Bangladesh vs India
Bangladesh vs India: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Bangladesh in 1984 and 81 million TIV in India in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 81 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 94 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 41 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 7 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 54 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 153 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 20 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 47 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 56 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 49 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 42 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 40 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 18 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 3 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 5 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 27 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 15 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 23 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 33 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 19 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 31 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 4 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 0 | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 2 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 2 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 2 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 9 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 7 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 7 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 2 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 22 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 27 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 31 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 24 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 21 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 7 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- 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 India
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025