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🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇲🇲 Myanmar

Bangladesh has 120.8M more people — 175,686,899 against 54,850,648. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
175,686,899
Asia · rank #8 · +1.22%
World Bank, 2025
🇲🇲 Myanmar
54,850,648
Asia · rank #27 · +0.64%
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.
IndicatorBangladeshMyanmar
Population175,686,8998th of 24054,850,64827th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.22%91st of 240+0.64%137th of 240
Population Density/km²1,319/km²9th of 24083/km²128th of 240
Land Areakm²129,980 km²96th of 240652,670 km²39th of 240
Urban Population33.2%206th of 24030.6%215th of 240
GDP per Capita$2,597193rd of 240$1,489210th of 240
GDP Growth+3.5%95th of 210−2.0%202nd of 210
Life Expectancyyears74.9 years126th of 24067.1 years199th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.14 births per woman100th of 2402.10 births per woman105th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.0 per 1,00074th of 21316.5 per 1,00093rd of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.1 per 1,000185th of 2139.2 per 1,00056th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births24.4 per 1,000 live births57th of 19432.8 per 1,000 live births40th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.8%122nd of 1863.0%144th of 186
Inflation Rate8.8%28th of 1918.8%26th of 191
Poverty Rate18.7%99th of 16424.8%70th of 164
Gini Index30.9129th of 17030.7130th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.2% of GDP191st of 1924.5% of GDP140th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000142nd of 2060.76 per 1,000136th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.92 per 1,000164th of 1991.07 per 1,000150th of 199
Literacy Rate79.0%126th of 17593.5%93rd of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.0% of GDP181st of 2022.0% of GDP184th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary64.3% gross, secondary159th of 20777.0% gross, secondary146th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption25.0% of final consumption92nd of 21162.9% of final consumption33rd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.5% of land area142nd of 21142.4% of land area70th of 211
Internet Penetration53.4%157th of 21145.4%165th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people108.1 per 100 people126th of 212114.3 per 100 people107th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births115 per 100,000 live births63rd of 193185 per 100,000 live births40th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.94% of GDP126th of 1636.80% of GDP7th of 163
Protected Areasof land area4.2% of land area184th of 2116.7% of land area174th of 211
Median Ageyears26.0 years165th of 24030.1 years136th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.2 years111th of 1486.5 years121st of 148
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.609149th of 192
Happiness Index/ 104.32/ 10136th of 1644.29/ 10138th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.62 tonnes per capita170th of 2120.58 tonnes per capita176th of 212
Obesity Rate5.7%189th of 1988.3%177th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

BangladeshMyanmar
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Bangladesh and Myanmar population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Bangladesh195041.2M
Bangladesh197577.9M
Bangladesh2000134.5M
Bangladesh2025175.7M
Bangladesh2050214.7M
Bangladesh2075225.7M
Bangladesh2100208.6M
Myanmar195017.7M
Myanmar197530.2M
Myanmar200045.3M
Myanmar202554.9M
Myanmar205058.6M
Myanmar207555.5M
Myanmar210049.7M

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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