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Bangladesh vs United Kingdom

Flag of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

175,686,899#8 · +1.22%/yr
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Flag of United Kingdom

United Kingdom

69,487,000#22 · +0.30%/yr

Bangladesh has 2.5× the population of United Kingdom: 175,686,899 vs 69,487,000, a gap of 106.2 million. Bangladesh is growing faster (+1.22% vs +0.30% a year), adding about 2,137,485 people a year against +206,306. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. United Kingdom is the older society: 19.7% aged 65+ against 6.7% in Bangladesh, while Bangladesh has more children (27.6% under 15 vs 17.0%). Bangladesh is 4.7× as densely populated (1,319.2 vs 283.2 people per km²). People in United Kingdom live 6.5 years longer on average (81.4 vs 74.9). GDP per capita is 22.2× higher in United Kingdom ($57,602 vs $2,597).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Bangladesh) and 2025 (United Kingdom); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Bangladesh vs United Kingdom — side by side

Flag of Bangladesh BangladeshFlag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
Population175,686,899202569,487,0002025
Growth rate / yr+1.22%2025+0.30%2025
Births per 1,00020.020249.92024
Deaths per 1,0005.120249.72024
Children per woman2.1420241.552024
Life expectancy74.9 yrs202481.4 yrs2024
Aged 0–1427.6%202517.0%2025
Aged 65+6.7%202519.7%2025
Density1,319.2 /km²2023283.2 /km²2023
Area147,570 km²2023243,610 km²2023
Urban population33.2%202583.3%2025
Net migration / yr-402,1002025+389,9112025
GDP per capita$2,5972025$57,6022025
Country population rank (available records)#8#22
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)2.14%0.85%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Bangladesh: 3.4× from 1960 to 2025; United Kingdom: 1.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

046.6M93.1M139.7M186.2M1960197019801990200020102020BangladeshUnited Kingdom0901802693591960197019801990200020102020BangladeshUnited Kingdom

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