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🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Bangladesh has 40.2M more people — 175,686,899 against 135,472,051. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
175,686,899
Asia · rank #8 · +1.22%
World Bank, 2025
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
135,472,051
Africa · rank #10 · +2.55%
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.
IndicatorBangladeshEthiopia
Population175,686,8998th of 240135,472,05110th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.22%91st of 240+2.55%26th of 240
Population Density/km²1,319/km²9th of 240114/km²102nd of 240
Land Areakm²129,980 km²96th of 2401,128,499 km²25th of 240
Urban Population33.2%206th of 24024.1%226th of 240
GDP per Capita$2,597193rd of 240$933226th of 240
GDP Growth+3.5%95th of 210+9.8%6th of 210
Life Expectancyyears74.9 years126th of 24067.6 years192nd of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.14 births per woman100th of 2403.91 births per woman28th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.0 per 1,00074th of 21331.5 per 1,00024th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.1 per 1,000185th of 2135.9 per 1,000161st of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births24.4 per 1,000 live births57th of 19434.5 per 1,000 live births36th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.8%122nd of 1863.3%134th of 186
Inflation Rate8.8%28th of 19113.2%19th of 191
Poverty Rate18.7%99th of 16433.1%48th of 164
Gini Index30.9129th of 17031.1128th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.2% of GDP191st of 1922.8% of GDP182nd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000142nd of 2060.14 per 1,000188th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.92 per 1,000164th of 1990.33 per 1,000192nd of 199
Literacy Rate79.0%126th of 17560.5%155th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.0% of GDP181st of 2022.3% of GDP174th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary64.3% gross, secondary159th of 20733.9% gross, secondary197th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption25.0% of final consumption92nd of 21190.6% of final consumption7th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.5% of land area142nd of 21114.9% of land area140th of 211
Internet Penetration53.4%157th of 21121.9%189th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people108.1 per 100 people126th of 21265.1 per 100 people186th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births115 per 100,000 live births63rd of 193195 per 100,000 live births37th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.94% of GDP126th of 1630.65% of GDP145th of 163
Protected Areasof land area4.2% of land area184th of 21117.0% of land area107th of 211
Median Ageyears26.0 years165th of 24019.1 years210th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.2 years111th of 1483.0 years148th of 148
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.497179th of 192
Happiness Index/ 104.32/ 10136th of 1643.99/ 10145th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.62 tonnes per capita170th of 2120.14 tonnes per capita205th of 212
Obesity Rate5.7%189th of 1982.5%197th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

BangladeshEthiopia
050M100M150M200M250M300M350M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Bangladesh and Ethiopia population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Bangladesh195041.2M
Bangladesh197577.9M
Bangladesh2000134.5M
Bangladesh2025175.7M
Bangladesh2050214.7M
Bangladesh2075225.7M
Bangladesh2100208.6M
Ethiopia195017.7M
Ethiopia197531.7M
Ethiopia200067.4M
Ethiopia2025135.5M
Ethiopia2050225M
Ethiopia2075309.1M
Ethiopia2100367.3M

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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