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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Bangladesh fits inside Angola 8.4 times

Angola: 1,246,700 km² (2024) · Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Angola’s coastline is 2.8 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Angola: 1,600 km (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Angola’s highest peak towers 1,560 m above Bangladesh’s

Angola: 2,620 m (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 36% of Angola

Angola: 36.3% (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 4.5 times as many people as Angola

Angola: 39 million (2025) · Bangladesh: 176 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Bangladesh is 43 times as densely populated as Angola

Angola: 31 per km² (2025) · Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Angola are 3.4 cm taller than in Bangladesh

Angola: 168.5 cm (2019) · Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Angola are 5.7 cm taller than in Bangladesh

Angola: 158.1 cm (2019) · Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Bangladesh is 8.9 years older than in Angola

Angola: 16.5 years (2023) · Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Angola have 2.9 more children on average than in Bangladesh

Angola: 5.05 children per woman (2024) · Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 2.9% in Angola

Angola: 2.9% (2025) · Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Bangladesh hosts 10 times as many refugees per resident as Angola

Angola: 0.7 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, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026) · Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Angola and Bangladesh are practically level

Angola: 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 3.7 times the size of Angola’s

Angola: $122 billion (2025) · Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Angola and Bangladesh are nearly identical here

Angola: Int$10,251 (2025) · Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Angola than in Bangladesh (Gini 20.4 points higher)

Angola: 51.3 (2018) · Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

39% of people in Angola live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.9% in Bangladesh

Angola: 39.3% (2018) · Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 14% in Angola, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Angola: 14.1% (2025) · Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Angola spends 1.4% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Angola: 1.4% (2025) · Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Bangladesh and Angola are practically level

Angola: 7.6% (2024) · Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Angola’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Bangladesh’s

Angola: 31% (2025) · Bangladesh: 26% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Angola spends 42% more on health per person than Bangladesh

Angola: $76 (2023) · Bangladesh: $53 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Bangladesh live 10 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 64.8 years (2024) · Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Angola is 32% more likely to die before turning one than in Bangladesh

Angola: 32.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Bangladesh has 3 times as many doctors per person as Angola

Angola: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Bangladesh has 23% more hospital beds per person than Angola

Angola: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Angola is 3.9 times that in Bangladesh

Angola: 17.6 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

12% of adults in Angola are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Angola: 11.8% (2024) · Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Angola: no data · Bangladesh: 32% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Bangladesh rate their lives 0.52 points higher than in Angola

Angola: 3.80 (2017) · Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Angola drink 1,297 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Angola: 3.8 litres (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Angola has 4.1 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Angola: 18.6 kg (2023) · Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Bangladesh has 188 kcal more food per person per day than Angola

Angola: 2,399 kcal (2023) · Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Bangladesh put in 269 more hours a year than in Angola

Angola: 2,115 hours (2023) · Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Bangladesh went to school 0.83 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 6 years (2023) · Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Angola welcomed 86% more tourists per resident than Bangladesh (2019)

Angola: 0.0036 (2022) · Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Bangladesh has 2 more World Heritage sites than Angola (3 against 1)

Angola: 1 (2026) · Bangladesh: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Angola and Bangladesh are practically level

Angola: 0 (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

53% of people in Bangladesh are online, versus 41% in Angola

Angola: 41% (2024) · Bangladesh: 53% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Bangladesh is 2.3 times as fast as in Angola

Angola: 38 Mbps (2026) · Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 56% in Angola

Angola: 55.5% (2024) · Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

71% of people in Angola live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Angola: 71% (2025) · Bangladesh: 33% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Angola 70

Angola: 70 (2024) · Bangladesh: 108 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Bangladesh’s railway network is 4% longer than Angola’s

Angola: 2,761 km (2022) · Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Bangladesh fly 11% more passengers per resident than those from Angola

Angola: 0.03 (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Angola, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Angola: 51.2% (2024) · Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Bangladesh emits 6% more CO₂ than someone in Angola

Angola: 0.6 t (2024) · Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

74% of Angola’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Angola: 73.7% (2024) · Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Bangladesh carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Angola

Angola: 26.1 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 75% more likely to be murdered in Angola than in Bangladesh

Angola: 4.1 per 100k (2016) · Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Bangladesh are 73% deadlier than in Angola

Angola: 20 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 3.0 °C warmer than Angola

Angola: 22.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Bangladesh gets 90% more rain than Angola

Angola: 1,105 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 Angola bigger than Bangladesh?

Angola is larger. Bangladesh fits inside Angola 8.4 times.

Which has more people, Angola or Bangladesh?

Bangladesh has 4.5 times as many people as Angola (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Angola or Bangladesh?

People in Bangladesh live 10 years longer than in Angola. Life expectancy at birth is 64.8 years in Angola and 74.9 in Bangladesh.

Are people taller in Angola or Bangladesh?

Men in Angola are 3.4 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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