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Bangladesh vs Myanmar (Burma)
How Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma) compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 74.7 years against 66.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Bangladesh was higher: $1,985 against $1,128
- Population · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 172 million people against 54.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2024, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 6.61% of GDP against 0.86% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Bangladesh was higher: 0.72 tonnes against 0.58 tonnes
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- GDP per personBangladesh: $1,985 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- TemperatureBangladesh: 25.9 °C in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 24 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personBangladesh: $1,985 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthBangladesh: 3.5% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationBangladesh: 10% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtBangladesh: 42% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, 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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