Germany’s coastline is 4.1 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 1,903 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 47% of Germany

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Germany: 47.4% (2024)

Bangladesh has 2.1 times as many people as Germany

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Germany: 83.5 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 5.6 times as densely populated as Germany

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Germany: 239 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 20 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Germany: 45.1 years (2023)

Women in Bangladesh have 0.8 more children on average than in Germany

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024)

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

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Germany: 23.7% (2025)

Germany hosts 4.7 times as many refugees per resident as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Germany: 10.3 (2026)

Bangladesh and Germany are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Germany: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 11 times the size of Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 7.4 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Germany: Int$75,407 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Bangladesh (Gini 2.8 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Germany: 33.7 (2022)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Germany: 0.7% (2022)

Bangladesh and Germany are practically level

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Germany: 3.7% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Germany: 2.3% (2025)

Germany’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Germany: 10.9% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 3.1× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Germany: 80% (2025)

Germany spends 128 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Germany: $6,849 (2024)

A baby in Bangladesh is 7.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 6.3 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 8.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Germany is 2.2 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 10 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Germany: 24.5% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 22% in Germany

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Germany: 22% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 2.56 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Germany: 6.88 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 3,752 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Germany: 10.9 litres (2023)

Germany has 16 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Germany: 70.7 kg (2023)

Germany has 947 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 1,048 more hours a year than in Germany

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Germany: 1,335 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 7.5 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Germany: 14.3 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 229 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Germany: 0.45 (2024)

Germany has 52 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (55 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Germany: 55 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Germany: 980 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Germany is 2.2 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Germany: 187 Mbps (2026)

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

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Germany: 82% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Germany: 129 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 12 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Germany: 33,401 km (2021)

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

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Germany: 0.96 (2023)

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

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Germany: 32.8% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Germany: 6.8 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Germany: 59.1% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 7.1 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.6 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Germany

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 6.4 times as deadly as in Germany

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 15.5 °C warmer than Germany

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 2.4 times as much rain as Germany

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg)