Bangladesh vs Singapore
Bangladesh vs Singapore: National power
National power in 2022: 1.01% of world capability in Bangladesh and 0.25% of world capability in Singapore, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 0.77 percentage points, or 4.1 times that in Singapore.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Bangladesh has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
- In 2022, Bangladesh ranked 21 and Singapore ranked 56 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Bangladesh | Singapore |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.01 | 0.25 |
| 2021 | 1.01 | 0.25 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0.24 |
| 2019 | 0.99 | 0.28 |
| 2018 | 0.99 | 0.29 |
| 2017 | 0.94 | 0.29 |
| 2016 | 0.77 | 0.31 |
| 2015 | 0.76 | 0.29 |
| 2014 | 0.75 | 0.29 |
| 2013 | 0.75 | 0.29 |
| 2012 | 0.75 | 0.3 |
| 2011 | 0.74 | 0.29 |
| 2010 | 0.74 | 0.28 |
| 2009 | 0.74 | 0.28 |
| 2008 | 0.74 | 0.29 |
| 2007 | 0.71 | 0.3 |
| 2006 | 0.71 | 0.3 |
| 2005 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 0.7 | 0.28 |
| 2003 | 0.69 | 0.27 |
| 2002 | 0.7 | 0.27 |
| 2001 | 0.67 | 0.26 |
| 2000 | 0.65 | 0.26 |
| 1999 | 0.63 | 0.28 |
| 1998 | 0.63 | 0.3 |
| 1997 | 0.62 | 0.29 |
| 1996 | 0.62 | 0.28 |
| 1995 | 0.62 | 0.27 |
| 1994 | 0.62 | 0.27 |
| 1993 | 0.61 | 0.26 |
| 1992 | 0.61 | 0.25 |
| 1991 | 0.61 | 0.23 |
| 1990 | 0.59 | 0.21 |
| 1989 | 0.59 | 0.19 |
| 1988 | 0.58 | 0.17 |
| 1987 | 0.58 | 0.17 |
| 1986 | 0.58 | 0.17 |
| 1985 | 0.58 | 0.18 |
| 1984 | 0.56 | 0.18 |
| 1983 | 0.55 | 0.18 |
| 1982 | 0.54 | 0.18 |
| 1981 | 0.53 | 0.19 |
| 1980 | 0.52 | 0.17 |
| 1979 | 0.52 | 0.18 |
| 1978 | 0.52 | 0.18 |
| 1977 | 0.51 | 0.16 |
| 1976 | 0.5 | 0.15 |
| 1975 | 0.47 | 0.14 |
| 1974 | 0.45 | 0.15 |
| 1973 | 0.44 | 0.15 |
| 1972 | 0.49 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 1.1 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | – | 0.12 |
| 1969 | – | 0.11 |
| 1968 | – | 0.11 |
| 1967 | – | 0.11 |
| 1966 | – | 0.1 |
| 1965 | – | 0.1 |
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 Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025