Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Bangladesh fits inside Finland 2.3 times.
Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2023) · Finland: 338,480 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Finland’s coastline is 2.2 times as long as Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Finland’s highest peak towers 268 m above Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 31 times as many people as Finland.
Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Finland: 5.65 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 73 times as densely populated as Finland.
Bangladesh: 1,352 per km² (2025) · Finland: 19 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Finland are 15.5 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019) · Finland: 180.6 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Finland are 14.1 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019) · Finland: 166.5 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Finland is 17 years older than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Finland: 42.8 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Bangladesh have 0.9 more children on average than in Finland.
Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Finland: 24.2% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1.
Bangladesh: 0.1 (2025) · Finland: 8.9 (2025)
How many official languages?
Finland has 2 official languages, Bangladesh 1.
Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Finland: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Bangladesh’s economy is 44% larger than Finland’s.
Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Finland: $317 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Finland produces 6.5 times as much per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Finland: Int$65,885 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Finland (Gini 3.5 points higher).
Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Finland: 27.4 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Finland: 9.5% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Finland spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.9%.
Bangladesh: 0.9% (2024) · Finland: 2.3% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.3× Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Finland: 85% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Finland spends 103 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Finland: $5,515 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Finland live 7.4 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024) · Finland: 82.3 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Bangladesh is 13 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland.
Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Finland has 5 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021)
How common is obesity?
26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Finland: 26.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 21% in Finland.
Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Finland: 21.4% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Finland rate their lives 3.45 points higher than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Finland: 7.76 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Finland drink 3,224 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Finland: 9.4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Finland has 15 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Finland: 69.4 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Finland has 758 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 886 more hours a year than in Finland.
Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Finland: 1,497 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Finland went to school 6.2 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Finland: 13 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Finland welcomed 407 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019).
Bangladesh: 0 (2019) · Finland: 0.8 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
94% of people in Finland are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Finland: 94% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Finland have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Finland: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Finland: 75% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108.
Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Finland: 126 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Finland’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Finland: 5,918 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Finland fly 51 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Finland: 1.91 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 14% of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 14.5% (2023) · Finland: 73.7% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Finland emits 8.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Finland: 5.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Finland: 56.5% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Bangladesh carries 12 times as much fine dust as in Finland.
Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.4 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Finland.
Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Finland: 1 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Bangladesh are 4.4 times as deadly as in Finland.
Bangladesh: 18.6 per 100k (2021) · Finland: 4.2 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Bangladesh is on average 22.2 °C warmer than Finland.
Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bangladesh gets 2.8 times as much rain as Finland.
Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Bangladesh bigger than Finland?
Finland is larger. Bangladesh fits inside Finland 2.3 times.
Which has more people, Bangladesh or Finland?
Bangladesh has 31 times as many people as Finland (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Bangladesh or Finland?
People in Finland live 7.4 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 74.9 years in Bangladesh and 82.3 in Finland.
Are people taller in Bangladesh or Finland?
Men in Finland are 15.5 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
