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Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · BGD

Bangladesh

Asia · Southern Asia

Bangladesh is recorded at 173.56m people in 2024, with total annual change of +2,109,792 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 050 · BGD

Bangladesh

BGD · BD
HOLDING
population 173.56m
annual change +2,109,792
natural change +2,583,152
fertility 2.14
migrant share 1.7%

The Slowing · peak 2071 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 2.91m

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Bangladesh in 2024
Births 3,469,124
Deaths -885,972
Natural change +2,583,152
Net migration -473,362
Total change +2,109,792
time anchors

+35,034,152

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Bangladesh
This year +2,109,792
Since peak -52,567,525 since 2071
Projected 2100 208.60m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

1.7%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 171.47m

Bangladesh 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 48.63m, ages 15-64 112.00m, ages 65+ 10.84m.

0-14
48.63m
15-64
112.00m
65+
10.84m
2050 2050 214.71m

Bangladesh 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 41.67m, ages 15-64 143.86m, ages 65+ 29.18m.

0-14
41.67m
15-64
143.86m
65+
29.18m
2100 2100 208.60m

Bangladesh 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 28.71m, ages 15-64 113.09m, ages 65+ 66.79m.

0-14
28.71m
15-64
113.09m
65+
66.79m
stage

The Slowing

Stage since 2024.

crossover

2077

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

10.08

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2056.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 173.56m 2,109,792 3.47m 886.0k 2.14
2030 186.07m 1,983,829 3.25m 973.6k 2.01
2050 214.71m 1,057,849 2.73m 1.36m 1.81
2080 224.08m -424,762 2.14m 2.29m 1.74
2100 208.60m -1,047,515 1.80m 2.61m 1.72