Bangladesh’s coastline is 10 times as long as Iraq’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Iraq: 58 km (2026 edition)

Iraq’s highest peak towers 2,551 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Iraq: 3,611 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 22% of Iraq

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Iraq: 21.6% (2024)

Bangladesh has 3.7 times as many people as Iraq

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Iraq: 47 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 12 times as densely populated as Iraq

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Iraq: 108 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bangladesh is 5 years older than in Iraq

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Iraq: 20.3 years (2023)

Women in Iraq have 1.1 more children on average than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Iraq: 3.22 children per woman (2024)

6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Iraq

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Iraq: 3.4% (2025)

Iraq hosts 2% more refugees per resident than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Iraq: 6.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Iraq has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Iraq: 0.2 (2026)

Iraq has 3 official languages, Bangladesh 1

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Iraq: 3 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 79% larger than Iraq’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Iraq: $254 billion (2025)

Iraq produces 41% more per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Iraq: Int$14,267 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Iraq (Gini 1.1 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Iraq: 29.8 (2023)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Iraq

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Iraq: 0.5% (2023)

Unemployment is 15% in Iraq, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Iraq: 15.5% (2025)

Iraq spends 2.4% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Iraq: 2.4% (2025)

Bangladesh’s central government collects 7.6% of GDP in tax, Iraq’s 1.3%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Iraq: 1.3% (2019)

Iraq’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Iraq: 38% (2025)

Iraq spends 6.2 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Iraq: $333 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 21% more likely to die before turning one than in Iraq

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Iraq: 20.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Iraq has 42% more doctors per person than Bangladesh

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

Iraq has 15% more hospital beds per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Iraq: 1.1 per 1,000 (2018)

The suicide rate in Iraq is 13% higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Iraq: 5.1 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Iraq are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Iraq: 36.8% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 20% in Iraq

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Iraq: 20.1% (2024)

People in Iraq rate their lives 0.89 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Iraq: 5.21 (2025)

Adults in Iraq drink 210 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Iraq: 0.6 litres (2023)

Iraq has 4.7 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Iraq: 21.1 kg (2023)

Bangladesh has 217 kcal more food per person per day than Iraq

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Iraq: 2,371 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 800 more hours a year than in Iraq

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Iraq: 1,583 hours (2023)

Bangladesh and Iraq are practically level

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Iraq: 6.8 years (2023)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Iraq: no data

Iraq has 3 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (6 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Iraq: 6 (2026)

Iraq has won 1 Olympic medal, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Iraq: 1 (2026 edition)

81% of people in Iraq are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Iraq: 81% (2024)

Home internet in Bangladesh is 39% faster than in Iraq

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Iraq: 62 Mbps (2026)

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

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

70% of people in Iraq live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Iraq: 70% (2025)

Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Iraq 100

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Iraq: 100 (2024)

Bangladesh’s railway network is 21% longer than Iraq’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Iraq: 2,370 km (2014)

Airlines from Iraq fly 2.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Iraq: 0.08 (2023)

Forest covers 14% of Bangladesh, but only 1.6% of Iraq

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Iraq: 1.6% (2024)

The average person in Iraq emits 8.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Iraq: 5.1 t (2024)

2.1% of Bangladesh’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.6% in Iraq

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Iraq: 1.6% (2024)

The air in Bangladesh carries 33% more fine dust than in Iraq

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Iraq: 48.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Iraq: no data

Roads in Bangladesh are 10% deadlier than in Iraq

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Iraq: 31.5 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 1.9 °C warmer than Iraq

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Iraq: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 9.8 times as much rain as Iraq

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Iraq: 214 mm (2016–2025 avg)