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🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇲🇽 Mexico

Population difference
43,739,999
175.7M
Bangladesh
131.9M
Mexico
33.1%
Bangladesh is larger by

35 indicators below, published by both countries and set side by side. They differ most on population density, where Bangladesh’s figure is 19.8× higher.

Indicators compared
35
Published by both countries
Bangladesh
by population · Asia
Mexico
by population · North America

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
Mexico131,946,900
Land Areakm²
Bangladesh129,980 km²
Mexico1,943,950 km²
Population Density/km²
Bangladesh1,319/km²
Mexico67/km²
Life Expectancyyears
Bangladesh74.9 years
Mexico75.3 years
GDP per Capita
Bangladesh$2,597
Mexico$13,889
Urban Population
Bangladesh33.2%
Mexico80.0%

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 Mexico, side by side
IndicatorBangladeshMexicoBangladesh vs Mexico
Population175,686,8998th of 240131,946,90011th of 24033% higher
Annual Growth Rate+1.22%91st of 240+0.83%119th of 24047% higher
Population Density/km²1,319/km²9th of 24067/km²148th of 2401,252 apart
Land Areakm²129,980 km²96th of 2401,943,950 km²13th of 2401,813,970 km² apart
Urban Population33.2%206th of 24080.0%66th of 24058% lower
GDP per Capita$2,597193rd of 240$13,889109th of 2405.3× lower
GDP Growth+3.5%95th of 210+0.6%184th of 2106.2× higher
Life Expectancyyears74.9 years126th of 24075.3 years123rd of 2400% lower
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.14 births per woman100th of 2401.89 births per woman120th of 24013% higher
Birth Rateper 1,00020.0 per 1,00074th of 21315.5 per 1,000102nd of 21329% higher
Death Rateper 1,0005.1 per 1,000185th of 2136.2 per 1,000148th of 21318% lower
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births24.4 per 1,000 live births138th of 19412.1 per 1,000 live births95th of 1942.0× higher
Unemployment Rate3.8%65th of 1862.7%27th of 18641% higher
Inflation Rate8.8%28th of 1913.8%72nd of 1912.3× higher
Poverty Rate18.7%66th of 16429.6%110th of 16437% lower
Gini Index30.942nd of 17042.6140th of 17027% lower
Health Spendingof GDP2.2% of GDP191st of 1925.5% of GDP117th of 1922.5× lower
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000142nd of 2062.59 per 1,00074th of 2063.6× lower
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.92 per 1,000164th of 1991.01 per 1,000155th of 1999% lower
Literacy Rate79.0%126th of 17595.6%81st of 17517% lower
Education Spendingof GDP2.0% of GDP181st of 2024.1% of GDP107th of 20250% lower
School Enrollmentgross, secondary64.3% gross, secondary159th of 207103.1% gross, secondary49th of 20738% lower
Renewable Energyof final consumption25.0% of final consumption92nd of 21113.0% of final consumption127th of 2111.9× higher
Forest Coverageof land area14.5% of land area142nd of 21133.6% of land area96th of 21157% lower
Internet Penetration53.4%157th of 21183.1%93rd of 21136% lower
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people108.1 per 100 people126th of 212116.5 per 100 people101st of 2127% lower
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births115 per 100,000 live births131st of 19342 per 100,000 live births93rd of 1932.7× higher
Military Spendingof GDP0.94% of GDP126th of 1630.89% of GDP132nd of 1635% higher
Protected Areasof land area4.2% of land area184th of 21115.3% of land area123rd of 2113.6× lower
Median Ageyears26.0 years165th of 24029.6 years141st of 24012% lower
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.2 years111th of 14810.2 years64th of 14829% lower
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.78980th of 19213% lower
Happiness Index/ 104.32/ 10136th of 1646.97/ 1013th of 16438% lower
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.62 tonnes per capita170th of 2123.52 tonnes per capita100th of 2125.6× lower
Obesity Rate5.7%189th of 19837.4%30th of 1986.5× 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.

BangladeshMexico
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Bangladesh and Mexico population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Bangladesh195041.2M
Bangladesh197577.9M
Bangladesh2000134.5M
Bangladesh2025175.7M
Bangladesh2050214.7M
Bangladesh2075225.7M
Bangladesh2100208.6M
Mexico195027.6M
Mexico197559M
Mexico200098.6M
Mexico2025131.9M
Mexico2050148.9M
Mexico2075146.2M
Mexico2100130.2M

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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