Country or area · Southern Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Bangladesh population

Bangladesh population now

178,338,618

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 176.9–181.0 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 171,466,990

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 177.818 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 176.9–181.0 million
Median age: 27.3
Aged 65+: 6.8%

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male female projection · one cell = 50,000 people

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BGD · 1950–2100 · in brief

Bangladesh in numbers

171,466,990 people lived in Bangladesh in mid-2023: 2.1% of the world's people, and the 8th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 4.2 times its 1950 population of 41.2 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2071 at 226 million, then falling to 209 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 124 million to 350 million.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2077; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it.

The median age was 19.3 in 1950 and 26.3 in 2023; the projection has 49.7 in 2100. 6.3% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 32.0% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2056 at 145 million.

Among countries it ranks 8th in 2023, 10th in 2050 and 10th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Brazil in 2052. It is overtaken by Ethiopia in 2046 and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2050.

Population, mid-2023: 171,466,990
Rank by population, 2023: 8 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 2.1%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.23% · +2,082,092 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 1,319
Land area, 2023: 129,980 km²
Births, 2023: 3,489,953
Deaths, 2023: 859,075
Net migration, 2023: −549,918
Children per woman, 2023: 2.16
Median age, 2023: 26.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 74.7 years
In a city, 2025: 51 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 41,206,856
Projected, mid-2050: 214,709,096
Projected, mid-2100: 208,596,516

BGD · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: Bangladesh, 1950–2100

