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🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇨🇩 DR Congo

Bangladesh has 62.9M more people — 175,686,899 against 112,832,473. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
175,686,899
Asia · rank #8 · +1.22%
World Bank, 2025
🇨🇩 DR Congo
112,832,473
Africa · rank #15 · +3.20%
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.
IndicatorBangladeshDR Congo
Population175,686,8998th of 240112,832,47315th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.22%91st of 240+3.20%11th of 240
Population Density/km²1,319/km²9th of 24047/km²168th of 240
Land Areakm²129,980 km²96th of 2402,267,050 km²11th of 240
Urban Population33.2%206th of 24045.1%177th of 240
GDP per Capita$2,597193rd of 240$807230th of 240
GDP Growth+3.5%95th of 210+5.8%40th of 210
Life Expectancyyears74.9 years126th of 24062.1 years228th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.14 births per woman100th of 2405.98 births per woman3rd of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.0 per 1,00074th of 21340.9 per 1,0005th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.1 per 1,000185th of 2138.4 per 1,00072nd of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births24.4 per 1,000 live births57th of 19456.4 per 1,000 live births9th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.8%122nd of 1864.4%114th of 186
Inflation Rate8.8%28th of 1912.9%98th of 191
Poverty Rate18.7%99th of 16456.2%10th of 164
Gini Index30.9129th of 17044.720th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.2% of GDP191st of 1923.7% of GDP162nd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000142nd of 2060.21 per 1,000176th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.92 per 1,000164th of 1990.80 per 1,000167th of 199
Literacy Rate79.0%126th of 17568.5%147th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.0% of GDP181st of 2022.8% of GDP159th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary64.3% gross, secondary159th of 20755.5% gross, secondary168th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption25.0% of final consumption92nd of 21196.3% of final consumption1st of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.5% of land area142nd of 21154.2% of land area41st of 211
Internet Penetration53.4%157th of 21119.7%192nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people108.1 per 100 people126th of 21258.5 per 100 people197th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births115 per 100,000 live births63rd of 193427 per 100,000 live births13th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.94% of GDP126th of 1631.23% of GDP108th of 163
Protected Areasof land area4.2% of land area184th of 21114.9% of land area125th of 211
Median Ageyears26.0 years165th of 24015.8 years235th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.2 years111th of 1484.9 years140th of 148
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.522170th of 192
Happiness Index/ 104.32/ 10136th of 1643.76/ 10152nd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.62 tonnes per capita170th of 2120.05 tonnes per capita212th of 212
Obesity Rate5.7%189th of 1985.9%188th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

BangladeshDR Congo
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Bangladesh and DR Congo population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Bangladesh195041.2M
Bangladesh197577.9M
Bangladesh2000134.5M
Bangladesh2025175.7M
Bangladesh2050214.7M
Bangladesh2075225.7M
Bangladesh2100208.6M
DR Congo195012.3M
DR Congo197523M
DR Congo200050.5M
DR Congo2025112.8M
DR Congo2050218.2M
DR Congo2075337.1M
DR Congo2100430.7M

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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