Bangladesh’s coastline is 8% longer than Kenya’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 4,139 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 50% of Kenya

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Bangladesh has 3.1 times as many people as Kenya

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 14 times as densely populated as Kenya

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bangladesh is 5.8 years older than in Kenya

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

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

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 60% more refugees per resident than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Kenya has 2 official languages, Bangladesh 1

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

Bangladesh’s economy is 3.4 times the size of Kenya’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Bangladesh produces 45% more per person than Kenya

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Bangladesh (Gini 7.6 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.9% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Kenya and Bangladesh are practically level

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Kenya’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Kenya spends 59% more on health per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 40% more likely to die before turning one than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Bangladesh has 2.5 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Kenya has 45% more hospital beds per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 4.2 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

10% of adults in Kenya are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Kenya rate their lives 0.36 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Kenya drink 772 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Kenya has 2.3 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Bangladesh has 442 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 349 more hours a year than in Kenya

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Kenya went to school 1.8 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Kenya welcomed 14 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Kenya has 5 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (8 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

53% of people in Bangladesh are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Bangladesh is 2.1 times as fast as in Kenya

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

33% of people in Bangladesh live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 33% longer than Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Kenya fly 2.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 14% of Bangladesh, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Bangladesh emits 66% more CO₂ than someone in Kenya

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 3 times as much fine dust as in Kenya

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.1 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 60% deadlier than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh and Kenya are practically level

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 3 times as much rain as Kenya

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)