Myanmar’s coastline is 3.3 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition)

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 4,810 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 20% of Myanmar

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Myanmar: 19.9% (2024)

Bangladesh has 3.2 times as many people as Myanmar

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 16 times as densely populated as Myanmar

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Myanmar is 4.2 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023)

Bangladesh and Myanmar are practically level

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024)

7.5% of people in Myanmar are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Myanmar: 7.5% (2025)

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Bangladesh and Myanmar are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Myanmar: 1 (2026)

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

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025)

Bangladesh produces 69% more per person than Myanmar

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Myanmar (Gini 0.2 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Myanmar: 30.7 (2017)

10% of people in Myanmar live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.9% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Myanmar: 10.3% (2017)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 3.0% in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Myanmar: 3% (2025)

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Myanmar: 6.6% (2024)

Bangladesh’s central government collects 7.6% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Myanmar: 6% (2019)

Bangladesh’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Myanmar’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Myanmar: 25% (2025)

Myanmar spends 5% more on health per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Myanmar: $56 (2023)

A baby in Myanmar is 34% more likely to die before turning one than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Myanmar has 5% more doctors per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019)

Myanmar has 16% more hospital beds per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Bangladesh is 10% higher than in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023)

8.3% of adults in Myanmar are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Myanmar: 8.3% (2024)

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 32% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Myanmar: 43.4% (2024)

People in Bangladesh rate their lives 0.03 points higher than in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Myanmar: 4.29 (2025)

Adults in Myanmar drink 651 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023)

Myanmar has 4.7 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023)

Myanmar has 221 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 186 more hours a year than in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023)

Adults in Bangladesh went to school 0.41 years longer than in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023)

Myanmar welcomed 7.6 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Myanmar: 0.01 (2024)

Bangladesh has 1 more World Heritage site than Myanmar (3 against 2)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Myanmar: 2 (2026)

Bangladesh and Myanmar are practically level

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition)

53% of people in Bangladesh are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Myanmar: 45% (2020)

Home internet in Bangladesh is 93% faster than in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Myanmar: 80.4% (2024)

33% of people in Bangladesh live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Myanmar: 31% (2025)

Myanmar has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Myanmar: 114 (2024)

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

Airlines from Myanmar fly 71% more passengers per resident than those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.06 (2023)

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Myanmar: 42% (2024)

The average person in Bangladesh emits 8% more CO₂ than someone in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024)

48% of Myanmar’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Myanmar: 47.9% (2024)

The air in Bangladesh carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 10% more likely to be murdered in Myanmar than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 58% deadlier than in Myanmar

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 1.7 °C warmer than Myanmar

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Myanmar gets 7% more rain than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg)