Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 30 Oct 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Bangladesh is projected at 166.3 million, up by 0.98% compared with 164.7 million in 2020. Bangladesh is ranked 8th in terms of population and 110th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 2.9 million births in Bangladesh in 2021. That is 7.8 thousand per day, which is ranked 9th. The crude birth rate is 17.22 per 1000 people. There are 0.91 million deaths in Bangladesh in 2021. That is 2.5 thousand per day, which is ranked 11th. The crude death rate is 5.52 per 1000 people.
66.8 million people are living in urban areas, which is 38.95% of Bangladesh population. Bangladesh is ranked 185th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Bangladesh in 2021 is 102.12 males per 100 females. There are 84 million males and 82.2 million females in Bangladesh. The percentage of female population is 49.47% compare to 50.53% male population. Bangladesh has 1.8 million more males than females. Bangladesh is at 164th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
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1950 | 37,894,671 | - |
1955 | 42,086,305 | 2.28 |
1960 | 48,013,505 | 2.81 |
1965 | 55,385,114 | 3.06 |
1970 | 64,232,486 | 2.48 |
1975 | 70,066,310 | 1.93 |
1980 | 79,639,498 | 2.72 |
1985 | 90,764,180 | 2.66 |
1990 | 103,171,957 | 2.46 |
1995 | 115,169,933 | 2.16 |
2000 | 127,657,862 | 1.97 |
2005 | 139,035,505 | 1.50 |
2010 | 147,575,433 | 1.13 |
2015 | 156,256,287 | 1.13 |
2016 | 157,977,151 | 1.10 |
2017 | 159,685,421 | 1.08 |
2018 | 161,376,713 | 1.06 |
2019 | 163,046,173 | 1.03 |
2020 | 164,689,383 | 1.01 |
2021 | 166,303,494 | 0.98 |
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
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Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 1,008,537 | 1,715,845 | 26.26 | 44.87 |
1955 | 975,706 | 1,997,461 | 23.07 | 47.22 |
1960 | 978,958 | 2,326,636 | 20.32 | 48.34 |
1965 | 1,011,853 | 2,689,332 | 18.20 | 48.28 |
1970 | 1,214,452 | 2,998,586 | 19.00 | 47.22 |
1975 | 1,266,317 | 3,206,123 | 17.96 | 45.28 |
1980 | 1,155,062 | 3,434,268 | 14.44 | 43.04 |
1985 | 1,141,946 | 3,612,487 | 12.55 | 39.71 |
1990 | 1,068,052 | 3,617,543 | 10.35 | 35.10 |
1995 | 956,053 | 3,566,849 | 8.29 | 30.90 |
2000 | 879,690 | 3,509,768 | 6.88 | 27.49 |
2005 | 860,511 | 3,334,617 | 6.21 | 24.05 |
2010 | 847,310 | 3,120,453 | 5.73 | 21.11 |
2015 | 867,334 | 2,994,594 | 5.55 | 19.16 |
2020 | 909,259 | 2,889,959 | 5.52 | 17.55 |
2021 | 917,989 | 2,863,916 | 5.52 | 17.22 |
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
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Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 1,622,639 | 36,272,042 | - | 4.282 |
1955 | 1,974,441 | 40,147,083 | 4.20 | 4.687 |
1960 | 2,474,987 | 45,724,760 | 4.78 | 5.135 |
1965 | 3,467,675 | 52,366,363 | 7.41 | 6.211 |
1970 | 4,938,975 | 60,108,795 | 6.75 | 7.593 |
1975 | 7,013,461 | 64,292,462 | 11.08 | 9.836 |
1980 | 12,099,053 | 69,371,807 | 11.44 | 14.851 |
1985 | 16,305,971 | 76,893,894 | 5.35 | 17.496 |
1990 | 21,037,450 | 85,151,192 | 5.05 | 19.811 |
1995 | 25,751,454 | 92,955,417 | 3.93 | 21.693 |
2000 | 31,040,651 | 100,540,592 | 3.69 | 23.590 |
2005 | 38,452,976 | 104,978,125 | 4.21 | 26.809 |
2010 | 46,347,089 | 105,802,013 | 3.69 | 30.462 |
2015 | 55,305,132 | 105,895,754 | 3.46 | 34.308 |
2020 | 64,814,953 | 104,960,356 | 3.10 | 38.177 |
2021 | 66,791,896 | 104,707,739 | 3.05 | 38.946 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
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Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 7,283,207 | 6,971,514 | 14,254,721 | 8.57 | 104.471 |
05-09 | 7,434,386 | 7,125,683 | 14,560,069 | 8.76 | 104.332 |
10-14 | 7,633,403 | 7,308,160 | 14,941,563 | 8.98 | 104.450 |
15-19 | 7,913,104 | 7,557,217 | 15,470,321 | 9.30 | 104.709 |
20-24 | 7,778,425 | 7,523,158 | 15,301,583 | 9.20 | 103.393 |
25-29 | 7,327,620 | 7,299,331 | 14,626,951 | 8.80 | 100.388 |
30-34 | 6,843,960 | 7,028,296 | 13,872,256 | 8.34 | 97.377 |
35-39 | 6,361,883 | 6,578,970 | 12,940,853 | 7.78 | 96.700 |
40-44 | 5,686,491 | 5,823,300 | 11,509,791 | 6.92 | 97.651 |
45-49 | 4,822,777 | 4,848,590 | 9,671,367 | 5.82 | 99.468 |
50-54 | 4,325,860 | 4,143,150 | 8,469,010 | 5.09 | 104.410 |
55-59 | 3,616,721 | 3,371,445 | 6,988,166 | 4.20 | 107.275 |
60-64 | 2,534,457 | 2,297,149 | 4,831,606 | 2.91 | 110.331 |
65-69 | 1,565,062 | 1,377,258 | 2,942,320 | 1.77 | 113.636 |
70-74 | 1,198,049 | 1,133,092 | 2,331,141 | 1.40 | 105.733 |
75-79 | 871,456 | 901,255 | 1,772,711 | 1.07 | 96.694 |
80-84 | 507,296 | 558,744 | 1,066,040 | 0.64 | 90.792 |
85-89 | 231,785 | 282,444 | 514,229 | 0.31 | 82.064 |
90-94 | 77,081 | 110,379 | 187,460 | 0.11 | 69.833 |
95-99 | 16,496 | 28,154 | 44,650 | 0.03 | 58.592 |
100+ | 2,187 | 4,499 | 6,686 | 0.00 | 48.611 |
Total | 84,031,706 | 82,271,788 | 166,303,494 | 102.139 |