🇧🇩 Bangladesh Population 2026
As of 2026, the population of Bangladesh is 177,818,044, ranking #8 in the world (2.14% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 1.19% per year. The biggest city is Dhaka with 10,356,500 inhabitants.
Live estimate
177,854,774
Growth rate
1.19%
Density
1366
people / km² (3538 / mi²)
Median age
26.3
Fertility rate
2.09
births per woman
Life expectancy
75.5
years
Bangladesh population 1950–2100
By 2050, the population of Bangladesh is projected to reach 214,709,097, and 208,596,516 by 2100. The population is expected to peak in 2071 at 226,129,889, then decline.
Bangladesh population by year
| Year | Population | Growth | Density /km² | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 177,818,044 | 1.19% | 1366.0 | 26.3 |
| 2025 | 175,686,900 | 1.22% | 1349.7 | 26.0 |
| 2024 | 173,562,364 | 1.22% | 1333.4 | 25.7 |
| 2023 | 171,466,990 | 1.21% | 1317.3 | 25.3 |
| 2022 | 169,384,898 | 1.23% | 1301.3 | 25.0 |
| 2021 | 167,658,854 | 0.82% | 1288.0 | 24.7 |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 0.81% | 1277.5 | 24.6 |
| 2019 | 164,913,055 | 0.86% | 1266.9 | 24.4 |
| 2018 | 163,523,104 | 0.83% | 1256.2 | 24.2 |
| 2017 | 162,186,146 | 0.81% | 1246.0 | 24.0 |
| 2016 | 160,811,932 | 0.89% | 1235.4 | 23.8 |
| 2015 | 159,383,179 | 0.89% | 1224.4 | 23.5 |
| 2014 | 157,964,928 | 0.90% | 1213.5 | 23.1 |
| 2013 | 156,532,140 | 0.93% | 1202.5 | 22.8 |
| 2012 | 155,070,101 | 0.95% | 1191.3 | 22.5 |
| 2011 | 153,591,076 | 0.97% | 1179.9 | 22.2 |
| 2010 | 152,201,982 | 0.85% | 1169.3 | 21.9 |
| 2009 | 150,873,714 | 0.90% | 1159.1 | 21.6 |
| 2008 | 149,474,264 | 0.96% | 1148.3 | 21.4 |
| 2007 | 147,989,278 | 1.04% | 1136.9 | 21.1 |
| 2006 | 146,405,974 | 1.12% | 1124.7 | 20.9 |
| 2005 | 144,715,786 | 1.21% | 1111.7 | 20.7 |
| 2004 | 142,902,856 | 1.31% | 1097.8 | 20.5 |
| 2003 | 140,970,351 | 1.41% | 1083.0 | 20.3 |
| 2002 | 138,933,658 | 1.50% | 1067.3 | 20.1 |
| 2001 | 136,805,810 | 1.58% | 1051.0 | 19.9 |
| 2000 | 134,544,304 | 1.75% | 1033.6 | 19.7 |
| 1999 | 132,108,064 | 1.91% | 1014.9 | 19.4 |
| 1998 | 129,622,332 | 1.89% | 995.8 | 19.2 |
| 1997 | 127,198,069 | 1.88% | 977.2 | 18.9 |
| 1996 | 124,862,179 | 1.82% | 959.2 | 18.7 |
| 1995 | 122,600,370 | 1.83% | 941.8 | 18.4 |
| 1994 | 120,343,179 | 1.89% | 924.5 | 18.2 |
| 1993 | 118,132,360 | 1.82% | 907.5 | 18.0 |
| 1992 | 115,952,192 | 1.90% | 890.8 | 17.8 |
| 1991 | 113,787,109 | 1.87% | 874.1 | 17.6 |
| 1990 | 111,633,717 | 1.96% | 857.6 | 17.4 |
| 1989 | 109,433,799 | 2.02% | 840.7 | 17.2 |
| 1988 | 107,216,008 | 2.07% | 823.7 | 17.1 |
| 1987 | 104,959,291 | 2.19% | 806.3 | 16.9 |
| 1986 | 102,635,572 | 2.29% | 788.5 | 16.8 |
| 1985 | 100,253,825 | 2.40% | 770.2 | 16.7 |
| 1984 | 97,814,966 | 2.52% | 751.4 | 16.6 |
| 1983 | 95,335,155 | 2.61% | 732.4 | 16.5 |
| 1982 | 92,814,507 | 2.75% | 713.0 | 16.5 |
| 1981 | 90,303,104 | 2.74% | 693.7 | 16.5 |
| 1980 | 88,016,432 | 2.39% | 676.2 | 16.5 |
| 1979 | 85,935,072 | 2.40% | 660.2 | 16.5 |
| 1978 | 83,889,655 | 2.42% | 644.5 | 16.4 |
| 1977 | 81,867,264 | 2.46% | 628.9 | 16.4 |
| 1976 | 79,855,318 | 2.51% | 613.5 | 16.4 |
| 1975 | 77,854,350 | 2.56% | 598.1 | 16.3 |
| 1974 | 75,839,348 | 2.68% | 582.6 | 16.4 |
| 1973 | 73,722,294 | 2.98% | 566.4 | 16.4 |
