Bangladesh vs India
Bangladesh vs India: Internet users
Internet users: 53.4% in Bangladesh in 2024 and 70% in India in 2025, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in India, by 11.5 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Bangladesh.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- India has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- In 2024, Bangladesh ranked 143 and India ranked 130 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Bangladesh | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 70 | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 53.4 | 64.9 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 44.5 | 60.3 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 41.6 | 55.9 | 67 |
| 2021 | 38.9 | 49.3 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 36.1 | 43.4 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 30.4 | 29.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 25.6 | 20.1 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 21.5 | 18.2 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 12.4 | 14.9 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 9.1 | 13.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 6.6 | 12.3 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 11.1 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 4 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.2 | 2 | – |
| 2003 | 0.2 | 1.7 | – |
| 2002 | 0.1 | 1.5 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 0.7 | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | 0.5 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 0.3 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1996 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | – | 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 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