Australia vs Bangladesh
Australia vs Bangladesh: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $61,370 in Australia and $1,985 in Bangladesh, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by $59,385, or 31 times that in Bangladesh.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Australia ranked 10 and Bangladesh ranked 144 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Australia | Bangladesh | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $61,370 | $1,985 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $61,490 | $1,941 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $61,870 | $1,885 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $61,200 | $1,804 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $59,470 | $1,702 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $58,380 | $1,605 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $59,180 | $1,564 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $58,770 | $1,462 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $57,990 | $1,374 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $57,630 | $1,300 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $56,970 | $1,224 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $56,570 | $1,159 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $55,970 | $1,103 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $55,470 | $1,050 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $54,300 | $996 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $53,770 | $944 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $53,430 | $902 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $53,500 | $867 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $52,670 | $826 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $51,680 | $779 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $50,970 | $739 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $50,020 | $703 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $48,510 | $677 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $47,600 | $656 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $46,310 | $641 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $45,980 | $621 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $44,760 | $600 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $43,080 | $584 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $41,570 | $566 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $40,440 | $552 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $39,410 | $538 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $38,360 | $521 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $37,250 | $511 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $36,120 | $497 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $36,370 | $481 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $36,980 | $473 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $36,230 | $457 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $35,470 | $454 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $34,100 | $453 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $33,760 | $446 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $32,940 | $438 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $31,710 | $435 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $30,690 | $426 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $31,820 | $421 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $31,330 | $424 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $30,800 | $405 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $30,260 | $412 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $29,390 | $402 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $29,470 | $385 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $28,770 | $385 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $28,330 | $373 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $28,300 | $400 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $27,880 | $375 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $27,590 | $374 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $27,050 | $443 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $26,900 | $477 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $25,600 | $463 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $24,420 | $471 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $23,650 | $443 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $22,530 | $465 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $22,510 | $466 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $21,660 | $473 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $20,650 | $439 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $19,820 | $454 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $20,050 | $443 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $19,960 | $429 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Bangladesh
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Bangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Bangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Bangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Bangladesh: 4.11% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Bangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Bangladesh: 172 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Bangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Bangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Bangladesh: 33.2% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Bangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Bangladesh: 6.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Bangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Bangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Bangladesh: $3.67B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Bangladesh: $22 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Bangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Bangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Bangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Bangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Bangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Bangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984