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Bangladesh vs Nepal
How Bangladesh and Nepal compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 74.7 years against 70.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Bangladesh was higher: $1,985 against $1,234
- Population · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 172 million people against 29.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Nepal was higher: 0.97% of GDP against 0.81% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Bangladesh was higher: 0.72 tonnes against 0.54 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Nepal: 70.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Nepal: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nepal: 21.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Nepal: 16.1% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Nepal: 3.61% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Nepal: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Nepal: 29.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Nepal: -0.14% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Nepal: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Nepal: 67% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Nepal: 24.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Nepal: 6.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Nepal: -13.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Nepal: 0.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Nepal: $429M in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Nepal: $14 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Nepal: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Nepal: 112,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Nepal: 0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Nepal: 1.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Nepal: 6 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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