Bangladesh: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	40,816,124		1,910,563	1,137,412	6.37	37.4
1951	estimate	41,597,588		1,963,247	1,127,457	6.39	38.1
1952	estimate	42,447,019		2,014,888	1,120,000	6.41	38.8
1953	estimate	43,339,003		2,067,396	1,117,125	6.42	39.4
1954	estimate	44,243,780		2,129,606	1,104,041	6.47	40.4
1955	estimate	45,238,811		2,189,408	1,101,026	6.50	41.1
1956	estimate	46,296,557		2,250,651	1,104,399	6.54	41.6
1957	estimate	47,412,277		2,316,244	1,092,923	6.58	42.6
1958	estimate	48,597,061		2,381,133	1,098,858	6.61	43.1
1959	estimate	49,771,046		2,455,238	1,100,557	6.68	43.7
1960	estimate	51,112,478		2,539,537	1,120,765	6.74	44.0
1961	estimate	52,544,843		2,619,175	1,114,675	6.78	44.9
1962	estimate	54,075,852		2,694,801	1,110,734	6.81	45.8
1963	estimate	55,686,440		2,754,010	1,141,302	6.80	45.7
1964	estimate	57,322,364		2,813,709	1,127,110	6.79	46.8
1965	estimate	59,034,383		2,873,709	1,185,053	6.77	46.0
1966	estimate	60,770,655		2,940,984	1,146,440	6.77	47.6
1967	estimate	62,568,956		3,020,540	1,159,753	6.79	48.1
1968	estimate	64,452,901		3,096,247	1,177,531	6.79	48.4
1969	estimate	66,363,651		3,184,509	1,198,539	6.81	48.7
1970	estimate	68,224,614		3,271,921	1,529,639	6.84	42.7
1971	estimate	69,893,175		3,345,133	2,802,343	6.83	26.5
1972	estimate	70,660,342		3,454,350	1,223,166	6.82	49.6
1973	estimate	72,622,696		3,528,818	1,252,301	6.80	49.9
1974	estimate	74,821,892		3,623,086	1,310,630	6.78	49.6
1975	estimate	76,856,803		3,675,988	1,290,674	6.73	50.6
1976	estimate	78,851,898		3,739,734	1,307,923	6.66	51.0
1977	estimate	80,858,738		3,799,386	1,323,850	6.58	51.3
1978	estimate	82,875,789		3,851,271	1,336,819	6.51	51.6
1979	estimate	84,903,521		3,918,405	1,347,954	6.42	52.0
1980	estimate	86,966,622		3,975,289	1,359,754	6.33	52.3
1981	estimate	89,066,241		4,025,799	1,367,180	6.24	52.6
1982	estimate	91,539,968		4,079,896	1,374,092	6.12	53.0
1983	estimate	94,089,045		4,065,452	1,371,317	5.91	53.4
1984	estimate	96,581,264		4,082,289	1,369,199	5.73	53.8
1985	estimate	99,048,668		4,078,821	1,380,638	5.54	53.9
1986	estimate	101,458,982		4,041,796	1,356,616	5.30	54.6
1987	estimate	103,812,162		4,013,410	1,351,683	5.08	54.9
1988	estimate	106,106,420		3,960,972	1,346,386	4.85	55.2
1989	estimate	108,325,595		3,963,797	1,340,472	4.70	55.5
1990	estimate	110,542,003		3,922,874	1,335,340	4.51	55.8
1991	estimate	112,725,431		3,827,174	1,472,973	4.26	53.8
1992	estimate	114,848,787		3,757,349	1,303,635	4.03	56.6
1993	estimate	117,055,596		3,709,996	1,284,783	3.83	57.1
1994	estimate	119,209,125		3,740,761	1,265,704	3.74	57.6
1995	estimate	121,477,233		3,721,582	1,243,996	3.59	58.2
1996	estimate	123,723,507		3,749,747	1,218,168	3.50	58.9
1997	estimate	126,000,851		3,863,856	1,195,973	3.50	59.7
1998	estimate	128,395,288		3,912,452	1,171,394	3.43	60.4
1999	estimate	130,849,375		3,945,412	1,141,782	3.36	61.2
2000	estimate	133,366,754		3,980,972	1,113,444	3.28	62.0
2001	estimate	135,721,855		3,991,130	1,085,484	3.20	62.8
2002	estimate	137,889,766		3,963,262	1,055,571	3.13	63.6
2003	estimate	139,977,550		3,911,233	1,029,297	3.03	64.3
2004	estimate	141,963,153		3,857,568	1,007,930	2.94	64.9
2005	estimate	143,842,558		3,770,632	987,575	2.85	65.5
2006	estimate	145,589,014		3,697,001	971,275	2.75	66.0
2007	estimate	147,222,933		3,629,568	963,372	2.67	66.5
2008	estimate	148,755,623		3,540,223	944,574	2.58	67.0
