Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Romania is 62% bigger than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2023) · Romania: 238,400 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Bangladesh’s coastline is 2.6 times as long as Romania’s.
Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Romania’s highest peak towers 1,484 m above Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 9.2 times as many people as Romania.
Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 16 times as densely populated as Romania.
Bangladesh: 1,352 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Romania are 12.7 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019) · Romania: 177.8 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Romania are 12.3 cm taller than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019) · Romania: 164.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Romania is 17 years older than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
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)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1.
Bangladesh: 0.1 (2025) · Romania: 2.1 (2025)
How many official languages?
Bangladesh and Romania are practically level.
Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Bangladesh’s economy is 6% larger than Romania’s.
Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Romania produces 5 times as much per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Romania (Gini 1.1 points higher).
Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.9%.
Bangladesh: 0.9% (2024) · Romania: 2.3% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Romania spends 20 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Romania live 1.5 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024) · Romania: 76.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
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)
How many doctors are there?
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)
How common is obesity?
38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 30% in Romania.
Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Romania rate their lives 2.31 points higher than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Romania drink 5,860 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Romania has 16 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Romania has 1,061 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 557 more hours a year than in Romania.
Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Romania went to school 4.8 years longer than in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Romania welcomed 358 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019).
Bangladesh: 0 (2019) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
91% of people in Romania are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Romania have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Romania: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
52% of people in Romania live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108.
Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Romania’s railway network is 3.7 times as long as Bangladesh’s.
Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Romania fly 3.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 14% of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 14.5% (2023) · Romania: 30.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
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)
How green is the power grid?
47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)
How clean is the air?
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)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
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)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Bangladesh are 94% deadlier than in Romania.
Bangladesh: 18.6 per 100k (2021) · Romania: 9.6 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Bangladesh is on average 14.8 °C warmer than Romania.
Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bangladesh gets 2.8 times as much rain as Romania.
Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Bangladesh bigger than Romania?
Romania is larger. Romania is 62% bigger than Bangladesh.
Which has more people, Bangladesh or Romania?
Bangladesh has 9.2 times as many people as Romania (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Bangladesh or Romania?
People in Romania live 1.5 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 74.9 years in Bangladesh and 76.5 in Romania.
Are people taller in Bangladesh or Romania?
Men in Romania are 12.7 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