| 1972 | 71,641,519 | 2.74% | 550.4 | 16.5 |
| 1971 | 70,276,758 | 1.09% | 539.9 | 16.7 |
| 1970 | 69,058,894 | 2.42% | 530.5 | 16.8 |
| 1969 | 67,294,133 | 2.77% | 517.0 | 16.9 |
| 1968 | 65,408,276 | 2.92% | 502.5 | 17.0 |
| 1967 | 63,510,929 | 2.97% | 487.9 | 17.2 |
| 1966 | 61,669,806 | 2.92% | 473.8 | 17.3 |
| 1965 | 59,902,519 | 2.90% | 460.2 | 17.5 |
| 1964 | 58,178,374 | 2.94% | 446.9 | 17.5 |
| 1963 | 56,504,402 | 2.90% | 434.1 | 17.6 |
| 1962 | 54,881,146 | 2.94% | 421.6 | 17.7 |
| 1961 | 53,310,348 | 2.87% | 409.5 | 17.8 |
| 1960 | 51,828,660 | 2.76% | 398.2 | 17.9 |
| 1959 | 50,441,762 | 2.66% | 387.5 | 18.0 |
| 1958 | 49,184,054 | 2.39% | 377.8 | 18.1 |
| 1957 | 48,004,669 | 2.47% | 368.8 | 18.2 |
| 1956 | 46,854,417 | 2.38% | 359.9 | 18.2 |
| 1955 | 45,767,684 | 2.31% | 351.6 | 18.3 |
| 1954 | 44,741,296 | 2.22% | 343.7 | 18.3 |
| 1953 | 43,791,391 | 2.07% | 336.4 | 18.3 |
| 1952 | 42,893,011 | 2.08% | 329.5 | 18.3 |
| 1951 | 42,022,304 | 2.02% | 322.8 | 18.3 |
| 1950 | 41,206,856 | 1.90% | 316.6 | 18.3 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Density /km² | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 179,930,175 | 1.17% | 1382.3 | 26.6 |
| 2028 | 182,014,774 | 1.14% | 1398.3 | 27.0 |
| 2029 | 184,064,620 | 1.10% | 1414.0 | 27.3 |
| 2030 | 186,072,407 | 1.07% | 1429.5 | 27.7 |
| 2031 | 188,025,198 | 1.02% | 1444.5 | 28.0 |
| 2032 | 189,904,568 | 0.97% | 1458.9 | 28.4 |
| 2033 | 191,717,185 | 0.93% | 1472.8 | 28.8 |
| 2034 | 193,461,166 | 0.88% | 1486.2 | 29.2 |
| 2035 | 195,130,372 | 0.84% | 1499.0 | 29.6 |
| 2036 | 196,740,575 | 0.80% | 1511.4 | 30.0 |
| 2037 | 198,288,196 | 0.76% | 1523.3 | 30.4 |
| 2038 | 199,776,948 | 0.73% | 1534.7 | 30.9 |
| 2039 | 201,208,774 | 0.70% | 1545.7 | 31.3 |
| 2040 | 202,589,429 | 0.67% | 1556.3 | 31.7 |
| 2041 | 203,939,080 | 0.66% | 1566.7 | 32.1 |
| 2042 | 205,259,486 | 0.64% | 1576.9 | 32.5 |
| 2043 | 206,545,483 | 0.61% | 1586.7 | 32.9 |
| 2044 | 207,801,055 | 0.60% | 1596.4 | 33.3 |
| 2045 | 209,029,594 | 0.58% | 1605.8 | 33.7 |
| 2046 | 210,231,190 | 0.56% | 1615.1 | 34.1 |
| 2047 | 211,402,170 | 0.55% | 1624.0 | 34.5 |
| 2048 | 212,537,928 | 0.53% | 1632.8 | 34.9 |
| 2049 | 213,638,540 | 0.51% | 1641.2 | 35.2 |
| 2050 | 214,709,097 | 0.49% | 1649.5 | 35.5 |
| 2051 | 215,750,555 | 0.47% | 1657.5 | 35.9 |
| 2052 | 216,751,162 | 0.45% | 1665.1 | 36.2 |
| 2053 | 217,708,529 | 0.43% | 1672.5 | 36.5 |
| 2054 | 218,621,844 | 0.41% | 1679.5 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 219,497,457 | 0.39% | 1686.2 | 37.2 |
| 2056 | 220,331,180 | 0.36% | 1692.6 | 37.5 |
| 2057 | 221,117,326 | 0.35% | 1698.7 | 37.8 |
| 2058 | 221,856,046 | 0.32% | 1704.4 | 38.2 |
| 2059 | 222,532,397 | 0.29% | 1709.6 | 38.5 |
| 2060 | 223,149,358 | 0.27% | 1714.3 | 38.8 |
| 2061 | 223,712,346 | 0.24% | 1718.6 | 39.2 |
| 2062 | 224,214,831 | 0.21% | 1722.5 | 39.6 |
| 2063 | 224,655,220 | 0.18% | 1725.9 | 39.9 |
| 2064 | 225,032,677 | 0.15% | 1728.8 | 40.3 |
| 2065 | 225,351,998 | 0.13% | 1731.2 | 40.7 |
| 2066 | 225,618,880 | 0.11% | 1733.3 | 41.0 |
| 2067 | 225,829,714 | 0.08% | 1734.9 | 41.4 |
| 2068 | 225,982,509 | 0.05% | 1736.1 | 41.7 |
| 2069 | 226,078,169 | 0.03% | 1736.8 | 42.1 |
| 2070 | 226,125,804 | 0.01% | 1737.2 | 42.4 |
| 2071 | 226,129,889 | -0.01% | 1737.2 | 42.8 |
