Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Bangladesh is 12% bigger than Greece.
Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2023) · Greece: 131,960 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Greece’s coastline is 24 times as long as Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Greece’s highest peak towers 1,857 m above Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 17 times as many people as Greece.
Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Greece: 10.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 17 times as densely populated as Greece.
Bangladesh: 1,352 per km² (2025) · Greece: 81 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Greece are 14.2 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019) · Greece: 179.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Greece are 13.4 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019) · Greece: 165.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Greece is 20 years older than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Greece: 45.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Bangladesh have 0.9 more children on average than in Greece.
Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Greece: 24.4% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1.
Bangladesh: 0.1 (2025) · Greece: 1 (2025)
How many official languages?
Bangladesh and Greece are practically level.
Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Bangladesh’s economy is 63% larger than Greece’s.
Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Greece: $281 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Greece produces 4.5 times as much per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Greece: Int$45,264 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Greece than in Bangladesh (Gini 2.5 points higher).
Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Greece: 33.4 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Greece: 8.5% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Greece spends 3.1% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.9%.
Bangladesh: 0.9% (2024) · Greece: 3.1% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Greece: 60% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Greece spends 37 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Greece: $1,963 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Greece live 6.9 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024) · Greece: 81.8 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Bangladesh is 7.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Greece.
Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Greece has 9.1 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Greece: 33.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 30% in Greece.
Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Greece: 30.2% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Greece rate their lives 1.38 points higher than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Greece: 5.70 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Greece drink 2,946 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Greece: 8.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Greece has 18 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Greece: 82 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Greece has 794 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 490 more hours a year than in Greece.
Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Greece: 1,893 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Greece went to school 4.8 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Greece: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Greece welcomed 1,362 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019).
Bangladesh: 0 (2019) · Greece: 2.67 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
86% of people in Greece are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Greece: 86% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Greece have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Greece: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Greece: 79% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Greece has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108.
Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Greece: 114 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Bangladesh’s railway network is 23% longer than Greece’s.
Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Greece: 2,339 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Greece fly 49 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Greece: 1.83 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 30% of Greece, but only 14% of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 14.5% (2023) · Greece: 30.3% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Greece emits 8.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Greece: 5.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Greece: 49.7% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Bangladesh carries 4.3 times as much fine dust as in Greece.
Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.8 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Greece.
Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Bangladesh are 2.5 times as deadly as in Greece.
Bangladesh: 18.6 per 100k (2021) · Greece: 7.3 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Bangladesh is on average 10.0 °C warmer than Greece.
Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bangladesh gets 2.6 times as much rain as Greece.
Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Bangladesh bigger than Greece?
Bangladesh is larger. Bangladesh is 12% bigger than Greece.
Which has more people, Bangladesh or Greece?
Bangladesh has 17 times as many people as Greece (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Bangladesh or Greece?
People in Greece live 6.9 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 74.9 years in Bangladesh and 81.8 in Greece.
Are people taller in Bangladesh or Greece?
Men in Greece are 14.2 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
