Bangladesh
Population 2026
177,818,039
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.21%
- Density
- 1,366 per km²
- Land area
- 130,170 km²
- Capital
- Dhaka
- Currency
- Taka (BDT)
- Official languages
- BN-BD, EN
- Urban population
- 33.2%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 3,407,8602026
- Deaths
- 913,4552026
- Birth rate
- 20.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 5.1per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.14
- Life expectancy
- 74.9At birth, years
- Median age
- 26.3
- Net migration
- -402,100
Age distribution
- 0–1427.6%
- 15–6465.7%
- 65+6.7%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $456B
- GDP per capita
- $2.6K
- GDP growth
- +3.5%
- Inflation
- 8.8%
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
- Exports
- $50.7B
- Imports
- $76.8B
- Tourism receipts
- 0.6%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture11.4%
- Industry34.0%
- Manufacturing22.4%
- Services52.1%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture44.3%
- Industry18.0%
- Services37.7%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DhakaDhaka Division | 10,356,5002026 |
| 2 | ChattogramChittagong | 3,920,2222026 |
| 3 | GazipurDhaka Division | 2,674,6972026 |
| 4 | KhulnaKhulna Division | 1,500,6892026 |
| 5 | RangpurRangpur Division | 1,031,3882026 |
| 6 | RajshahiRajshahi Division | 763,5802026 |
| 7 | ComillaChittagong | 634,6542026 |
| 8 | MohammadpurRajshahi Division | 527,5712026 |
| 9 | HāthazāriChittagong | 498,1792026 |
| 10 | ShibganjRajshahi Division | 378,7012017 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 177,818,039 | 3.4M | 913K |
| 2020 | 166,298,024 | 3.4M | 1.0M |
| 2010 | 152,201,978 | 3.3M | 921K |
| 2000 | 134,544,303 | 4.0M | 1.1M |
| 1990 | 111,633,722 | 3.9M | 1.3M |
| 1980 | 88,016,435 | 4.0M | 1.4M |
| 1970 | 69,058,898 | 3.3M | 1.5M |
| 1960 | 51,828,663 | 2.5M | 1.1M |
| 1950 | 41,206,857 | 1.9M | 1.1M |