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🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇪🇬 Egypt

Population difference
57,320,904
175.7M
Bangladesh
118.4M
Egypt
48.4%
Bangladesh is larger by

35 indicators below, published by both countries and set side by side. They differ most on forest coverage, where Bangladesh’s figure is 322.0× higher.

Indicators compared
35
Published by both countries
Bangladesh
by population · Asia
Egypt
by population · Africa

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
Egypt118,365,995
Land Areakm²
Bangladesh129,980 km²
Egypt995,450 km²
Population Density/km²
Bangladesh1,319/km²
Egypt115/km²
Life Expectancyyears
Bangladesh74.9 years
Egypt71.8 years
GDP per Capita
Bangladesh$2,597
Egypt$3,086
Urban Population
Bangladesh33.2%
Egypt42.9%

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 Egypt, side by side
IndicatorBangladeshEgyptBangladesh vs Egypt
Population175,686,8998th of 240118,365,99513th of 24048% higher
Annual Growth Rate+1.22%91st of 240+1.56%73rd of 24022% lower
Population Density/km²1,319/km²9th of 240115/km²101st of 2401,204 apart
Land Areakm²129,980 km²96th of 240995,450 km²29th of 2407.7× lower
Urban Population33.2%206th of 24042.9%183rd of 24023% lower
GDP per Capita$2,597193rd of 240$3,086185th of 24016% lower
GDP Growth+3.5%95th of 210+4.4%68th of 21021% lower
Life Expectancyyears74.9 years126th of 24071.8 years160th of 2404% higher
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.14 births per woman100th of 2402.74 births per woman65th of 24022% lower
Birth Rateper 1,00020.0 per 1,00074th of 21320.9 per 1,00068th of 2134% lower
Death Rateper 1,0005.1 per 1,000185th of 2135.5 per 1,000174th of 2137% lower
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births24.4 per 1,000 live births138th of 19420.8 per 1,000 live births128th of 19417% higher
Unemployment Rate3.8%65th of 1866.8%122nd of 18644% lower
Inflation Rate8.8%28th of 19114.1%16th of 19138% lower
Poverty Rate18.7%66th of 16433.5%119th of 16444% lower
Gini Index30.942nd of 17028.521st of 1708% higher
Health Spendingof GDP2.2% of GDP191st of 1924.9% of GDP128th of 19256% lower
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000142nd of 2060.67 per 1,000144th of 2068% higher
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.92 per 1,000164th of 1991.06 per 1,000151st of 19913% lower
Literacy Rate79.0%126th of 17579.5%125th of 1751% lower
Education Spendingof GDP2.0% of GDP181st of 2023.8% of GDP117th of 20246% lower
School Enrollmentgross, secondary64.3% gross, secondary159th of 20784.8% gross, secondary131st of 20724% lower
Renewable Energyof final consumption25.0% of final consumption92nd of 2116.1% of final consumption164th of 2114.1× higher
Forest Coverageof land area14.5% of land area142nd of 2110.0% of land area205th of 21114.4 points apart
Internet Penetration53.4%157th of 21174.6%122nd of 21128% lower
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people108.1 per 100 people126th of 21297.1 per 100 people145th of 21211% higher
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births115 per 100,000 live births131st of 19317 per 100,000 live births65th of 1936.8× higher
Military Spendingof GDP0.94% of GDP126th of 1630.67% of GDP144th of 16342% higher
Protected Areasof land area4.2% of land area184th of 21113.1% of land area138th of 2113.1× lower
Median Ageyears26.0 years165th of 24024.5 years174th of 2406% higher
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.2 years111th of 1488.0 years103rd of 14810% lower
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.75499th of 1929% lower
Happiness Index/ 104.32/ 10136th of 1643.86/ 10149th of 16412% higher
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.62 tonnes per capita170th of 2122.22 tonnes per capita127th of 2123.6× lower
Obesity Rate5.7%189th of 19842.8%14th of 1987.5× 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.

BangladeshEgypt
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Bangladesh and Egypt population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Bangladesh195041.2M
Bangladesh197577.9M
Bangladesh2000134.5M
Bangladesh2025175.7M
Bangladesh2050214.7M
Bangladesh2075225.7M
Bangladesh2100208.6M
Egypt195021.1M
Egypt197538.9M
Egypt200073.1M
Egypt2025118.4M
Egypt2050161.6M
Egypt2075190.5M
Egypt2100201.9M

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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