How much coast is there?

The Maldives’ coastline is 11% longer than Bangladesh’s.

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Maldives: 644 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Bangladesh’s highest peak towers 1,055 m above the Maldives’.

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

How many people live there?

Bangladesh has 332 times as many people as the Maldives.

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Maldives: 529,676 (2025)

How crowded is it?

The Maldives is 32% more densely populated than Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 1,352 per km² (2025) · Maldives: 1,777 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in the Maldives is 5.8 years older than in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Maldives: 31.1 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Bangladesh have 0.6 more children on average than in the Maldives.

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Maldives: 1.56 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in the Maldives.

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Maldives: 5% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2025) · Maldives: no data

How many official languages?

Bangladesh and the Maldives are practically level.

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Maldives: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Bangladesh’s economy is 59 times the size of the Maldives’.

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Maldives: $7.74 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

The Maldives produces 2.8 times as much per person as Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Maldives: Int$28,555 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in the Maldives (Gini 1.6 points higher).

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Maldives: 29.3 (2019)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.5% in the Maldives, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Maldives: 4.5% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Bangladesh: 0.9% (2024) · Maldives: no data

How expensive is it?

The Maldives’ price level (US = 100) is 2× Bangladesh’s.

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Maldives: 51% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

The Maldives spends 22 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Maldives: $1,159 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Bangladesh is 5.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in the Maldives.

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Maldives: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

The Maldives has 3.1 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Maldives: 2.2 per 1,000 (2019)

How common is obesity?

18% of adults in the Maldives are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Maldives: 18.1% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 26% in the Maldives.

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Maldives: 25.5% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in the Maldives rate their lives 0.88 points higher than in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Maldives: 5.20 (2020)

How much do people drink?

Adults in the Maldives drink 845 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Maldives: 2.5 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

The Maldives has 6.6 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Maldives: 29.6 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

The Maldives has 84 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Maldives: 2,671 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Maldives: no data

How long do people go to school?

Adults in the Maldives went to school 0.62 years longer than in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Maldives: 7.4 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

The Maldives welcomed 1,632 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019).

Bangladesh: 0 (2019) · Maldives: 3.2 (2022)

How many people are online?

85% of people in the Maldives are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Maldives: 85% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in the Maldives have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh.

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

How many live in cities?

43% of people in the Maldives live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Maldives: 43% (2025)

How many phones per person?

The Maldives has 148 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108.

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Maldives: 148 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Maldives: no data

How much do they fly?

Airlines from the Maldives fly 71 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Maldives: 2.67 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 14% of Bangladesh, but only 2.8% of the Maldives.

Bangladesh: 14.5% (2023) · Maldives: 2.8% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in the Maldives emits 7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Maldives: 4.4 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

7.1% of the Maldives’ electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Maldives: 7.1% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Bangladesh carries 6.1 times as much fine dust as in the Maldives.

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Maldives: 10.7 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 3.8 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in the Maldives.

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Maldives: 0.6 per 100k (2019)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Bangladesh are 14 times as deadly as in the Maldives.

Bangladesh: 18.6 per 100k (2021) · Maldives: 1.3 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Maldives: no data

How much rain falls?

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Maldives: no data