What is the difference in population between Bangladesh and Ethiopia?

42.77 million people, with Bangladesh ahead.

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

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 Ethiopia: Population

Bangladesh

171.47 million people

in 2023

Ethiopia

128.69 million people

in 2023

Bangladesh rank

8th

Ethiopia rank

11th

Population over time

Bangladesh
Ethiopia

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 171.47 million people against 128.69 million people in Ethiopia, a difference of 42.77 million people.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.3 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 8th and Ethiopia ranks 11th of 238 countries.

Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Ethiopia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	7.39 million people	2.35 million people	5.04 million people	Bangladesh
1100s	7.68 million people	2.35 million people	5.33 million people	Bangladesh
1200s	7.97 million people	2.35 million people	5.61 million people	Bangladesh
1300s	7.97 million people	2.35 million people	5.61 million people	Bangladesh
1400s	9.02 million people	2.35 million people	6.67 million people	Bangladesh
1500s	9.60 million people	2.35 million people	7.25 million people	Bangladesh
1600s	12.48 million people	2.35 million people	10.12 million people	Bangladesh
1700s	15.36 million people	2.35 million people	13.01 million people	Bangladesh
1710s	15.77 million people	2.41 million people	13.36 million people	Bangladesh
1720s	16.09 million people	2.46 million people	13.63 million people	Bangladesh
1730s	16.42 million people	2.51 million people	13.91 million people	Bangladesh
1740s	16.75 million people	2.56 million people	14.19 million people	Bangladesh
1750s	17.10 million people	2.61 million people	14.48 million people	Bangladesh
1760s	17.44 million people	2.66 million people	14.78 million people	Bangladesh
1770s	17.80 million people	2.71 million people	15.09 million people	Bangladesh
1780s	18.16 million people	2.77 million people	15.40 million people	Bangladesh
1790s	18.53 million people	2.82 million people	15.72 million people	Bangladesh
1800s	19.36 million people	12.03 million people	7.33 million people	Bangladesh
1810s	19.79 million people	12.17 million people	7.61 million people	Bangladesh
1820s	20.40 million people	13.05 million people	7.35 million people	Bangladesh
1830s	21.27 million people	14.83 million people	6.44 million people	Bangladesh
1840s	22.19 million people	17.07 million people	5.12 million people	Bangladesh
1850s	22.94 million people	18.37 million people	4.57 million people	Bangladesh
1860s	23.45 million people	18.23 million people	5.22 million people	Bangladesh
1870s	24.18 million people	18.08 million people	6.10 million people	Bangladesh
1880s	25.20 million people	17.94 million people	7.26 million people	Bangladesh
1890s	26.26 million people	17.80 million people	8.46 million people	Bangladesh
1900s	27.34 million people	17.65 million people	9.69 million people	Bangladesh
1910s	28.18 million people	17.52 million people	10.66 million people	Bangladesh
1920s	29.15 million people	17.48 million people	11.68 million people	Bangladesh
1930s	32.66 million people	17.48 million people	15.18 million people	Bangladesh
1940s	37.70 million people	17.48 million people	20.22 million people	Bangladesh
1950s	45.49 million people	19.25 million people	26.24 million people	Bangladesh
1960s	59.25 million people	24.08 million people	35.17 million people	Bangladesh
1970s	76.99 million people	31.23 million people	45.76 million people	Bangladesh
1980s	98.88 million people	39.63 million people	59.25 million people	Bangladesh
1990s	121.62 million people	56.56 million people	65.06 million people	Bangladesh
2000s	143.36 million people	77.42 million people	65.94 million people	Bangladesh
2010s	158.62 million people	102.77 million people	55.85 million people	Bangladesh
2020s	168.70 million people	123.78 million people	44.92 million people	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Bangladesh or Ethiopia?: Bangladesh, at 171.47 million people against 128.69 million people in Ethiopia as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Bangladesh and Ethiopia?: 42.77 million people, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Ethiopia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Ethiopia rank globally for population?: Bangladesh ranks 8th and Ethiopia ranks 11th 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.