Population growth in Bangladesh

The population of Bangladesh changed by 1.22% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Bangladesh, 2025 1.22% Annual % change
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 1.21%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 86th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Bangladesh over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period BangladeshWorld
2025 1.22% 0.91%
2024 1.21% 0.96%
2023 1.22% 0.93%
2022 1.02% 0.87%
2021 0.81% 0.83%
2020 0.84% 0.98%
2019 0.85% 1.05%
2018 0.82% 1.08%
2017 0.85% 1.13%
2016 0.89% 1.16%
2015 0.89% 1.18%
2014 0.91% 1.21%
2013 0.94% 1.23%
2012 0.96% 1.26%
2011 0.91% 1.22%
2010 0.88% 1.22%
2009 0.93% 1.25%
2008 1.00% 1.27%
2007 1.08% 1.26%
2006 1.16% 1.27%
2005 1.26% 1.27%
2004 1.36% 1.29%
2003 1.46% 1.29%
2002 1.54% 1.31%
2001 1.67% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 1.21% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.89%, the figure has changed by +0.32 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Bangladesh has the 86th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Bangladesh
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects