France’s coastline is 8.4 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · France: 4,853 km (2026 edition)

France’s highest peak towers 3,750 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · France: 4,810 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 53% of France

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · France: 52.8% (2024)

Bangladesh has 2.6 times as many people as France

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · France: 68.7 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 11 times as densely populated as France

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · France: 128 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 16 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · France: 41.8 years (2023)

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

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

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · France: 22.5% (2025)

France hosts 71% more refugees per resident than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · France: 9.5 (2026)

Bangladesh and France are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · France: 1 (2026)

France’s economy is 7.4 times the size of Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · France: $3.37 trillion (2025)

France produces 6.3 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · France: Int$63,975 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in France than in Bangladesh (Gini 0.9 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · France: 31.8 (2023)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in France

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · France: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · France: 7.5% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · France: 2% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · France: 22.8% (2024)

France’s price level (US = 100) is 3× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · France: 77% (2025)

France spends 100 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · France: $5,327 (2024)

A baby in Bangladesh is 7.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in France

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

France has 4.5 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022)

France has 6.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in France is 3.1 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · France: 13.9 per 100k (2023)

13% of adults in France are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · France: 12.5% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 32% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · France: 33.6% (2024)

People in France rate their lives 2.27 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · France: 6.59 (2025)

Adults in France drink 3,842 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · France: 11.2 litres (2023)

France has 18 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · France: 80.3 kg (2023)

France has 902 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · France: 3,490 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 896 more hours a year than in France

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · France: 1,487 hours (2023)

Adults in France went to school 5 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · France: 11.8 years (2023)

France welcomed 689 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · France: 1.35 (2019)

France has 53 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (56 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · France: 56 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · France: 985 (2026 edition)

89% of people in France are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · France: 89% (2024)

Home internet in France is 5.3 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · France: 460 Mbps (2026)

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

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

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · France: 79% (2025)

France has 117 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · France: 117 (2023)

France’s railway network is 9.6 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · France: 27,716 km (2021)

Airlines from France fly 25 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · France: 0.94 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · France: 32.9% (2024)

The average person in France emits 6.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · France: 4 t (2024)

26% of France’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · France: 26.1% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 7.3 times as much fine dust as in France

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 74% more likely to be murdered in Bangladesh than in France

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · France: 1.3 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Bangladesh are 4.5 times as deadly as in France

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · France: 7.6 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 11.6 °C warmer than France

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 81% more rain than France

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg)