Bangladesh vs Indonesia
Bangladesh vs Indonesia: National power
National power in 2022: 1.01% of world capability in Bangladesh and 2.09% of world capability in Indonesia, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.07 percentage points, or 2.06 times that in Bangladesh.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
- In 2022, Bangladesh ranked 21 and Indonesia ranked 6 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Bangladesh | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.01 | 2.09 |
| 2021 | 1.01 | 2.04 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2.04 |
| 2019 | 0.99 | 2.03 |
| 2018 | 0.99 | 1.99 |
| 2017 | 0.94 | 1.98 |
| 2016 | 0.77 | 1.6 |
| 2015 | 0.76 | 1.58 |
| 2014 | 0.75 | 1.52 |
| 2013 | 0.75 | 1.52 |
| 2012 | 0.75 | 1.42 |
| 2011 | 0.74 | 1.44 |
| 2010 | 0.74 | 1.42 |
| 2009 | 0.74 | 1.43 |
| 2008 | 0.74 | 1.44 |
| 2007 | 0.71 | 1.43 |
| 2006 | 0.71 | 1.42 |
| 2005 | 0.7 | 1.41 |
| 2004 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | 0.69 | 1.48 |
| 2002 | 0.7 | 1.49 |
| 2001 | 0.67 | 1.45 |
| 2000 | 0.65 | 1.46 |
| 1999 | 0.63 | 1.56 |
| 1998 | 0.63 | 1.54 |
| 1997 | 0.62 | 1.69 |
| 1996 | 0.62 | 1.6 |
| 1995 | 0.62 | 1.48 |
| 1994 | 0.62 | 1.42 |
| 1993 | 0.61 | 1.41 |
| 1992 | 0.61 | 1.41 |
| 1991 | 0.61 | 1.37 |
| 1990 | 0.59 | 1.31 |
| 1989 | 0.59 | 1.3 |
| 1988 | 0.58 | 1.28 |
| 1987 | 0.58 | 1.28 |
| 1986 | 0.58 | 1.29 |
| 1985 | 0.58 | 1.29 |
| 1984 | 0.56 | 1.33 |
| 1983 | 0.55 | 1.3 |
| 1982 | 0.54 | 1.31 |
| 1981 | 0.53 | 1.29 |
| 1980 | 0.52 | 1.26 |
| 1979 | 0.52 | 1.22 |
| 1978 | 0.52 | 1.23 |
| 1977 | 0.51 | 1.24 |
| 1976 | 0.5 | 1.19 |
| 1975 | 0.47 | 1.18 |
| 1974 | 0.45 | 1.17 |
| 1973 | 0.44 | 1.19 |
| 1972 | 0.49 | 1.21 |
| 1971 | 1.1 | 1.19 |
| 1970 | – | 1.31 |
| 1969 | – | 1.25 |
| 1968 | – | 1.24 |
| 1967 | – | 1.24 |
| 1966 | – | 1.23 |
| 1965 | – | 1.26 |
| 1964 | – | 1.3 |
| 1963 | – | 1.27 |
| 1962 | – | 1.3 |
| 1961 | – | 1.31 |
| 1960 | – | 1.28 |
| 1959 | – | 1.28 |
| 1958 | – | 1.26 |
| 1957 | – | 1.28 |
| 1956 | – | 1.24 |
| 1955 | – | 1.19 |
| 1954 | – | 1.15 |
| 1953 | – | 1.14 |
| 1952 | – | 1.23 |
| 1951 | – | 1.47 |
| 1950 | – | 1.79 |
| 1949 | – | 1.36 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Indonesia: 30.3% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Indonesia: $15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021