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Bangladesh vs Kenya
How Bangladesh and Kenya compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 74.7 years against 63.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Bangladesh was higher: $1,985 against $1,908
- Population · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 172 million people against 55.3 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Kenya was higher: 1.07% of GDP against 0.81% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Bangladesh was higher: 0.72 tonnes against 0.38 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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