Italy’s coastline is 13 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 3,688 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 44% of Italy

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Italy: 43.6% (2024)

Bangladesh has 3 times as many people as Italy

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Italy: 58.9 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 6.8 times as densely populated as Italy

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Italy: 199 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 22 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Italy: 47.5 years (2023)

Women in Bangladesh have 1.0 more children on average than in Italy

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Italy: 25.1% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 2 times as many refugees per resident as Italy

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Italy: 3.4 (2026)

Bangladesh and Italy are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Italy: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 5.6 times the size of Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025)

Italy produces 6.2 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Italy: Int$62,803 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Italy than in Bangladesh (Gini 3.4 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Italy: 34.3 (2023)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Italy

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Italy: 0.9% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Italy: 6.4% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Italy: 1.9% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Italy: 25.6% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Italy: 69% (2025)

Italy spends 64 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Italy: $3,398 (2024)

A baby in Bangladesh is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 5.8 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Italy has 3.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Italy is 27% higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023)

18% of adults in Italy are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Italy: 17.9% (2024)

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

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Italy: 22.4% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 2.25 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Italy: 6.57 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 2,898 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Italy: 8.4 litres (2023)

Italy has 16 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Italy: 71.2 kg (2023)

Italy has 1,165 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 682 more hours a year than in Italy

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Italy: 1,701 hours (2023)

Adults in Italy went to school 4 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Italy: 10.8 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 500 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Italy: 0.98 (2024)

Italy has 59 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (62 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Italy: 62 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Italy: 829 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Italy is 3.2 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Italy: 274 Mbps (2026)

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

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

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

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

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Italy: 133 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 6 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Italy: 17,305 km (2021)

Airlines from Italy fly 9.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Italy: 0.34 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Italy: 31.8% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 8.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

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

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Italy: 48.8% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 4.3 times as much fine dust as in Italy

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.1 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Italy

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 4.1 times as deadly as in Italy

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 11.9 °C warmer than Italy

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 2 times as much rain as Italy

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg)