Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Bangladesh fits inside Ivory Coast 2.2 times
Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2024) · Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Bangladesh’s coastline is 13% longer than Ivory Coast’s
Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Ivory Coast’s highest peak towers 692 m above Bangladesh’s
Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 72% of Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 5.4 times as many people as Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 13 times as densely populated as Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Ivory Coast are 3.1 cm taller than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Ivory Coast are 6.3 cm taller than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Bangladesh is 7.2 years older than in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 2.1 more children on average than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Bangladesh hosts 2.9 times as many refugees per resident as Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Bangladesh has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none
Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Bangladesh and Ivory Coast are practically level
Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Bangladesh’s economy is 4.6 times the size of Ivory Coast’s
Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Bangladesh produces 24% more per person than Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Bangladesh (Gini 4.4 points higher)
Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.9% in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Bangladesh and Ivory Coast are practically level
Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Ivory Coast’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%
Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)
How expensive is it?
Ivory Coast’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Bangladesh’s
Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Ivory Coast spends 64% more on health per person than Bangladesh
Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Bangladesh live 13 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024) · Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 84% more likely to die before turning one than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Bangladesh has 4.3 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 3.7 times that in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
12% of adults in Ivory Coast are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Ivory Coast rate their lives 0.83 points higher than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Ivory Coast drink 1,434 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Ivory Coast has 2.7 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Ivory Coast has 350 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 280 more hours a year than in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Bangladesh went to school 1.9 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Ivory Coast: no data
How many World Heritage sites?
Ivory Coast has 2 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (5 against 3)
Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Ivory Coast has won 5 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none
Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
53% of people in Bangladesh are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Bangladesh and Ivory Coast are nearly identical here
Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
55% of people in Ivory Coast live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108
Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Bangladesh’s railway network is 4.5 times as long as Ivory Coast’s
Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Bangladesh fly 72% more passengers per resident than those from Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 14% of Bangladesh, but only 12% of Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Bangladesh emits 34% more CO₂ than someone in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
29% of Ivory Coast’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Bangladesh carries 3.2 times as much fine dust as in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Ivory Coast: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Bangladesh are 12% deadlier than in Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 1.0 °C warmer than Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bangladesh gets 71% more rain than Ivory Coast
Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Bangladesh bigger than Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast is larger. Bangladesh fits inside Ivory Coast 2.2 times.
Which has more people, Bangladesh or Ivory Coast?
Bangladesh has 5.4 times as many people as Ivory Coast (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Bangladesh or Ivory Coast?
People in Bangladesh live 13 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 74.9 years in Bangladesh and 62.1 in Ivory Coast.
Are people taller in Bangladesh or Ivory Coast?
Men in Ivory Coast are 3.1 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