2009	estimate	150,192,904		3,444,271	932,497	2.48	67.5
2010	estimate	151,554,524		3,329,284	920,703	2.38	68.0
2011	estimate	152,849,439		3,242,917	910,733	2.31	68.5
2012	estimate	154,332,712		3,211,309	906,652	2.26	69.0
2013	estimate	155,807,491		3,216,675	904,445	2.25	69.5
2014	estimate	157,256,790		3,206,405	900,892	2.23	70.0
2015	estimate	158,673,067		3,228,108	898,668	2.23	70.5
2016	estimate	160,093,291		3,252,648	896,593	2.23	71.1
2017	estimate	161,530,574		3,242,306	893,986	2.21	71.6
2018	estimate	162,841,719		3,281,709	889,864	2.19	72.1
2019	estimate	164,204,488		3,319,802	885,871	2.18	72.6
2020	estimate	165,621,622		3,374,090	1,018,769	2.17	71.4
2021	estimate	166,974,426		3,422,642	1,059,070	2.17	71.1
2022	estimate	168,343,283		3,486,416	853,189	2.18	74.3
2023	estimate	170,426,512		3,489,953	859,075	2.16	74.7
2024	estimate	172,507,468		3,469,124	885,972	2.14	74.9
2025	projection	174,617,260	174.0–175.2 million	3,441,259	899,880	2.11	75.2
2026	projection	176,756,539	175.5–178.0 million	3,407,860	913,453	2.09	75.5
2027	projection	178,879,550	176.9–181.0 million	3,372,729	927,403	2.07	75.7
2028	projection	180,980,800	178.2–183.9 million	3,334,941	942,426	2.05	76.0
2029	projection	183,048,747	179.5–186.9 million	3,295,324	957,735	2.03	76.2
2030	projection	185,080,492	180.7–189.8 million	3,252,257	973,591	2.01	76.5
2031	projection	187,064,321	181.9–192.8 million	3,206,837	990,069	2.00	76.7
2032	projection	188,986,076	182.9–195.9 million	3,162,889	1,006,580	1.98	77.0
2033	projection	190,823,059	183.9–199.1 million	3,113,924	1,023,057	1.97	77.2
2034	projection	192,611,311	184.9–202.1 million	3,066,967	1,040,667	1.95	77.4
2035	projection	194,311,021	185.4–205.0 million	3,020,759	1,057,707	1.94	77.7
2036	projection	195,949,723	186.2–207.8 million	2,975,682	1,076,513	1.92	77.9
2037	projection	197,531,427	187.1–210.7 million	2,934,553	1,094,540	1.91	78.1
2038	projection	199,044,964	187.6–213.2 million	2,901,244	1,112,864	1.90	78.3
2039	projection	200,508,933	188.2–215.8 million	2,868,331	1,131,096	1.88	78.6
2040	projection	201,908,614	188.5–218.5 million	2,843,782	1,150,318	1.88	78.8
2041	projection	203,270,244	189.0–221.5 million	2,821,838	1,169,969	1.86	79.0
2042	projection	204,607,915	189.3–224.5 million	2,804,443	1,189,684	1.86	79.2
2043	projection	205,911,056	189.3–227.0 million	2,791,291	1,209,821	1.85	79.5
2044	projection	207,179,910	189.4–229.4 million	2,777,964	1,229,880	1.84	79.7
2045	projection	208,422,200	189.6–231.9 million	2,770,802	1,250,256	1.83	79.9
2046	projection	209,636,988	189.7–234.7 million	2,765,063	1,271,349	1.83	80.1
2047	projection	210,825,391	190.1–238.0 million	2,756,730	1,292,858	1.82	80.3
2048	projection	211,978,949	190.3–241.2 million	2,749,443	1,315,700	1.82	80.5
2049	projection	213,096,907	190.2–243.5 million	2,740,157	1,340,082	1.81	80.7
2050	projection	214,180,172	190.2–245.9 million	2,730,317	1,364,398	1.81	80.9
2051	projection	215,238,021	190.3–249.3 million	2,721,488	1,389,250	1.80	81.1
2052	projection	216,263,090	190.0–252.0 million	2,707,044	1,414,546	1.80	81.3
2053	projection	217,239,234	189.9–255.1 million	2,697,197	1,439,725	1.80	81.5
2054	projection	218,177,824	189.4–258.3 million	2,683,088	1,467,046	1.79	81.7
2055	projection	219,065,864	189.0–261.0 million	2,663,269	1,492,321	1.79	81.9
2056	projection	219,929,050	188.5–263.7 million	2,644,566	1,520,250	1.79	82.0
2057	projection	220,733,310	188.3–266.4 million	2,619,699	1,548,961	1.79	82.2
