Bangladesh vs India
Bangladesh vs India: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $1,985 in Bangladesh and $2,523 in India, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by $538, or 1.27 times that in Bangladesh.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- India has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 144 and India ranked 135 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 | Bangladesh | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,985 | $2,523 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $1,941 | $2,367 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $1,885 | $2,230 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $1,804 | $2,098 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $1,702 | $1,965 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $1,605 | $1,807 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $1,564 | $1,936 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $1,462 | $1,883 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $1,374 | $1,789 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $1,300 | $1,694 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $1,224 | $1,584 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $1,159 | $1,484 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $1,103 | $1,399 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,050 | $1,333 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $996 | $1,282 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $944 | $1,235 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $902 | $1,155 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $867 | $1,087 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $826 | $1,069 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $779 | $1,008 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $739 | $948 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $703 | $893 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $677 | $841 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $656 | $794 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $641 | $779 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $621 | $757 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $600 | $743 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $584 | $695 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $566 | $668 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $552 | $654 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $538 | $621 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $521 | $589 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $511 | $563 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $497 | $549 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $481 | $532 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $473 | $538 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $457 | $521 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $454 | $503 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $453 | $469 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $446 | $462 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $438 | $451 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $435 | $439 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $426 | $432 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $421 | $413 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $424 | $408 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $405 | $394 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $412 | $378 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $402 | $409 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $385 | $395 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $385 | $378 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $373 | $380 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $400 | $357 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $375 | $361 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $374 | $357 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $443 | $367 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $477 | $369 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $463 | $359 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $471 | $344 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $443 | $340 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $465 | $322 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $466 | $329 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $473 | $346 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $439 | $330 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $454 | $318 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $443 | $317 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $429 | $313 | $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
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
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984India: 81 million TIV in 2025