South Korea’s coastline is 4.2 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

South Korea’s highest peak towers 890 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 16% of South Korea

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

Bangladesh has 3.4 times as many people as South Korea

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 2.5 times as densely populated as South Korea

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 19 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Bangladesh have 1.4 more children on average than in South Korea

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

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

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 79 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

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

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Bangladesh and South Korea are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 4.1 times the size of Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 6.2 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Korea than in Bangladesh (Gini 2 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

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

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

South Korea’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 59 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Bangladesh is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

South Korea has 3.6 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 14 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 5.2 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

7.5% of adults in South Korea are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in South Korea rate their lives 1.72 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 2,838 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 19 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 843 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 473 more hours a year than in South Korea

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 5.9 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 162 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

South Korea has 14 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (17 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 3.5 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in South Korea have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 50% longer than Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 39 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 18 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

10% of South Korea’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 3.1 times as much fine dust as in South Korea

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.9 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in South Korea

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 4 times as deadly as in South Korea

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 12.6 °C warmer than South Korea

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 66% more rain than South Korea

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)