2058	projection	221,501,342	187.8–269.0 million	2,593,033	1,577,545	1.78	82.4
2059	projection	222,210,750	187.7–271.6 million	2,567,508	1,606,625	1.78	82.6
2060	projection	222,854,044	187.1–273.7 million	2,536,641	1,637,574	1.78	82.8
2061	projection	223,444,672	186.0–276.5 million	2,504,861	1,669,994	1.77	82.9
2062	projection	223,980,020	184.9–278.5 million	2,477,799	1,702,327	1.77	83.1
2063	projection	224,449,641	183.8–280.9 million	2,449,353	1,734,665	1.77	83.3
2064	projection	224,860,799	183.1–282.6 million	2,421,579	1,767,014	1.77	83.5
2065	projection	225,204,555	182.9–285.4 million	2,394,874	1,799,711	1.76	83.6
2066	projection	225,499,440	181.8–287.7 million	2,370,149	1,834,804	1.76	83.8
2067	projection	225,738,320	180.2–290.5 million	2,345,469	1,870,445	1.76	83.9
2068	projection	225,921,108	179.3–292.9 million	2,323,138	1,903,383	1.76	84.1
2069	projection	226,043,911	178.4–295.7 million	2,301,930	1,937,061	1.76	84.3
2070	projection	226,112,428	176.5–298.2 million	2,283,892	1,970,543	1.75	84.4
2071	projection	226,139,181	175.2–300.6 million	2,265,920	2,003,488	1.75	84.6
2072	projection	226,120,598	173.3–303.2 million	2,249,652	2,040,252	1.75	84.7
2073	projection	226,053,885	172.3–305.5 million	2,235,610	2,074,516	1.75	84.9
2074	projection	225,933,813	171.3–308.7 million	2,221,684	2,107,013	1.75	85.0
2075	projection	225,778,581	170.2–310.4 million	2,207,903	2,140,428	1.75	85.2
2076	projection	225,575,352	168.9–312.6 million	2,194,009	2,170,124	1.75	85.3
2077	projection	225,318,908	167.4–313.3 million	2,178,781	2,201,264	1.74	85.5
2078	projection	225,013,178	165.5–314.8 million	2,166,523	2,231,105	1.74	85.6
2079	projection	224,685,259	164.1–317.0 million	2,151,599	2,259,402	1.74	85.8
2080	projection	224,293,581	162.6–319.7 million	2,138,270	2,287,099	1.74	85.9
2081	projection	223,868,819	160.2–322.1 million	2,124,168	2,313,509	1.73	86.0
2082	projection	223,397,645	158.4–323.0 million	2,110,756	2,337,931	1.73	86.2
2083	projection	222,910,253	156.7–325.8 million	2,099,957	2,362,818	1.74	86.3
2084	projection	222,382,717	154.9–327.2 million	2,087,095	2,386,486	1.74	86.4
2085	projection	221,827,169	153.2–329.1 million	2,071,095	2,407,372	1.74	86.5
2086	projection	221,232,824	151.4–330.9 million	2,054,013	2,430,272	1.73	86.7
2087	projection	220,586,934	149.5–332.8 million	2,038,860	2,451,183	1.74	86.8
2088	projection	219,912,421	147.6–334.4 million	2,020,626	2,472,634	1.74	86.9
2089	projection	219,197,680	145.9–335.9 million	1,999,209	2,494,550	1.73	87.0
2090	projection	218,446,757	143.6–337.0 million	1,981,157	2,514,362	1.73	87.2
2091	projection	217,649,437	141.6–338.1 million	1,963,145	2,532,498	1.73	87.3
2092	projection	216,825,522	140.1–340.5 million	1,942,644	2,549,366	1.73	87.4
2093	projection	215,952,963	137.7–342.8 million	1,924,281	2,562,521	1.73	87.5
2094	projection	215,053,023	135.3–344.2 million	1,903,842	2,573,203	1.73	87.7
2095	projection	214,115,318	133.8–345.5 million	1,886,207	2,581,919	1.73	87.8
2096	projection	213,160,230	131.7–346.3 million	1,865,383	2,592,777	1.73	87.9
2097	projection	212,186,499	129.8–346.8 million	1,848,229	2,598,110	1.73	88.0
2098	projection	211,188,544	127.8–347.0 million	1,833,626	2,603,528	1.73	88.1
2099	projection	210,164,517	126.2–349.5 million	1,815,056	2,608,051	1.72	88.2
2100	projection	209,120,273	124.3–349.9 million	1,798,648	2,609,196	1.72	88.3

