Bangladesh vs Poland
Bangladesh vs Poland: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 14.4% in Bangladesh and 31% in Poland, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Poland, by 16.6 percentage points, or 2.15 times that in Bangladesh.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Bangladesh ranked 146 and Poland ranked 110 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Bangladesh | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.4 | 31 | – |
| 2023 | 14.4 | 31 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 14.4 | 31 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 14.4 | 30.9 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 14.4 | 30.9 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 14.4 | 30.9 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 14.5 | 30.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 14.5 | 30.8 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 14.5 | 30.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 14.5 | 30.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 14.5 | 30.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 14.5 | 30.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 14.5 | 30.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 14.5 | 30.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 14.5 | 30.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 14.5 | 30.4 | 32 |
| 2008 | 14.6 | 30.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | 14.6 | 30.2 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 14.6 | 30.1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 14.6 | 30 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 14.7 | 29.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 14.7 | 29.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 14.7 | 29.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 14.7 | 29.7 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 14.8 | 29.6 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 14.8 | 29.5 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 14.9 | 29.5 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 14.9 | 29.4 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 15 | 29.4 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 15 | 29.3 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 15.1 | 29.2 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 15.1 | 29.2 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 15.2 | 29.1 | 33 |
| 1991 | 15.2 | 29.1 | – |
| 1990 | 15.3 | 29 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025