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🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Bangladesh has 74.1M more people — 175,686,899 against 101,598,527. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
175,686,899
Asia · rank #8 · +1.22%
World Bank, 2025
🇻🇳 Vietnam
101,598,527
Asia · rank #16 · +0.60%
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.
IndicatorBangladeshVietnam
Population175,686,8998th of 240101,598,52716th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.22%91st of 240+0.60%138th of 240
Population Density/km²1,319/km²9th of 240320/km²43rd of 240
Land Areakm²129,980 km²96th of 240313,429 km²68th of 240
Urban Population33.2%206th of 24038.8%194th of 240
GDP per Capita$2,597193rd of 240$5,066161st of 240
GDP Growth+3.5%95th of 210+8.0%13th of 210
Life Expectancyyears74.9 years126th of 24074.7 years127th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.14 births per woman100th of 2401.90 births per woman118th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.0 per 1,00074th of 21313.4 per 1,000107th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.1 per 1,000185th of 2136.6 per 1,000130th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births24.4 per 1,000 live births57th of 19412.0 per 1,000 live births101st of 194
Unemployment Rate3.8%122nd of 1861.5%176th of 186
Inflation Rate8.8%28th of 1913.3%87th of 191
Poverty Rate18.7%99th of 1644.2%161st of 164
Gini Index30.9129th of 17036.176th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.2% of GDP191st of 1924.6% of GDP134th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000142nd of 2061.11 per 1,000124th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.92 per 1,000164th of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 199
Literacy Rate79.0%126th of 17596.1%74th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.0% of GDP181st of 2022.9% of GDP156th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary64.3% gross, secondary159th of 20793.4% gross, secondary92nd of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption25.0% of final consumption92nd of 21124.2% of final consumption94th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.5% of land area142nd of 21147.4% of land area57th of 211
Internet Penetration53.4%157th of 21184.2%89th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people108.1 per 100 people126th of 212127.6 per 100 people64th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births115 per 100,000 live births63rd of 19348 per 100,000 live births94th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.94% of GDP126th of 1631.81% of GDP81st of 163
Protected Areasof land area4.2% of land area184th of 2117.6% of land area169th of 211
Median Ageyears26.0 years165th of 24033.4 years118th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.2 years111th of 1488.4 years96th of 148
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.76692nd of 192
Happiness Index/ 104.32/ 10136th of 1646.43/ 1045th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.62 tonnes per capita170th of 2123.67 tonnes per capita95th of 212
Obesity Rate5.7%189th of 1982.5%198th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

BangladeshVietnam
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Bangladesh and Vietnam population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Bangladesh195041.2M
Bangladesh197577.9M
Bangladesh2000134.5M
Bangladesh2025175.7M
Bangladesh2050214.7M
Bangladesh2075225.7M
Bangladesh2100208.6M
Vietnam195025.1M
Vietnam197546.5M
Vietnam200077.2M
Vietnam2025101.6M
Vietnam2050110M
Vietnam2075103.3M
Vietnam210091.7M

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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