| 2072 | 226,087,242 | -0.03% | 1736.9 | 43.1 |
| 2073 | 225,993,849 | -0.05% | 1736.1 | 43.4 |
| 2074 | 225,856,197 | -0.07% | 1735.1 | 43.7 |
| 2075 | 225,676,967 | -0.09% | 1733.7 | 44.0 |
| 2076 | 225,447,130 | -0.11% | 1731.9 | 44.3 |
| 2077 | 225,166,043 | -0.14% | 1729.8 | 44.6 |
| 2078 | 224,849,218 | -0.15% | 1727.4 | 44.9 |
| 2079 | 224,489,420 | -0.17% | 1724.6 | 45.1 |
| 2080 | 224,081,200 | -0.19% | 1721.5 | 45.4 |
| 2081 | 223,633,232 | -0.21% | 1718.0 | 45.6 |
| 2082 | 223,153,949 | -0.22% | 1714.3 | 45.8 |
| 2083 | 222,646,485 | -0.24% | 1710.4 | 46.0 |
| 2084 | 222,104,943 | -0.25% | 1706.3 | 46.2 |
| 2085 | 221,529,996 | -0.27% | 1701.9 | 46.4 |
| 2086 | 220,909,879 | -0.29% | 1697.1 | 46.6 |
| 2087 | 220,249,677 | -0.31% | 1692.0 | 46.8 |
| 2088 | 219,555,051 | -0.33% | 1686.7 | 46.9 |
| 2089 | 218,822,218 | -0.34% | 1681.0 | 47.1 |
| 2090 | 218,048,097 | -0.37% | 1675.1 | 47.3 |
| 2091 | 217,237,479 | -0.38% | 1668.9 | 47.4 |
| 2092 | 216,389,242 | -0.40% | 1662.4 | 47.5 |
| 2093 | 215,502,993 | -0.42% | 1655.6 | 47.7 |
| 2094 | 214,584,170 | -0.44% | 1648.5 | 47.8 |
| 2095 | 213,637,774 | -0.45% | 1641.2 | 48.0 |
| 2096 | 212,673,364 | -0.46% | 1633.8 | 48.1 |
| 2097 | 211,687,522 | -0.47% | 1626.2 | 48.2 |
| 2098 | 210,676,530 | -0.49% | 1618.5 | 48.4 |
| 2099 | 209,642,395 | -0.50% | 1610.5 | 48.5 |
| 2100 | 208,596,516 | -0.50% | 1602.5 | 48.7 |
States & provinces of Bangladesh by population
| # | State / province | Population | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhaka | 44,215,107 | 24.9% |
| 2 | Chittagong | 33,202,357 | 18.7% |
| 3 | Rajshahi | 20,353,116 | 11.4% |
| 4 | Rangpur | 17,610,956 | 9.9% |
| 5 | Khulna | 17,415,924 | 9.8% |
| 6 | Sylhet | 11,034,952 | 6.2% |
| 7 | Barisal | 9,100,104 | 5.1% |
State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).
Biggest cities in Bangladesh
| # | City | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhaka capital | Dhaka Division | 10,356,500 |
| 2 | Chattogram | Chittagong | 3,920,222 |
| 3 | Gazipur | Dhaka Division | 2,674,697 |
| 4 | Khulna | Khulna Division | 1,500,689 |
| 5 | Rangpur | Rangpur Division | 1,031,388 |
| 6 | Comilla | Chittagong | 1,030,000 |
| 7 | Rajshahi | Rajshahi Division | 763,580 |
| 8 | Mohammadpur | Rajshahi Division | 527,571 |
| 9 | Hāthazāri | Chittagong | 498,179 |
| 10 | Bāndarban | Chittagong | 495,272 |
| 11 | Shibganj | Rajshahi Division | 378,701 |
| 12 | Natore | Rajshahi Division | 369,138 |
| 13 | Kafrul | Dhaka Division | 339,734 |
| 14 | Tungi | Dhaka Division | 337,579 |
| 15 | Bhatara | Dhaka Division | 324,300 |
FAQ
What is the population of Bangladesh in 2026?
The population of Bangladesh is 177,818,044 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).
What is the biggest city in Bangladesh?
Dhaka is the biggest city in Bangladesh with 10,356,500 inhabitants and it is also the capital.
Is the population of Bangladesh growing or shrinking?
The population of Bangladesh is growing at 1.19% per year, and is projected to peak in 2071 at 226,129,889.
Neighboring countries
Sources
- Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-06.
- City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-06.
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