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🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇮🇳 India

India has 1.29B more people — 1,463,865,525 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
🇮🇳 India
1,463,865,525
Asia · rank #1 · +0.89%
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.
IndicatorBangladeshIndia
Population175,686,8998th of 2401,463,865,5251st of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.22%91st of 240+0.89%116th of 240
Population Density/km²1,319/km²9th of 240484/km²28th of 240
Land Areakm²129,980 km²96th of 2402,973,190 km²7th of 240
Urban Population33.2%206th of 24035.7%200th of 240
GDP per Capita$2,597193rd of 240$2,702191st of 240
GDP Growth+3.5%95th of 210+7.6%16th of 210
Life Expectancyyears74.9 years126th of 24072.2 years157th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.14 births per woman100th of 2401.96 births per woman113th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.0 per 1,00074th of 21316.0 per 1,00095th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.1 per 1,000185th of 2136.6 per 1,000133rd of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births24.4 per 1,000 live births57th of 19423.3 per 1,000 live births61st of 194
Unemployment Rate3.8%122nd of 1864.2%116th of 186
Inflation Rate8.8%28th of 1912.4%112th of 191
Poverty Rate18.7%99th of 16421.9%77th of 164
Gini Index30.9129th of 17025.5166th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.2% of GDP191st of 1923.3% of GDP170th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000142nd of 2060.72 per 1,000141st of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.92 per 1,000164th of 1991.59 per 1,000132nd of 199
Literacy Rate79.0%126th of 17578.2%129th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.0% of GDP181st of 2024.1% of GDP102nd of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary64.3% gross, secondary159th of 20779.6% gross, secondary141st of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption25.0% of final consumption92nd of 21134.9% of final consumption69th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.5% of land area142nd of 21124.5% of land area118th of 211
Internet Penetration53.4%157th of 21170.0%132nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people108.1 per 100 people126th of 21279.4 per 100 people167th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births115 per 100,000 live births63rd of 19380 per 100,000 live births73rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.94% of GDP126th of 1632.27% of GDP53rd of 163
Protected Areasof land area4.2% of land area184th of 2117.7% of land area167th of 211
Median Ageyears26.0 years165th of 24028.8 years147th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.2 years111th of 1487.8 years106th of 148
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.685129th of 192
Happiness Index/ 104.32/ 10136th of 1644.54/ 10124th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.62 tonnes per capita170th of 2122.20 tonnes per capita128th of 212
Obesity Rate5.7%189th of 1988.0%180th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

BangladeshIndia
0200M400M600M800M1B1.2B1.4B1.6B19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Bangladesh and India population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Bangladesh195041.2M
Bangladesh197577.9M
Bangladesh2000134.5M
Bangladesh2025175.7M
Bangladesh2050214.7M
Bangladesh2075225.7M
Bangladesh2100208.6M
India1950346.3M
India1975611.3M
India20001.06B
India20251.46B
India20501.68B
India20751.67B
India21001.51B

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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