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Bangladesh vs Tanzania
How Bangladesh and Tanzania compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 74.7 years against 67 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Bangladesh was higher: $1,985 against $1,153
- Population · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 172 million people against 66.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Tanzania was higher: 1.16% of GDP against 0.81% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Bangladesh was higher: 0.72 tonnes against 0.31 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 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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