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🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇧🇷 Brazil

Population difference
37,125,506
175.7M
Bangladesh
212.8M
Brazil
21.1%
Brazil is larger by

35 indicators below, published by both countries and set side by side. They differ most on land area, where Brazil’s figure is 64.3× higher.

Indicators compared
35
Published by both countries
Bangladesh
by population · Asia
Brazil
by population · South America

Side by Side

Each bar is scaled against the larger of the two values, so the gap is visible rather than only stated.

Population
Bangladesh175,686,899
Brazil212,812,405
Land Areakm²
Bangladesh129,980 km²
Brazil8,358,140 km²
Population Density/km²
Bangladesh1,319/km²
Brazil25/km²
Life Expectancyyears
Bangladesh74.9 years
Brazil76.0 years
GDP per Capita
Bangladesh$2,597
Brazil$10,713
Urban Population
Bangladesh33.2%
Brazil88.2%

Bars compare magnitude only. A larger value is not a better one — several of these indicators have no better direction, and for others the lower figure is the favourable one.

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Bold marks the larger of the two values — larger is not always better. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Every indicator published for both Bangladesh and Brazil, side by side
IndicatorBangladeshBrazilBangladesh vs Brazil
Population175,686,8998th of 240212,812,4057th of 24017% lower
Annual Growth Rate+1.22%91st of 240+0.38%161st of 2403.2× higher
Population Density/km²1,319/km²9th of 24025/km²195th of 2401,294 apart
Land Areakm²129,980 km²96th of 2408,358,140 km²5th of 2408,228,160 km² apart
Urban Population33.2%206th of 24088.2%45th of 2402.7× lower
GDP per Capita$2,597193rd of 240$10,713120th of 2404.1× lower
GDP Growth+3.5%95th of 210+2.3%134th of 21053% higher
Life Expectancyyears74.9 years126th of 24076.0 years115th of 2401% lower
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.14 births per woman100th of 2401.61 births per woman149th of 24032% higher
Birth Rateper 1,00020.0 per 1,00074th of 21312.1 per 1,000117th of 2131.6× higher
Death Rateper 1,0005.1 per 1,000185th of 2137.1 per 1,000111th of 21328% lower
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births24.4 per 1,000 live births138th of 19412.3 per 1,000 live births96th of 1942.0× higher
Unemployment Rate3.8%65th of 1866.0%109th of 18637% lower
Inflation Rate8.8%28th of 1915.0%48th of 1911.7× higher
Poverty Rate18.7%66th of 1646.4%13th of 1642.9× higher
Gini Index30.942nd of 17050.3162nd of 17039% lower
Health Spendingof GDP2.2% of GDP191st of 1929.7% of GDP31st of 1924.5× lower
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000142nd of 2062.36 per 1,00078th of 2063.3× lower
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.92 per 1,000164th of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 1992.7× lower
Literacy Rate79.0%126th of 17594.7%84th of 17517% lower
Education Spendingof GDP2.0% of GDP181st of 2025.6% of GDP35th of 2022.8× lower
School Enrollmentgross, secondary64.3% gross, secondary159th of 207104.1% gross, secondary46th of 20738% lower
Renewable Energyof final consumption25.0% of final consumption92nd of 21146.5% of final consumption53rd of 21146% lower
Forest Coverageof land area14.5% of land area142nd of 21159.0% of land area29th of 2114.1× lower
Internet Penetration53.4%157th of 21184.5%88th of 21137% lower
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people108.1 per 100 people126th of 212101.9 per 100 people135th of 2126% higher
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births115 per 100,000 live births131st of 19367 per 100,000 live births112th of 1931.7× higher
Military Spendingof GDP0.94% of GDP126th of 1630.97% of GDP124th of 1633% lower
Protected Areasof land area4.2% of land area184th of 21130.6% of land area36th of 2117.3× lower
Median Ageyears26.0 years165th of 24034.8 years108th of 24025% lower
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.2 years111th of 1488.0 years104th of 14810% lower
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.78683rd of 19213% lower
Happiness Index/ 104.32/ 10136th of 1646.63/ 1032nd of 16435% lower
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.62 tonnes per capita170th of 2122.28 tonnes per capita125th of 2123.7× lower
Obesity Rate5.7%189th of 19830.9%60th of 1985.4× lower

Values are each country’s most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each. Bold marks the larger of the two, which is not always the better one.

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

BangladeshBrazil
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Bangladesh and Brazil population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Bangladesh195041.2M
Bangladesh197577.9M
Bangladesh2000134.5M
Bangladesh2025175.7M
Bangladesh2050214.7M
Bangladesh2075225.7M
Bangladesh2100208.6M
Brazil195053.4M
Brazil1975107.6M
Brazil2000174M
Brazil2025212.8M
Brazil2050217.5M
Brazil2075194.9M
Brazil2100163.4M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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