Bangladesh’s coastline is 2.6 times as long as Romania’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Romania’s highest peak towers 1,484 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 55% of Romania

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Bangladesh has 9.2 times as many people as Romania

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 16 times as densely populated as Romania

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 17 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Women in Bangladesh have 0.7 more children on average than in Romania

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 62% more refugees per resident than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Bangladesh and Romania are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 6% larger than Romania’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Romania produces 5 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Romania (Gini 1.1 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Romania

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

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

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Romania spends 20 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 4.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania has 5 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 7.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Romania is 82% higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 30% in Romania

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 2.31 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 5,860 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 16 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 1,061 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 557 more hours a year than in Romania

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Romania went to school 4.8 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 358 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Romania has 8 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (11 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 3.7 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Romania have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh

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

52% of people in Romania live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 3.7 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Romania fly 3.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Romania emits 5.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 4.5 times as much fine dust as in Romania

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

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

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Bangladesh are 2.5 times as deadly as in Romania

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 14.8 °C warmer than Romania

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 2.8 times as much rain as Romania

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)