Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Bangladesh fits inside Saudi Arabia 15 times
Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 4.6 times as long as Bangladesh’s
Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 1,940 m above Bangladesh’s
Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 72% of Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 4.8 times as many people as Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 78 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Saudi Arabia are 5.6 cm taller than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Saudi Arabia are 6.5 cm taller than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Saudi Arabia is 3.9 years older than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.2 more children on average than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Bangladesh hosts 553 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Bangladesh has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none
Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Saudi Arabia’s economy is 2.8 times the size of Bangladesh’s
Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Saudi Arabia produces 7.3 times as much per person as Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%
Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh are practically level
Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Bangladesh’s
Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Saudi Arabia spends 34 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh
Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Saudi Arabia live 4.1 years longer than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Bangladesh is 5.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Saudi Arabia has 4.7 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Saudi Arabia has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Bangladesh is 2 times that in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 2.50 points higher than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How much meat is on the menu?
Saudi Arabia has 13 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Saudi Arabia has 1,072 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 259 more hours a year than in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 4.8 years longer than in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Saudi Arabia welcomed 430 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)
Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Saudi Arabia has 5 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (8 against 3)
Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Saudi Arabia has won 4 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none
Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 2.3 times as fast as in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108
Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 2% longer than Bangladesh’s
Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 34 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 14% of Bangladesh, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 33 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh are practically level
Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Bangladesh carries 29% more fine dust than in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.5 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Bangladesh are 61% deadlier than in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Saudi Arabia is on average 1.1 °C warmer than Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bangladesh gets 34 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Bangladesh bigger than Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia is larger. Bangladesh fits inside Saudi Arabia 15 times.
Which has more people, Bangladesh or Saudi Arabia?
Bangladesh has 4.8 times as many people as Saudi Arabia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Bangladesh or Saudi Arabia?
People in Saudi Arabia live 4.1 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 74.9 years in Bangladesh and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.
Are people taller in Bangladesh or Saudi Arabia?
Men in Saudi Arabia are 5.6 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
