How much coast is there?

Bangladesh’s coastline is 3 times as long as Singapore’s.

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Singapore: 193 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Bangladesh’s highest peak towers 894 m above Singapore’s.

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Singapore: 166 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Bangladesh has 29 times as many people as Singapore.

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Singapore: 6.11 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Singapore is 6.3 times as densely populated as Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 1,352 per km² (2025) · Singapore: 8,511 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Singapore is 9.8 years older than in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Singapore: 35.1 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Bangladesh have 1.2 more children on average than in Singapore.

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Singapore: 0.97 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

14% of people in Singapore are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Singapore: 14.2% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Bangladesh has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Singapore none.

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2025) · Singapore: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Singapore has 4 official languages, Bangladesh 1.

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Singapore: 4 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Singapore’s economy is 32% larger than Bangladesh’s.

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Singapore: $604 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Singapore produces 16 times as much per person as Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Singapore: Int$163,354 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Singapore: no data

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 2.8% in Singapore.

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Singapore: 2.8% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Singapore spends 2.8% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.9%.

Bangladesh: 0.9% (2024) · Singapore: 2.8% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Singapore’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Bangladesh’s.

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Singapore: 60% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Singapore spends 73 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Singapore: $3,922 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Bangladesh is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in Singapore.

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Singapore: 2.2 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Singapore has 3.9 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Singapore: 2.8 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

17% of adults in Singapore are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Singapore: 16.8% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 14% in Singapore.

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Singapore: 13.8% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Singapore rate their lives 2.27 points higher than in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Singapore: 6.59 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Singapore drink 748 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Singapore: 2.2 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Singapore: no data

How much food is there per day?

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Singapore: no data

How long do people work?

Workers in Bangladesh put in 100 more hours a year than in Singapore.

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Singapore: 2,283 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Singapore went to school 5.2 years longer than in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Singapore: 12 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Singapore welcomed 1,102 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019).

Bangladesh: 0 (2019) · Singapore: 2.16 (2024)

How many people are online?

94% of people in Singapore are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh.

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

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Singapore have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh.

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

How many live in cities?

100% of people in Singapore live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Singapore: 100% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Singapore has 171 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108.

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Singapore: 171 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Singapore: no data

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Singapore fly 206 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Singapore: 7.77 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 21% of Singapore, but only 14% of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 14.5% (2023) · Singapore: 20.9% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Singapore emits 15 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Singapore: 9.2 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

5.5% of Singapore’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Singapore: 5.5% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Bangladesh carries 5.3 times as much fine dust as in Singapore.

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Singapore: 12.2 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 34 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Singapore.

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Singapore: 0.1 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Bangladesh are 9.8 times as deadly as in Singapore.

Bangladesh: 18.6 per 100k (2021) · Singapore: 1.9 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Singapore: no data

How much rain falls?

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Singapore: no data