Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)

Uganda’s highest peak towers 4,050 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 72% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

Bangladesh has 3.4 times as many people as Uganda

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 5.3 times as densely populated as Uganda

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bangladesh is 8.8 years older than in Uganda

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Women in Uganda have 2.0 more children on average than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Uganda hosts 5.6 times as many refugees per resident as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Uganda has 2 official languages, Bangladesh 1

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 7.4 times the size of Uganda’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

Bangladesh produces 2.9 times as much per person as Uganda

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Bangladesh (Gini 7.3 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)

54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.9% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 2.7% in Uganda

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Uganda spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)

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

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

Uganda’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

Bangladesh spends 18% more on health per person than Uganda

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

A baby in Uganda is 47% more likely to die before turning one than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Bangladesh has 3.8 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: no data

The suicide rate in Uganda is 3.8 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

8.2% of adults in Uganda are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

People in Uganda rate their lives 0.17 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Adults in Uganda drink 1,385 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

Uganda has 2.4 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

Bangladesh has 210 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 255 more hours a year than in Uganda

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Adults in Bangladesh went to school 0.47 years longer than in Uganda

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

Uganda welcomed 18 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

Bangladesh and Uganda are practically level

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

Uganda has won 13 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

53% of people in Bangladesh are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Home internet in Bangladesh is 62% faster than in Uganda

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

33% of people in Bangladesh live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

Bangladesh has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

Bangladesh’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Uganda’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Airlines from Bangladesh fly 90 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Forest covers 14% of Bangladesh, but only 12% of Uganda

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

The average person in Bangladesh emits 4.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

The air in Bangladesh carries 74% more fine dust than in Uganda

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.8 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 43% deadlier than in Uganda

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 2.1 °C warmer than Uganda

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 43% more rain than Uganda

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)