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Bangladesh

175,686,899

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change+2.12M2024 to 2025
Growth since 2000+30.6%from 134.54M
Life expectancy74.9 years2024
Fertility rate2.14births per woman · 2024
Urban population33.2%2025
RegionSouth AsiaLower middle income

UN medium projection

What could Bangladesh look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 214.71M in 2050—23.7% larger than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 2024173.56M
  2. 2050214.71M
  3. 2100208.6M
Median age in 205035.5years
Births in 20502.73Mduring the year
Deaths in 20501.36Mduring the year
Life expectancy80.9years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 196051.83M
  2. 197069.06M
  3. 198088.02M
  4. 1990111.63M
  5. 2000134.54M
  6. 2010152.2M
  7. 2020166.3M
  8. 2025175.69M
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryReliable snapshotChecked 9/12/2026

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