Thailand’s coastline is 5.6 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Thailand’s highest peak towers 1,505 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 43% of Thailand

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Bangladesh has 2.5 times as many people as Thailand

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 9.6 times as densely populated as Thailand

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

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

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Bangladesh have 0.9 more children on average than in Thailand

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 5.7 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Bangladesh and Thailand are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 26% larger than Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 2.6 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in Bangladesh (Gini 2.4 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Thailand and Bangladesh are practically level

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Thailand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Thailand spends 6.1 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 3.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Bangladesh has 33% more doctors per person than Thailand

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Thailand has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Thailand is 2.1 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 1.98 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 2,713 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Thailand has 5.5 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Thailand has 268 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 206 more hours a year than in Thailand

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Thailand went to school 2.2 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 285 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 6 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (9 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 4.2 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

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

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

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 42% longer than Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Thailand fly 19 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

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

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Thailand

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 3% deadlier than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 1.0 °C warmer than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 26% more rain than Thailand

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)