Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Bangladesh fits inside Australia 52 times
Australia: 7,741,220 km² (2024) · Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Australia’s coastline is 44 times as long as Bangladesh’s
Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Australia’s highest peak towers 1,168 m above Bangladesh’s
Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 47% of Australia
Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 6.4 times as many people as Australia
Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Bangladesh: 176 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 376 times as densely populated as Australia
Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Australia are 13.7 cm taller than in Bangladesh
Australia: 178.8 cm (2019) · Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Australia are 12.3 cm taller than in Bangladesh
Australia: 164.7 cm (2019) · Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Australia is 12 years older than in Bangladesh
Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Bangladesh have 0.7 more children on average than in Australia
Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh
Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Bangladesh hosts 5.5 times as many refugees per resident as Australia
Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1
Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026)
How many official languages?
Australia and Bangladesh are practically level
Australia: 1 (2026) · Bangladesh: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Australia’s economy is 3.9 times the size of Bangladesh’s
Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Australia produces 7.1 times as much per person as Bangladesh
Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in Bangladesh (Gini 2.9 points higher)
Australia: 33.8 (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 0.9% in Australia
Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022)
How many people are looking for work?
Australia and Bangladesh are practically level
Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Australia spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%
Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%
Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021)
How expensive is it?
Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 3.5× Bangladesh’s
Australia: 91% (2025) · Bangladesh: 26% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Australia spends 131 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh
Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Bangladesh: $53 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Australia live 8.1 years longer than in Bangladesh
Australia: 83.1 years (2024) · Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Bangladesh is 7.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Australia
Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Australia has 5.7 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh
Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Australia has 4.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh
Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Australia is 2.8 times that in Bangladesh
Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh
Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 12% in Australia
Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Bangladesh: 32% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Australia rate their lives 2.60 points higher than in Bangladesh
Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Australia drink 3,608 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh
Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Australia has 26 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh
Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Australia has 974 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh
Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 772 more hours a year than in Australia
Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Australia went to school 6.1 years longer than in Bangladesh
Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Australia: no data · Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019)
How many World Heritage sites?
Australia has 18 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (21 against 3)
Australia: 21 (2026) · Bangladesh: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none
Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
96% of people in Australia are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh
Australia: 96% (2024) · Bangladesh: 53% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Australia is 3 times as fast as in Bangladesh
Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Australia have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh
Australia: 100% (2024) · Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh
Australia: 88% (2025) · Bangladesh: 33% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Australia has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108
Australia: 113 (2024) · Bangladesh: 108 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Australia’s railway network is 11 times as long as Bangladesh’s
Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Australia fly 66 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh
Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 17% of Australia, but only 14% of Bangladesh
Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Australia emits 23 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh
Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh
Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Bangladesh carries 12 times as much fine dust as in Australia
Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.7 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Australia
Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Bangladesh are 4.6 times as deadly as in Australia
Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Bangladesh is on average 3.3 °C warmer than Australia
Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bangladesh gets 4.7 times as much rain as Australia
Australia: 447 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 Australia bigger than Bangladesh?
Australia is larger. Bangladesh fits inside Australia 52 times.
Which has more people, Australia or Bangladesh?
Bangladesh has 6.4 times as many people as Australia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Australia or Bangladesh?
People in Australia live 8.1 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 83.1 years in Australia and 74.9 in Bangladesh.
Are people taller in Australia or Bangladesh?
Men in Australia are 13.7 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
