Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Bangladesh is 60% bigger than Portugal.
Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2023) · Portugal: 92,230 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Portugal’s coastline is 3.1 times as long as Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Portugal’s highest peak towers 1,291 m above Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 16 times as many people as Portugal.
Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 11 times as densely populated as Portugal.
Bangladesh: 1,352 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Portugal are 9.3 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019) · Portugal: 174.4 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Portugal are 8.8 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019) · Portugal: 161.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Portugal is 21 years older than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Bangladesh have 0.7 more children on average than in Portugal.
Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1.
Bangladesh: 0.1 (2025) · Portugal: 1.9 (2025)
How many official languages?
Bangladesh and Portugal are practically level.
Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Bangladesh’s economy is 32% larger than Portugal’s.
Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Portugal produces 5.2 times as much per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Bangladesh (Gini 3 points higher).
Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Portugal spends 1.5% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.9%.
Bangladesh: 0.9% (2024) · Portugal: 1.5% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Portugal spends 56 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in Portugal live 7.5 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024) · Portugal: 82.4 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Bangladesh is 9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal.
Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Portugal has 8.1 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 29% in Portugal.
Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Portugal rate their lives 1.71 points higher than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Portugal drink 4,720 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Portugal has 22 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Portugal has 965 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 648 more hours a year than in Portugal.
Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Portugal went to school 2.9 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Portugal welcomed 1,383 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019).
Bangladesh: 0 (2019) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Portugal has 14 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (17 against 3).
Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Portugal have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Portugal: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
61% of people in Portugal live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108.
Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Bangladesh’s railway network is 14% longer than Portugal’s.
Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Portugal fly 45 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 36% of Portugal, but only 14% of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 14.5% (2023) · Portugal: 36.2% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Portugal emits 5.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Bangladesh carries 6.2 times as much fine dust as in Portugal.
Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 3.3 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Portugal.
Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Bangladesh are 2.6 times as deadly as in Portugal.
Bangladesh: 18.6 per 100k (2021) · Portugal: 7.2 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Bangladesh is on average 9.9 °C warmer than Portugal.
Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bangladesh gets 2.7 times as much rain as Portugal.
Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Bangladesh bigger than Portugal?
Bangladesh is larger. Bangladesh is 60% bigger than Portugal.
Which has more people, Bangladesh or Portugal?
Bangladesh has 16 times as many people as Portugal (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Bangladesh or Portugal?
People in Portugal live 7.5 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 74.9 years in Bangladesh and 82.4 in Portugal.
Are people taller in Bangladesh or Portugal?
Men in Portugal are 9.3 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
