Egypt’s coastline is 4.2 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition)

Egypt’s highest peak towers 1,569 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Egypt: 4.2% (2024)

Bangladesh has 48% more people than Egypt

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Egypt: 118 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 11 times as densely populated as Egypt

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Egypt: 119 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bangladesh is 1.3 years older than in Egypt

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Egypt: 24 years (2023)

Women in Egypt have 0.6 more children on average than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024)

6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Egypt: 5.3% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 3.6 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Egypt: 0.5 (2026)

Bangladesh and Egypt are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Egypt: 1 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 25% larger than Egypt’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Egypt: $365 billion (2025)

Egypt produces 2 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Egypt (Gini 2.4 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Egypt: 28.5 (2021)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.4% in Egypt

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Egypt: 1.4% (2021)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Egypt: 6.8% (2025)

Bangladesh and Egypt are practically level

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Egypt: 0.6% (2025)

Egypt’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Egypt: 12.5% (2015)

Bangladesh’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Egypt’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Egypt: 15% (2025)

Egypt spends 2.6 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Egypt: $141 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 17% more likely to die before turning one than in Egypt

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Bangladesh has 8% more doctors per person than Egypt

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Egypt has 15% more hospital beds per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Bangladesh is 5.6 times that in Egypt

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Egypt: 42.8% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 25% in Egypt

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Egypt: 25% (2024)

People in Bangladesh rate their lives 0.46 points higher than in Egypt

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Egypt: 3.86 (2025)

Adults in Egypt drink 35 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023)

Egypt has 6.2 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023)

Egypt has 506 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 15 more hours a year than in Egypt

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023)

Adults in Egypt went to school 3.3 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Egypt: 10.1 years (2023)

Egypt welcomed 53 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Egypt: 0.1 (2022)

Egypt has 4 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (7 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Egypt: 7 (2026)

Egypt has won 41 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Egypt: 41 (2026 edition)

75% of people in Egypt are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Egypt: 75% (2024)

Home internet in Bangladesh is 7% faster than in Egypt

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026)

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

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

43% of people in Egypt live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Egypt: 43% (2025)

Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Egypt: 97 (2024)

Egypt’s railway network is 79% longer than Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Egypt: 5,153 km (2016)

Airlines from Egypt fly 3.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Egypt: 0.14 (2023)

Forest covers 14% of Bangladesh, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Egypt: 0% (2024)

The average person in Egypt emits 3.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Egypt: 2.2 t (2024)

13% of Egypt’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Egypt: 13% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 57% more fine dust than in Egypt

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 79% more likely to be murdered in Bangladesh than in Egypt

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017)

Roads in Bangladesh are 2.8 times as deadly as in Egypt

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 2.2 °C warmer than Egypt

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 172 times as much rain as Egypt

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg)