Compare
Bangladesh vs United Kingdom
How Bangladesh and United Kingdom compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, United Kingdom was higher: 81.3 years against 74.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, United Kingdom was higher: $48,420 against $1,985
- Population · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 172 million people against 68.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, United Kingdom was higher: 2.35% of GDP against 0.81% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, United Kingdom was higher: 4.22 tonnes against 0.72 tonnes
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- GDP per personBangladesh: $1,985 in 2025United Kingdom: $48,420 in 2025
- TemperatureBangladesh: 25.9 °C in 2025United Kingdom: 10.4 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022United Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personBangladesh: $1,985 in 2025United Kingdom: $48,420 in 2025
- GDP growthBangladesh: 3.5% a year in 2025United Kingdom: 1.2% a year in 2025
- InflationBangladesh: 10% a year in 2025United Kingdom: 3.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtBangladesh: 42% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 102.1% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984United Kingdom: 702 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time