Show the numbers: Bangladesh, mid-2026, by single year of age

Bangladesh: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	1,725,480	1,648,280
1	1,732,700	1,655,840
2	1,734,140	1,658,840
3	1,727,970	1,653,870
4	1,711,890	1,635,890
5	1,681,860	1,603,710
6	1,650,800	1,570,830
7	1,627,630	1,545,220
8	1,610,980	1,525,750
9	1,602,100	1,513,010
10	1,602,720	1,506,840
11	1,612,390	1,505,860
12	1,631,380	1,510,500
13	1,658,990	1,520,820
14	1,690,640	1,536,750
15	1,719,190	1,559,090
16	1,738,540	1,586,940
17	1,745,510	1,618,410
18	1,739,120	1,652,090
19	1,719,680	1,684,520
20	1,688,100	1,709,810
21	1,645,790	1,724,810
22	1,592,420	1,728,340
23	1,528,730	1,720,580
24	1,461,820	1,705,480
25	1,404,020	1,689,650
26	1,363,610	1,677,690
27	1,342,480	1,670,860
28	1,339,130	1,668,350
29	1,343,570	1,662,600
30	1,342,440	1,643,900
31	1,327,830	1,607,130
32	1,295,460	1,548,780
33	1,247,410	1,471,460
34	1,194,320	1,388,800
35	1,151,830	1,321,950
36	1,129,790	1,284,610
37	1,129,400	1,278,480
38	1,150,730	1,302,740
39	1,183,800	1,342,200
40	1,209,620	1,367,950
41	1,216,630	1,361,830
42	1,202,460	1,320,280
43	1,169,060	1,246,540
44	1,121,320	1,152,560
45	1,068,550	1,060,240
46	1,017,910	985,369
47	970,477	930,569
48	926,692	895,206
49	886,646	874,030
50	850,140	857,315
51	817,353	839,203
52	787,949	818,345
53	762,090	795,062
54	737,238	768,164
55	713,035	738,951
56	691,013	710,137
57	669,735	681,085
58	648,526	651,471
59	626,869	621,436
60	604,964	592,066
61	583,532	564,685
62	562,642	539,302
63	542,055	515,316
64	521,580	492,148
65	501,021	469,176
66	480,416	446,300
67	459,766	423,658
68	439,052	401,387
69	418,044	379,312
70	396,292	365,342
71	371,286	356,630
72	342,806	343,288
73	312,645	326,594
74	280,489	306,922
75	250,276	282,154
76	221,370	250,345
77	198,680	224,674
78	187,625	212,844
79	174,958	199,842
80	156,906	181,477
81	138,102	162,591
82	119,598	143,997
83	102,198	126,198
84	86,242	109,517
85	71,888	94,148
86	59,195	80,374
87	48,134	68,025
88	38,447	56,630
89	30,013	46,196
90	22,912	36,954
91	17,158	29,081
92	12,567	22,481
93	8,912	16,980
94	6,080	12,486
95	3,980	8,886
96	2,488	6,098
97	1,473	4,014
98	816	2,518
99	416	1,497
100+	340	1,864

BGD · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Bangladesh, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

BGD · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Bangladesh

On the UN's projection, Bangladesh will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2056: 144,600,000 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 112,000,000.

100 aged 15–64

43 children

10 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 16 years: 2036–2051.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

BGD · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Bangladesh, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Bangladesh loses 654,062 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 147,360 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 20,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 224,369 (1971); its biggest loss, 1,158,420 (2008).

In 2024, 2,906,338 people living in Bangladesh had been born in another country, 2 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

BGD · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Bangladesh

Of every 100 babies born in Bangladesh in 2023, 18 had a mother under 20, 75 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 7 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 22 under 20 and 13 aged 35 or older.

1950
22 · 65 · 13

2023
18 · 75 · 7

2050 · projected
9 · 81 · 10

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 3,489,953
Average age when women have a baby: 26.0 years; 27.9 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 73; 181 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Bangladesh by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	59,493	109,456	133,162	11,909	662	94
15–19	361,351	870,569	1,150,438	631,156	239,685	52,426
20–24	509,898	968,797	1,209,002	1,164,661	798,768	298,036
25–29	422,409	727,275	805,913	943,961	856,582	558,181
30–34	311,691	532,387	433,984	491,174	565,875	566,118
35–39	173,197	314,580	184,813	195,811	206,165	255,269
40–44	60,313	124,640	54,120	45,387	58,052	64,908
45–49	11,600	27,019	9,076	5,658	4,399	3,557
50–54	611	1,265	464	236	129	59
All babies	1,910,563	3,675,988	3,980,972	3,489,953	2,730,317	1,798,648

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

BGD · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Bangladesh

Of the 73.1 years a baby born in Bangladesh in 2021 could expect, about 63.1 would be lived in full health (95% range 62.2–64.1). That leaves 10.0 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

63.0 in full health, 11.6 not: 74.6 years

Men

63.1 in full health, 8.5 not: 71.6 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 63.0 healthy years of 74.6. Men: 63.1 of 71.6. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 64.0.

