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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Albania fits inside Bangladesh 5.1 times

Albania: 28,750 km² (2024) · Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Bangladesh’s coastline is 60% longer than Albania’s

Albania: 362 km (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

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)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 41% of Albania

Albania: 41.1% (2024) · Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Bangladesh has 75 times as many people as Albania

Albania: 2.35 million (2025) · Bangladesh: 176 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Bangladesh is 16 times as densely populated as Albania

Albania: 86 per km² (2025) · Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025)

Height of men

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)

Height of women

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)

Median age

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)

Fertility rate

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)

Aged 65 and over

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)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

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)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

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)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Albania and Bangladesh are practically level

Albania: 1 (2026) · Bangladesh: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

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)

GDP per person (PPP)

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)

Income inequality (Gini)

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)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

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)

Unemployment

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)

Military spending

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)

Tax revenue (central government)

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)

Price level (US = 100)

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

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Albania spends 11 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Albania: $591 (2023) · Bangladesh: $53 (2023)

Life expectancy

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)

Infant mortality

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)

Doctors

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)

Hospital beds

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)

Suicide rate

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)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

27% of adults in Albania are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Albania: 27.3% (2024) · Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024)

Smoking

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

Life satisfaction

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)

Alcohol consumption

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)

Meat supply

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)

Daily calories

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)

Working hours

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)

Years of schooling

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)

Tourists per resident

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)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Albania has 1 more World Heritage site than Bangladesh (4 against 3)

Albania: 4 (2026) · Bangladesh: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

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

Internet users

How many people are online?

86% of people in Albania are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Albania: 86% (2024) · Bangladesh: 53% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Albania is 75% faster than in Bangladesh

Albania: 151 Mbps (2026) · Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Albania have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh

Albania: 100% (2024) · Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

59% of people in Albania live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Albania: 59% (2025) · Bangladesh: 33% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Albania 89

Albania: 89 (2024) · Bangladesh: 108 (2024)

Railway network

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)

Air passengers per resident

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

Forest cover

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)

CO₂ per person

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)

Renewable electricity

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)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

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)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

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)

Road deaths

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

Average temperature

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)

Rainfall

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)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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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).

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