Russia’s coastline is 65 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 4,582 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 13% of Russia

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Bangladesh has 22% more people than Russia

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 154 times as densely populated as Russia

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 14 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

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

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 81 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Bangladesh and Russia are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

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

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Russia produces 4.9 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Russia than in Bangladesh (Gini 2.1 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Russia: 33 (2023)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Russia

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 2.1% in Russia

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Russia’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Russia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Russia spends 19 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Russia

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 7.1 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 7.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 4.4 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

21% of adults in Russia are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 27% in Russia

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Russia rate their lives 1.51 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 3,574 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 19 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 941 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 297 more hours a year than in Russia

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 5.6 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Russia: no data

Russia has 30 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (33 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

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

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

75% of people in Russia live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 30 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Russia fly 18 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 20 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

17% of Russia’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 5 times as much fine dust as in Russia

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.3 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Bangladesh are 2.6 times as deadly as in Russia

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 28.3 °C warmer than Russia

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 3.6 times as much rain as Russia

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)