BGD · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Bangladesh

At the end of 2025, Bangladesh was hosting 1,178,105 people who had crossed a border into it, about 7 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad1,178,105
Bangladesh nationals abroad124,303

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 20,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Bangladesh living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 34 people asked for asylum in Bangladesh for the first time; 49,455 people from Bangladesh asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Bangladesh whose claims were decided that year, 8 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

BGD · of every 100 people

How people live in Bangladesh

Of every 100 people in Bangladesh in 2025, 51 lived in a city, 47 in a town or suburb and 2 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

0.5 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 46.6 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

BGD · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Bangladesh went in school

Of every 100 adults in Bangladesh in 2020, 37 never went to school and 19 finished upper secondary or went further.

37 never went to school 10 some primary 20 finished primary 14 finished lower secondary 13 finished upper secondary 6 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 66.2 of every 100 women and 48.1 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 13.2 and 15.4.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2045; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2075.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

BGD · cities · 2025

Cities in Bangladesh

Bangladesh had 233 cities in 2025, home to 90.0 million people. The largest, Dhaka, holds 21 of every 100 people in Bangladesh.

Dhaka36,585,479
Chattogram4,983,553
Savar3,557,381
Brahmanbaria2,914,727
Kishoreganj1,324,096
Sylhet1,242,548
Khulna1,074,134
Kutubdia1,053,339
Chandanaish928,788
Rajshahi755,347

All 71 cities in Bangladesh that reach 300,000 people

Dhaka 36,585,479
Chattogram 4,983,553
Savar 3,557,381
Brahmanbaria 2,914,727
Kishoreganj 1,324,096
Sylhet 1,242,548
Khulna 1,074,134
Kutubdia 1,053,339
Chandanaish 928,788
Rajshahi 755,347
Louhajang 725,057
Mymensingh 677,433
Bogura 661,378
Rangpur 641,327
Chapainawabganj 607,924
Jashore 578,026
Belkuchi (24.3° N, 89.7° E) 505,615
Cox's Bazar 470,100
Elenga 459,645
Barishal 457,323
Sirajganj 446,632
Tangail 444,219
Pabna 436,119
Chandpur 430,144
Belkuchi (24.2° N, 89.6° E) 410,861
Kushtia 410,514
Feni 401,506
Dinajpur 396,235
Lalpur 375,833
Nandail 354,872
Jamalpur 345,132
Sherpur 341,630
Naogaon 338,623
Faridpur 329,383
Shariatpur 321,804
Nazirhat 317,240
Sandwip 309,439
Golapganj 306,017
Shaistaganj 300,465
Moulvibazar 297,098
Chengarchar 271,704
Thakurgaon 271,454
Saghatta 270,148
Sunamganj 251,822
Rangunia 250,564
Sreemangal 247,298
Saidpur 245,655
Manikganj 237,163
Mollar Char 228,869
Kazipur 227,234
Habiganj 223,874
Madaripur 210,635
Kulaura 208,075
Muktagacha 203,965
Narayanpur 201,100
Trishal 200,492
Mathbarer Char 188,871
Afamolla 183,242
Bahubal 178,981
Madhabpur 176,480
Beanibazar 171,417
Shahrasti 169,908
Ulipur 167,347
Akhaura 165,093
Delduar 163,064
Fenchuganj 161,718
Rajoir 133,428
Gouripur 109,980
Bhuapur 105,501
Tarail 66,019
Bhanga 139,051 (2030)

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Bangladesh are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.