Bangladesh vs Belgium
Bangladesh vs Belgium: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 53.4% in Bangladesh and 95.8% in Belgium, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Belgium, by 42.4 percentage points, or 1.79 times that in Bangladesh.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Bangladesh ranked 143 and Belgium ranked 20 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Bangladesh | Belgium | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 53.4 | 95.8 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 44.5 | 94.6 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 41.6 | 94 | 67 |
| 2021 | 38.9 | 92.8 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 36.1 | 91.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 30.4 | 90.3 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 25.6 | 88.7 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 21.5 | 87.7 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 16.9 | 86.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 12.4 | 85.1 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 9.1 | 85 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 6.6 | 82.2 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 80.7 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 4.5 | 81.6 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 3.7 | 77.6 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 3.1 | 74.5 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 2.5 | 68.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 66.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 62 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.2 | 55.8 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.2 | 53.9 | – |
| 2003 | 0.2 | 50 | – |
| 2002 | 0.1 | 46.3 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 31.3 | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | 29.4 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 13.8 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 7.9 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 4.9 | – |
| 1996 | – | 3 | – |
| 1995 | – | 1 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0.7 | – |
| 1993 | – | 0.2 | – |
| 1992 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1991 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, 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
Bangladesh vs Belgium
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Belgium: 82.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Belgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Belgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Belgium: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Belgium: 4.11% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Belgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Belgium: 11.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Belgium: 0.25% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Belgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Belgium: 87.7% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Belgium: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Belgium: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Belgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Belgium: $13.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Belgium: $1,237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Belgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Belgium: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Belgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Belgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Belgium: 430 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Belgium: 86 million TIV in 2025