Bangladesh’s coastline is 2.1 times as long as Israel’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Israel: 273 km (2026 edition)

Israel’s highest peak towers 1,176 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 24% of Israel

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Israel: 23.8% (2024)

Bangladesh has 17 times as many people as Israel

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Israel: 10.1 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 2.9 times as densely populated as Israel

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Israel: 468 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Israel is 3.8 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Israel: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 0.7 more children on average than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024)

13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Israel: 12.7% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 53 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Israel: 5.9 (2026)

Israel has 2 official languages, Bangladesh 1

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

Israel’s economy is 34% larger than Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Israel: $611 billion (2025)

Israel produces 5.9 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Israel: Int$59,717 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Bangladesh (Gini 7.4 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Israel: 38.3 (2022)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Israel

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Israel: 0.4% (2022)

Bangladesh and Israel are practically level

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Israel: 3.5% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Israel: 7.8% (2025)

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

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Israel: 23.2% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 3.9× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Israel: 101% (2025)

Israel spends 73 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Israel: $3,928 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Israel has 5.3 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Israel has 3.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Israel is 53% higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Israel: 23.3% (2024)

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

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Israel: 21.2% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 2.87 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Israel: 7.19 (2025)

Adults in Israel drink 1,438 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Israel: 4.2 litres (2023)

Israel has 24 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Israel: 108.7 kg (2023)

Israel has 1,166 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 493 more hours a year than in Israel

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Israel: 1,890 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 6.7 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Israel: 13.5 years (2023)

Israel welcomed 49 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Israel: 0.1 (2024)

Israel has 6 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (9 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Israel: 9 (2026)

Israel has won 20 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Israel: 20 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Israel are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Israel: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 4.6 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Israel: 392 Mbps (2026)

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

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Israel: 92% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Israel: 177 (2024)

Bangladesh’s railway network is 67% longer than Israel’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Israel: 1,720 km (2021)

Airlines from Israel fly 19 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Israel: 0.73 (2023)

Forest covers 14% of Bangladesh, but only 6.8% of Israel

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Israel: 6.8% (2024)

The average person in Israel emits 9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Israel: 5.6 t (2024)

17% of Israel’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Israel: 16.9% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 3.2 times as much fine dust as in Israel

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 44% more likely to be murdered in Bangladesh than in Israel

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Bangladesh are 5.1 times as deadly as in Israel

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 4.6 °C warmer than Israel

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 10 times as much rain as Israel

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg)