Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Bangladesh is 87% bigger than Czechia.
Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2023) · Czechia: 78,871 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Czechia’s highest peak towers 542 m above Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 16 times as many people as Czechia.
Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Czechia: 10.9 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 9.6 times as densely populated as Czechia.
Bangladesh: 1,352 per km² (2025) · Czechia: 141 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Czechia are 16.1 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019) · Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Czechia are 15.6 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019) · Czechia: 168 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Czechia is 17 years older than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Czechia: 42.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Bangladesh have 0.8 more children on average than in Czechia.
Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Czechia: 21.2% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1.
Bangladesh: 0.1 (2025) · Czechia: 5.5 (2025)
How many official languages?
Czechia has 2 official languages, Bangladesh 1.
Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Czechia: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Bangladesh’s economy is 17% larger than Czechia’s.
Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Czechia: $391 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Czechia produces 6 times as much per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Czechia (Gini 5.2 points higher).
Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Czechia: 25.7 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 2.8% in Czechia.
Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Czechia: 2.8% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Czechia spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.9%.
Bangladesh: 0.9% (2024) · Czechia: 1.9% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Czechia: 59% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Czechia spends 50 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Czechia: $2,693 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in Czechia live 5 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024) · Czechia: 80 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Bangladesh is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia.
Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Czechia has 6 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Czechia: 31.6% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 28% in Czechia.
Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Czechia: 28.4% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Czechia rate their lives 2.50 points higher than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Czechia: 6.82 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Czechia drink 4,641 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Czechia has 18 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Czechia has 797 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 609 more hours a year than in Czechia.
Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Czechia went to school 6.2 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Czechia: 13 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Czechia welcomed 701 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019).
Bangladesh: 0 (2019) · Czechia: 1.37 (2019)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Czechia: 88% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Czechia have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Czechia: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Czechia: 73% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108.
Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Czechia: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Czechia’s railway network is 3.3 times as long as Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Czechia: 9,357 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Czechia fly 5.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Czechia: 0.2 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 35% of Czechia, but only 14% of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 14.5% (2023) · Czechia: 34.8% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Czechia emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Czechia: 7 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
17% of Czechia’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Czechia: 16.8% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Bangladesh carries 5.4 times as much fine dust as in Czechia.
Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 3.1 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Czechia.
Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Bangladesh are 3.6 times as deadly as in Czechia.
Bangladesh: 18.6 per 100k (2021) · Czechia: 5.2 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Bangladesh is on average 16.3 °C warmer than Czechia.
Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bangladesh gets 2.6 times as much rain as Czechia.
Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Bangladesh bigger than Czechia?
Bangladesh is larger. Bangladesh is 87% bigger than Czechia.
Which has more people, Bangladesh or Czechia?
Bangladesh has 16 times as many people as Czechia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Bangladesh or Czechia?
People in Czechia live 5 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 74.9 years in Bangladesh and 80.0 in Czechia.
Are people taller in Bangladesh or Czechia?
Men in Czechia are 16.1 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
