Türkiye’s coastline is 12 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 7,200 km (2026 edition)

Türkiye’s highest peak towers 4,077 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 5,137 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 50% of Türkiye

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Türkiye: 50.2% (2024)

Bangladesh has 2 times as many people as Türkiye

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Türkiye: 85.9 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 12 times as densely populated as Türkiye

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Türkiye: 112 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Türkiye is 7.2 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Türkiye: 32.5 years (2023)

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

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Türkiye: 1.48 children per woman (2024)

11% of people in Türkiye are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Türkiye: 10.6% (2025)

Türkiye hosts 4.2 times as many refugees per resident as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Türkiye: 27.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Türkiye has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Türkiye: 0.5 (2026)

Bangladesh and Türkiye are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Türkiye: 1 (2026)

Türkiye’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Türkiye: $1.6 trillion (2025)

Türkiye produces 4.5 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Türkiye: Int$45,289 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Türkiye than in Bangladesh (Gini 12.8 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Türkiye: 43.7 (2023)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Türkiye

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Türkiye: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Türkiye, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Türkiye: 8.5% (2025)

Türkiye spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Türkiye: 1.9% (2025)

Türkiye’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Türkiye: 17.6% (2024)

Türkiye’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Türkiye: 41% (2025)

Türkiye spends 10 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Türkiye: $548 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Türkiye

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Türkiye: 8 per 1,000 (2024)

Türkiye has 3.1 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Türkiye has 3.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Türkiye: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Bangladesh is 22% higher than in Türkiye

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

30% of adults in Türkiye are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Türkiye: 30.5% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 31% in Türkiye

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Türkiye: 31.1% (2024)

People in Türkiye rate their lives 0.98 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Türkiye: 5.30 (2025)

Adults in Türkiye drink 761 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

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

Türkiye has 11 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Türkiye: 49.4 kg (2023)

Türkiye has 1,305 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Türkiye: 3,892 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 636 more hours a year than in Türkiye

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Türkiye: 1,747 hours (2023)

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

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

Türkiye welcomed 303 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Türkiye: 0.59 (2022)

Türkiye has 19 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (22 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Türkiye: 22 (2026)

Türkiye has won 111 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 111 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Türkiye are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Türkiye: 90% (2025)

Home internet in Türkiye is 2.4 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Türkiye: 205 Mbps (2026)

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

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

89% of people in Türkiye live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Türkiye: 89% (2025)

Bangladesh and Türkiye are practically level

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Türkiye: 108 (2024)

Türkiye’s railway network is 3.7 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Türkiye: 10,546 km (2021)

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

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Türkiye: 1.47 (2023)

Forest covers 29% of Türkiye, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Türkiye: 29.5% (2024)

The average person in Türkiye emits 9.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Türkiye: 5.9 t (2024)

43% of Türkiye’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Türkiye: 43.3% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Türkiye

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Türkiye: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 38% more likely to be murdered in Türkiye than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Türkiye: 3.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 3 times as deadly as in Türkiye

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 13.1 °C warmer than Türkiye

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 12.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 3.1 times as much rain as Türkiye

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 680 mm (2016–2025 avg)