Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Albania fits inside Bangladesh 5.1 times
Albania: 28,750 km² (2024) · Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Bangladesh’s coastline is 60% longer than Albania’s
Albania: 362 km (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Albania’s highest peak towers 1,704 m above Bangladesh’s
Albania: 2,764 m (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 41% of Albania
Albania: 41.1% (2024) · Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 75 times as many people as Albania
Albania: 2.35 million (2025) · Bangladesh: 176 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 16 times as densely populated as Albania
Albania: 86 per km² (2025) · Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Albania are 9.0 cm taller than in Bangladesh
Albania: 174.1 cm (2019) · Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Albania are 9.8 cm taller than in Bangladesh
Albania: 162.2 cm (2019) · Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Albania is 11 years older than in Bangladesh
Albania: 36.3 years (2023) · Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Bangladesh have 0.8 more children on average than in Albania
Albania: 1.34 children per woman (2024) · Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
18% of people in Albania are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh
Albania: 17.6% (2025) · Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Bangladesh hosts 3.4 times as many refugees per resident as Albania
Albania: 2 per 1,000 (2025) · Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Bangladesh has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Albania none
Albania: 0 (2026) · Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026)
How many official languages?
Albania and Bangladesh are practically level
Albania: 1 (2026) · Bangladesh: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Bangladesh’s economy is 15 times the size of Albania’s
Albania: $30.5 billion (2025) · Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Albania produces 2.8 times as much per person as Bangladesh
Albania: Int$28,221 (2025) · Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Albania (Gini 1.5 points higher)
Albania: 29.4 (2020) · Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.3% in Albania
Albania: 0.3% (2020) · Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 11% in Albania, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh
Albania: 10.9% (2025) · Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Albania spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%
Albania: 2% (2025) · Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Albania’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%
Albania: 18% (2024) · Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021)
How expensive is it?
Albania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Bangladesh’s
Albania: 46% (2025) · Bangladesh: 26% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Albania spends 11 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh
Albania: $591 (2023) · Bangladesh: $53 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Albania live 4.8 years longer than in Bangladesh
Albania: 79.8 years (2024) · Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Bangladesh is 2.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Albania
Albania: 8.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Albania has 2.6 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh
Albania: 1.9 per 1,000 (2020) · Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Albania has 3.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh
Albania: 2.9 per 1,000 (2020) · Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Albania is 18% higher than in Bangladesh
Albania: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
27% of adults in Albania are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh
Albania: 27.3% (2024) · Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 21% in Albania
Albania: 21.4% (2024) · Bangladesh: 32% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Albania rate their lives 1.34 points higher than in Bangladesh
Albania: 5.66 (2025) · Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Albania drink 1,466 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh
Albania: 4.3 litres (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Albania has 13 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh
Albania: 56.7 kg (2023) · Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Albania has 650 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh
Albania: 3,238 kcal (2023) · Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 231 more hours a year than in Albania
Albania: 2,152 hours (2023) · Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Albania went to school 3.4 years longer than in Bangladesh
Albania: 10.2 years (2023) · Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Albania welcomed 2,466 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)
Albania: 4.83 (2024) · Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019)
How many World Heritage sites?
Albania has 1 more World Heritage site than Bangladesh (4 against 3)
Albania: 4 (2026) · Bangladesh: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Albania has won 2 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none
Albania: 2 (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
86% of people in Albania are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh
Albania: 86% (2024) · Bangladesh: 53% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Albania is 75% faster than in Bangladesh
Albania: 151 Mbps (2026) · Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Albania have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh
Albania: 100% (2024) · Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024)
How many live in cities?
59% of people in Albania live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh
Albania: 59% (2025) · Bangladesh: 33% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Albania 89
Albania: 89 (2024) · Bangladesh: 108 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Bangladesh’s railway network is 6.8 times as long as Albania’s
Albania: 424 km (2017) · Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Albania fly 4.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh
Albania: 0.16 (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 34% of Albania, but only 14% of Bangladesh
Albania: 34.3% (2024) · Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Albania emits 2.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh
Albania: 1.6 t (2024) · Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
100% of Albania’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh
Albania: 100% (2024) · Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Bangladesh carries 3.8 times as much fine dust as in Albania
Albania: 16.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 33% more likely to be murdered in Bangladesh than in Albania
Albania: 1.8 per 100k (2024) · Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Bangladesh are 2.2 times as deadly as in Albania
Albania: 15.8 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Bangladesh is on average 12.2 °C warmer than Albania
Albania: 13.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bangladesh gets 55% more rain than Albania
Albania: 1,356 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Albania bigger than Bangladesh?
Bangladesh is larger. Albania fits inside Bangladesh 5.1 times.
Which has more people, Albania or Bangladesh?
Bangladesh has 75 times as many people as Albania (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Albania or Bangladesh?
People in Albania live 4.8 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 79.8 years in Albania and 74.9 in Bangladesh.
Are people taller in Albania or Bangladesh?
Men in Albania are 9.0 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).