Peru’s coastline is 4.2 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 5,686 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 19% of Peru

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Bangladesh has 5.1 times as many people as Peru

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 50 times as densely populated as Peru

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Peru is 4.1 years older than in Bangladesh

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

Women in Bangladesh have 0.2 more children on average than in Peru

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 34 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Bangladesh 1

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 36% larger than Peru’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Peru produces 85% more per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Bangladesh (Gini 9.2 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.1% in Peru

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Peru and Bangladesh are practically level

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Bangladesh’s

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

Peru spends 8.3 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Peru

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Peru has 2.3 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Peru has 70% more hospital beds per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Bangladesh is 55% higher than in Peru

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Peru rate their lives 1.66 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Peru drink 1,642 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Peru has 12 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Peru has 223 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 240 more hours a year than in Peru

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 3.4 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Peru welcomed 31 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Peru has 10 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (13 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Peru has won 5 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 3.4 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Bangladesh’s railway network is 55% longer than Peru’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Peru fly 14 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Peru emits 3.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Peru

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.7 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Bangladesh are 2.1 times as deadly as in Peru

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 6.5 °C warmer than Peru

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 3% more rain than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)