Bangladesh's population rose from 125M in 1996 to 176M in 2025.
Bangladesh · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Bangladesh's population growth fell from 1.8 % in 1996 to 1.2 % in 2025.
Bangladesh's population density rose from 924.5 in 1994 to 1,319 in 2023.
Bangladesh's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.0 % in 1996 to 50.8 % in 2025.
Bangladesh's urbanisation rose from 22.0 % in 1996 to 33.2 % in 2025.
Bangladesh's urban population rose from 27.4M in 1996 to 58.4M in 2025.
Bangladesh's rural population rose from 97.4M in 1996 to 117M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.2 %95th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.8 %74th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.9 %189th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −3.2 %180th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs142nd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts82nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts85th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts130th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.4 pts133rd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts130th of 217
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- Net migrationup +15.1 %215th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.4 pts158th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +3.5 %9th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs107th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs121st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.3 yrs95th of 217