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🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇹🇷 Turkey

Bangladesh has 89.8M more people — 175,686,899 against 85,878,556. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
175,686,899
Asia · rank #8 · +1.22%
World Bank, 2025
🇹🇷 Turkey
85,878,556
Asia · rank #18 · +0.42%
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.
IndicatorBangladeshTurkey
Population175,686,8998th of 24085,878,55618th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.22%91st of 240+0.42%158th of 240
Population Density/km²1,319/km²9th of 240111/km²104th of 240
Land Areakm²129,980 km²96th of 240769,630 km²36th of 240
Urban Population33.2%206th of 24089.5%37th of 240
GDP per Capita$2,597193rd of 240$18,59997th of 240
GDP Growth+3.5%95th of 210+3.6%93rd of 210
Life Expectancyyears74.9 years126th of 24077.4 years97th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.14 births per woman100th of 2401.48 births per woman176th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.0 per 1,00074th of 21311.0 per 1,000135th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.1 per 1,000185th of 2135.7 per 1,000169th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births24.4 per 1,000 live births57th of 1948.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.8%122nd of 1868.5%50th of 186
Inflation Rate8.8%28th of 19134.9%7th of 191
Poverty Rate18.7%99th of 16413.0%132nd of 164
Gini Index30.9129th of 17043.725th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.2% of GDP191st of 1924.3% of GDP147th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000142nd of 2062.24 per 1,00082nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.92 per 1,000164th of 1993.05 per 1,00070th of 199
Literacy Rate79.0%126th of 17597.3%61st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.0% of GDP181st of 2023.1% of GDP148th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary64.3% gross, secondary159th of 207118.4% gross, secondary20th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption25.0% of final consumption92nd of 21112.0% of final consumption135th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.5% of land area142nd of 21129.5% of land area109th of 211
Internet Penetration53.4%157th of 21189.8%62nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people108.1 per 100 people126th of 212107.8 per 100 people128th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births115 per 100,000 live births63rd of 19315 per 100,000 live births133rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.94% of GDP126th of 1631.92% of GDP71st of 163
Protected Areasof land area4.2% of land area184th of 2117.0% of land area172nd of 211
Median Ageyears26.0 years165th of 24033.5 years117th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.2 years111th of 1488.5 years93rd of 148
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.85351st of 192
Happiness Index/ 104.32/ 10136th of 1645.30/ 10100th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.62 tonnes per capita170th of 2125.87 tonnes per capita55th of 212
Obesity Rate5.7%189th of 19830.5%66th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

BangladeshTurkey
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Bangladesh and Turkey population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Bangladesh195041.2M
Bangladesh197577.9M
Bangladesh2000134.5M
Bangladesh2025175.7M
Bangladesh2050214.7M
Bangladesh2075225.7M
Bangladesh2100208.6M
Turkey195021M
Turkey197541.1M
Turkey200065.4M
Turkey202587.7M
Turkey205091.3M
Turkey207581.6M
Turkey210065.3M

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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