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Southern Asia · sovereign state

Bangladesh

People's Republic of Bangladesh

Capital
Dhaka
Languages
Bengali
Currency
Bangladeshi taka
People
176 million (2025)
Neighbours
2
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Bangladesh

  • Lowest tourists per resident 0 · #1 of 179 · 2019
  • 2nd highest air pollution (PM2.5) 65 µg/m³ · #2 of 213 · 2024
  • 2nd lowest height of women 152.4 cm · #2 of 196 · 2019

Surprising facts about Bangladesh

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Bangladesh’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Bangladesh among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Bangladesh sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Bangladesh across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

Next door

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Countries sharing a land border. Tap one to compare. Equal-area map centred on Bangladesh.

Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people