Brazil’s coastline is 13 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition)

Brazil’s highest peak towers 1,934 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 28% of Brazil

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Brazil: 28.4% (2024)

Brazil has 21% more people than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Brazil: 213 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 53 times as densely populated as Brazil

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Brazil: 25 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Brazil is 8.6 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Brazil: 33.9 years (2023)

Women in Bangladesh have 0.5 more children on average than in Brazil

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024)

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Brazil: 11.5% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 5.1 times as many refugees per resident as Brazil

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Bangladesh has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Brazil: 0.047 (2026)

Bangladesh and Brazil are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Brazil: 1 (2026)

Brazil’s economy is 5 times the size of Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025)

Brazil produces 2.3 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Bangladesh (Gini 19.4 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Brazil: 50.3 (2024)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.0% in Brazil

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Brazil: 3% (2024)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Brazil: 6% (2025)

Brazil and Bangladesh are practically level

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Brazil: 1.1% (2025)

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Brazil: 15.4% (2024)

Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Brazil: 46% (2025)

Brazil spends 19 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Brazil: $1,010 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Brazil

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Brazil has 3.3 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Brazil has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Brazil is 2 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Brazil: 30.9% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Brazil: 11.9% (2024)

People in Brazil rate their lives 2.32 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Brazil: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Brazil drink 3,561 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023)

Brazil has 23 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023)

Brazil has 836 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 389 more hours a year than in Brazil

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023)

Adults in Brazil went to school 1.6 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Brazil: 8.4 years (2023)

Brazil welcomed 16 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Brazil: 0.03 (2024)

Brazil has 23 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (26 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Brazil: 26 (2026)

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Brazil: 171 (2026 edition)

84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Brazil: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Brazil is 3.4 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026)

Brazil and Bangladesh are practically level

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Brazil: 99.8% (2024)

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Brazil: 88% (2025)

Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Brazil: 102 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 10 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Brazil: 29,850 km (2014)

Airlines from Brazil fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Brazil: 0.45 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Brazil: 58.5% (2024)

The average person in Brazil emits 3.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Brazil: 2.3 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Brazil: 86.6% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 4.2 times as much fine dust as in Brazil

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 8.2 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 33% deadlier than in Brazil

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 0.5 °C warmer than Brazil

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 26% more rain than Brazil

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg)