What is the difference in population between Bangladesh and Brazil?

39.67 million people, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Brazil?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs Brazil: Population

Bangladesh

171.47 million people

in 2023

Brazil

211.14 million people

in 2023

Bangladesh rank

8th

Brazil rank

7th

Population over time

Bangladesh
Brazil

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 211.14 million people against 171.47 million people in Bangladesh, a difference of 39.67 million people.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times Bangladesh's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Brazil ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 8th and Brazil ranks 7th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 23 and Brazil in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Brazil	Difference	Ahead
1000s	7.39 million people	11.34 million people	3.94 million people	Brazil
1100s	7.68 million people	12.57 million people	4.89 million people	Brazil
1200s	7.97 million people	13.80 million people	5.83 million people	Brazil
1300s	7.97 million people	15.03 million people	7.06 million people	Brazil
1400s	9.02 million people	16.26 million people	7.24 million people	Brazil
1500s	9.60 million people	18.74 million people	9.14 million people	Brazil
1600s	12.48 million people	887,751 people	11.59 million people	Bangladesh
1700s	15.36 million people	551,256 people	14.81 million people	Bangladesh
1710s	15.77 million people	634,155 people	15.13 million people	Bangladesh
1720s	16.09 million people	733,297 people	15.36 million people	Bangladesh
1730s	16.42 million people	852,425 people	15.57 million people	Bangladesh
1740s	16.75 million people	996,206 people	15.76 million people	Bangladesh
1750s	17.10 million people	1.17 million people	15.93 million people	Bangladesh
1760s	17.44 million people	1.38 million people	16.06 million people	Bangladesh
1770s	17.80 million people	1.64 million people	16.16 million people	Bangladesh
1780s	18.16 million people	1.96 million people	16.20 million people	Bangladesh
1790s	18.53 million people	2.35 million people	16.19 million people	Bangladesh
1800s	19.36 million people	2.86 million people	16.50 million people	Bangladesh
1810s	19.79 million people	3.85 million people	15.94 million people	Bangladesh
1820s	20.40 million people	4.84 million people	15.56 million people	Bangladesh
1830s	21.27 million people	5.67 million people	15.60 million people	Bangladesh
1840s	22.19 million people	6.64 million people	15.55 million people	Bangladesh
1850s	22.94 million people	7.76 million people	15.18 million people	Bangladesh
1860s	23.45 million people	9.04 million people	14.41 million people	Bangladesh
1870s	24.18 million people	10.70 million people	13.48 million people	Bangladesh
1880s	25.20 million people	12.89 million people	12.31 million people	Bangladesh
1890s	26.26 million people	15.91 million people	10.34 million people	Bangladesh
1900s	27.34 million people	19.93 million people	7.41 million people	Bangladesh
1910s	28.18 million people	24.63 million people	3.55 million people	Bangladesh
1920s	29.15 million people	30.29 million people	1.14 million people	Brazil
1930s	32.66 million people	37.11 million people	4.45 million people	Brazil
1940s	37.70 million people	46.77 million people	9.07 million people	Brazil
1950s	45.49 million people	61.43 million people	15.94 million people	Brazil
1960s	59.25 million people	82.67 million people	23.42 million people	Brazil
1970s	76.99 million people	106.56 million people	29.57 million people	Brazil
1980s	98.88 million people	133.99 million people	35.11 million people	Brazil
1990s	121.62 million people	160.46 million people	38.84 million people	Brazil
2000s	143.36 million people	183.45 million people	40.08 million people	Brazil
2010s	158.62 million people	200.76 million people	42.14 million people	Brazil
2020s	168.70 million people	209.91 million people	41.21 million people	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Bangladesh or Brazil?: Brazil, at 211.14 million people against 171.47 million people in Bangladesh as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Bangladesh and Brazil?: 39.67 million people, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Brazil?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Brazil rank globally for population?: Bangladesh ranks 8th and Brazil ranks 7th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.