Bangladesh vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Urban population

Bangladesh
58.40 million
in 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo
50.90 million
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
15th
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
18th

Urban population over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 58.40 million against 50.90 million in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 7.49 million.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Globally, Bangladesh ranks 15th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 18th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.