Finland’s coastline is 2.2 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition)

Finland’s highest peak towers 268 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 7.4% of Finland

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Finland: 7.4% (2024)

Bangladesh has 31 times as many people as Finland

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Finland: 5.65 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 73 times as densely populated as Finland

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Finland: 19 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 17 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Finland: 42.8 years (2023)

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)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Finland: 24.2% (2025)

Finland hosts 2.7 times as many refugees per resident as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Finland: 8.9 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Bangladesh 1

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Finland: 2 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 44% larger than Finland’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Finland: $317 billion (2025)

Finland produces 6.5 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Finland: Int$65,885 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Finland (Gini 3.5 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Finland: 27.4 (2023)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Finland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Finland: 9.5% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Finland: 2.6% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Finland: 25.3% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.3× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Finland: 85% (2025)

Finland spends 103 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Finland: $5,515 (2023)

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)

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)

Finland has 2.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Finland is 2.9 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Finland: 26.2% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 21% in Finland

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Finland: 21.4% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 3.45 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Finland: 7.76 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 3,224 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Finland: 9.4 litres (2023)

Finland has 15 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Finland: 69.4 kg (2023)

Finland has 758 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 886 more hours a year than in Finland

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Finland: 1,497 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 6.2 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Finland: 13 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 407 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Finland: 0.8 (2024)

Finland has 5 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (8 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Finland: 8 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Finland: 486 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Finland: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 2.9 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Finland: 247 Mbps (2026)

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

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

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Finland: 75% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Finland: 126 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Finland: 5,918 km (2021)

Airlines from Finland fly 51 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Finland: 1.91 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Finland: 74.2% (2024)

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)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Finland: 56.5% (2025)

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)

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)

Roads in Bangladesh are 6.5 times as deadly as in Finland

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 22.2 °C warmer than Finland

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 2.8 times as much rain as Finland

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)