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🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇧🇷 Brazil

Brazil has 37.1M more people — 212,812,405 against 175,686,899. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
175,686,899
Asia · rank #8 · +1.22%
World Bank, 2025
🇧🇷 Brazil
212,812,405
South America · rank #7 · +0.38%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

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.
IndicatorBangladeshBrazil
Population175,686,8998th of 240212,812,4057th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.22%91st of 240+0.38%161st of 240
Population Density/km²1,319/km²9th of 24025/km²195th of 240
Land Areakm²129,980 km²96th of 2408,358,140 km²5th of 240
Urban Population33.2%206th of 24088.2%45th of 240
GDP per Capita$2,597193rd of 240$10,713120th of 240
GDP Growth+3.5%95th of 210+2.3%134th of 210
Life Expectancyyears74.9 years126th of 24076.0 years115th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.14 births per woman100th of 2401.61 births per woman149th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.0 per 1,00074th of 21312.1 per 1,000117th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.1 per 1,000185th of 2137.1 per 1,000111th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births24.4 per 1,000 live births57th of 19412.3 per 1,000 live births98th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.8%122nd of 1866.0%78th of 186
Inflation Rate8.8%28th of 1915.0%48th of 191
Poverty Rate18.7%99th of 1646.4%152nd of 164
Gini Index30.9129th of 17050.38th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.2% of GDP191st of 1929.7% of GDP31st of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000142nd of 2062.36 per 1,00078th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.92 per 1,000164th of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 199
Literacy Rate79.0%126th of 17594.7%84th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.0% of GDP181st of 2025.6% of GDP35th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary64.3% gross, secondary159th of 207104.1% gross, secondary46th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption25.0% of final consumption92nd of 21146.5% of final consumption53rd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.5% of land area142nd of 21159.0% of land area29th of 211
Internet Penetration53.4%157th of 21184.5%88th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people108.1 per 100 people126th of 212101.9 per 100 people135th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births115 per 100,000 live births63rd of 19367 per 100,000 live births79th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.94% of GDP126th of 1630.97% of GDP124th of 163
Protected Areasof land area4.2% of land area184th of 21130.6% of land area36th of 211
Median Ageyears26.0 years165th of 24034.8 years108th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.2 years111th of 1488.0 years104th of 148
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.78683rd of 192
Happiness Index/ 104.32/ 10136th of 1646.63/ 1032nd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.62 tonnes per capita170th of 2122.28 tonnes per capita125th of 212
Obesity Rate5.7%189th of 19830.9%60th of 198

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

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Mind the vintages

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