Bangladesh vs Russia
Bangladesh vs Russia: National power
National power in 2022: 1.01% of world capability in Bangladesh and 3.82% of world capability in Russia, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Russia, by 2.81 percentage points, or 3.77 times that in Bangladesh.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2022, Bangladesh ranked 21 and Russia ranked 4 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Bangladesh | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.01 | 3.82 |
| 2021 | 1.01 | 3.49 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3.41 |
| 2019 | 0.99 | 3.46 |
| 2018 | 0.99 | 3.58 |
| 2017 | 0.94 | 3.58 |
| 2016 | 0.77 | 3.65 |
| 2015 | 0.76 | 3.68 |
| 2014 | 0.75 | 3.92 |
| 2013 | 0.75 | 3.9 |
| 2012 | 0.75 | 3.96 |
| 2011 | 0.74 | 3.98 |
| 2010 | 0.74 | 3.91 |
| 2009 | 0.74 | 3.92 |
| 2008 | 0.74 | 4.09 |
| 2007 | 0.71 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 0.71 | 4.11 |
| 2005 | 0.7 | 4.07 |
| 2004 | 0.7 | 4.76 |
| 2003 | 0.69 | 4.97 |
| 2002 | 0.7 | 4.96 |
| 2001 | 0.67 | 5.35 |
| 2000 | 0.65 | 5.14 |
| 1999 | 0.63 | 5.14 |
| 1998 | 0.63 | 5.12 |
| 1997 | 0.62 | 5.59 |
| 1996 | 0.62 | 5.91 |
| 1995 | 0.62 | 6.29 |
| 1994 | 0.62 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 0.61 | 5.8 |
| 1992 | 0.61 | 6.72 |
| 1991 | 0.61 | – |
| 1990 | 0.59 | – |
| 1989 | 0.59 | – |
| 1988 | 0.58 | – |
| 1987 | 0.58 | – |
| 1986 | 0.58 | – |
| 1985 | 0.58 | – |
| 1984 | 0.56 | – |
| 1983 | 0.55 | – |
| 1982 | 0.54 | – |
| 1981 | 0.53 | – |
| 1980 | 0.52 | – |
| 1979 | 0.52 | – |
| 1978 | 0.52 | – |
| 1977 | 0.51 | – |
| 1976 | 0.5 | – |
| 1975 | 0.47 | – |
| 1974 | 0.45 | – |
| 1973 | 0.44 | – |
| 1972 | 0.49 | – |
| 1971 | 1.1 | – |
| 1922 | – | 14.44 |
| 1921 | – | 14.85 |
| 1920 | – | 10.32 |
| 1919 | – | 6.31 |
| 1918 | – | 3.74 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025