021 | 0.81% | −0.02 pp | 0.83% |
| 2020 | 0.84% | −0.01 pp | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 0.85% | +0.03 pp | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 0.82% | −0.03 pp | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 0.85% | −0.04 pp | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 0.89% | −0.00 pp | 1.16% |
| 2015 | 0.89% | −0.02 pp | 1.18% |
| 2014 | 0.91% | −0.03 pp | 1.21% |
| 2013 | 0.94% | −0.02 pp | 1.23% |
| 2012 | 0.96% | +0.05 pp | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 0.91% | +0.03 pp | 1.22% |
| 2010 | 0.88% | −0.06 pp | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 0.93% | −0.07 pp | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 1.00% | −0.08 pp | 1.27% |
| 2007 | 1.08% | −0.09 pp | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 1.16% | −0.10 pp | 1.27% |
| 2005 | 1.26% | −0.10 pp | 1.27% |
| 2004 | 1.36% | −0.09 pp | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 1.46% | −0.09 pp | 1.29% |
| 2002 | 1.54% | −0.12 pp | 1.31% |
| 2001 | 1.67% | −0.16 pp | 1.34% |
| 2000 | 1.83% | −0.07 pp | 1.36% |
| 1999 | 1.90% | +0.01 pp | 1.40% |
| 1998 | 1.89% | +0.03 pp | 1.44% |
| 1997 | 1.85% | +0.03 pp | 1.46% |
| 1996 | 1.83% | −0.03 pp | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 1.86% | +0.00 pp | 1.50% |
| 1994 | 1.85% | −0.01 pp | 1.54% |
| 1993 | 1.86% | −0.02 pp | 1.59% |
| 1992 | 1.88% | −0.03 pp | 1.63% |
| 1991 | 1.91% | −0.08 pp | 1.67% |
| 1990 | 1.99% | −0.06 pp | 1.74% |
| 1989 | 2.05% | −0.08 pp | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 2.13% | −0.11 pp | 1.78% |
| 1987 | 2.24% | −0.11 pp | 1.79% |
| 1986 | 2.35% | −0.11 pp | 1.78% |
| 1985 | 2.46% | −0.11 pp | 1.76% |
| 1984 | 2.57% | −0.11 pp | 1.76% |
| 1983 | 2.68% | −0.06 pp | 1.80% |
| 1982 | 2.74% | +0.18 pp | 1.81% |
| 1981 | 2.56% | +0.17 pp | 1.77% |
| 1980 | 2.39% | −0.02 pp | 1.76% |
| 1979 | 2.41% | −0.03 pp | 1.77% |
| 1978 | 2.44% | −0.05 pp | 1.75% |
| 1977 | 2.49% | −0.05 pp | 1.75% |
| 1976 | 2.54% | −0.08 pp | 1.80% |
| 1975 | 2.62% | −0.21 pp | 1.86% |
| 1974 | 2.83% | −0.03 pp | 1.93% |
| 1973 | 2.86% | +0.94 pp | 1.98% |
| 1972 | 1.92% | +0.18 pp | 2.00% |
| 1971 | 1.75% | −0.84 pp | 2.10% |
| 1970 | 2.59% | −0.25 pp | 2.08% |
| 1969 | 2.84% | −0.10 pp | 2.08% |
| 1968 | 2.94% | +0.00 pp | 2.05% |
| 1967 | 2.94% | +0.03 pp | 2.04% |
| 1966 | 2.91% | −0.01 pp | 2.09% |
| 1965 | 2.92% | +0.00 pp | 2.06% |
| 1964 | 2.92% | +0.00 pp | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 2.91% | +0.01 pp | 2.12% |
| 1962 | 2.90% | +0.09 pp | 1.77% |
| 1961 | 2.82% | 1.36% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Population growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Algeria | 1.94% | |
| 19 | Argentina | 0.82% | |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 0.82% | |
| 22 | Brazil | 0.68% | |
| 40 | Bulgaria | -1.37% | |
| 13 | Canada | 1.43% | |
| 11 | Chile | 1.79% | |
| 27 | China | 0.47% | |
| 9 | Colombia | 1.84% | |
| 4 | Congo - Brazzaville | 2.44% | |
| 1 | Congo - Kinshasa | 3.35% | |
| 31 | Czechia | 0.33% | |
| 12 | Ecuador | 1.72% | |
| 8 | Egypt | 1.90% | |
| 33 | Finland | 0.13% | |
| 30 | France | 0.36% | |
| 3 | Gabon | 2.54% | |
| 32 | Germany | 0.30% | |
| 36 | Greece | -0.20% | |
| 10 | Honduras | 1.83% | |
| 21 | Hong Kong SAR China | 0.80% | |
| 16 | India | 1.10% | |
| 17 | Indonesia | 0.97% | |
| 37 | Italy | -0.21% | |
| 42 | Lebanon | -2.90% | |
| 6 | Liberia | 1.96% | |
| 39 | Lithuania | -0.83% | |
| 18 | Mexico | 0.95% | |
| 25 | Netherlands | 0.58% | |
| 23 | Norway | 0.66% | |
| 15 | Philippines | 1.24% | |
| 35 | Poland | -0.00% | |
| 38 | Romania | -0.59% | |
| 34 | Russia | 0.07% | |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | -2.55% | |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 2.35% | |
| 29 | South Korea | 0.43% | |
| 28 | Spain | 0.45% | |
| 14 | Türkiye | 1.35% | |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 0.49% | |
| 24 | United States | 0.59% | |
| 2 | Yemen | 2.96% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018
What it means
How fast the population changes from one year to the next.
How it is calculated
Change in the number of residents over the year, as a percentage of the population at the start.
People
Bangladesh in numbers
Population
176M
2025
Population density
1,333
2024
Median age
25.3
2023
Children under 15
27.6%
2025
Residents 65 and over
6.7%
2025
Life expectancy
74.9
2024
Births per woman
2.14
2024
Birth rate
20.0
2024
Infant mortality
24.4
2024
Net migration
-3.2
2023
Born abroad
1.7%
2024
Urban population
33.2%
2025