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Bangladesh vs Nigeria
How Bangladesh and Nigeria compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 74.7 years against 54.5 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Nigeria was higher: $2,369 against $1,985
- Population · In 2023, Nigeria was higher: 228 million people against 172 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Nigeria was higher: 0.91% of GDP against 0.81% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Bangladesh was higher: 0.72 tonnes against 0.57 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022
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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