Bangladesh vs United States
Bangladesh vs United States: Net migration rate
Net migration rate in 2023: -3.2 per 1,000 people in Bangladesh and 3.9 per 1,000 people in United States, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United States, by 7.1 per 1,000 people.
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher since 1953, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- In 2023, Bangladesh ranked 189 and United States ranked 50 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Bangladesh at -1.1 per 1,000 people and United States at 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2100.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Bangladesh | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2022 | -3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | -5.9 | 2 |
| 2020 | -6 | 1 |
| 2019 | -6.2 | 5.3 |
| 2018 | -6.3 | 5.3 |
| 2017 | -6.4 | 5.6 |
| 2016 | -5.7 | 5.7 |
| 2015 | -5.7 | 5.3 |
| 2014 | -5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2013 | -5.5 | 5.2 |
| 2012 | -5.4 | 5.1 |
| 2011 | -5.5 | 5.2 |
| 2010 | -7.3 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | -7.6 | 4.5 |
| 2008 | -7.8 | 4.6 |
| 2007 | -7.7 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | -7.5 | 4.5 |
| 2005 | -7.2 | 4.6 |
| 2004 | -6.8 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | -6.4 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | -5.9 | 4.7 |
| 2001 | -5.4 | 4.6 |
| 2000 | -3.8 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | -2.2 | 4.1 |
| 1998 | -2.2 | 4.4 |
| 1997 | -2.2 | 4.1 |
| 1996 | -2 | 4.2 |
| 1995 | -1.9 | 4.4 |
| 1994 | -1.7 | 4.4 |
| 1993 | -2.3 | 4.7 |
| 1992 | -2.1 | 5 |
| 1991 | -2 | 4.7 |
| 1990 | -3.6 | 4.3 |
| 1989 | -3.7 | 1.6 |
| 1988 | -3.7 | 1.9 |
| 1987 | -3.5 | 2 |
| 1986 | -3.2 | 2 |
| 1985 | -2.9 | 2.5 |
| 1984 | -2.5 | 2.6 |
| 1983 | -2.1 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | -1.7 | 2.6 |
| 1981 | -2 | 2.5 |
| 1980 | -5.9 | 2.6 |
| 1979 | -5.9 | 2.2 |
| 1978 | -5.8 | 2.5 |
| 1977 | -5.6 | 2.6 |
| 1976 | -5.3 | 2.9 |
| 1975 | -5 | 3 |
| 1974 | -3.7 | 3.3 |
| 1973 | -1 | 3.6 |
| 1972 | -3.8 | 3.9 |
| 1971 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 1970 | -1.1 | 3.6 |
| 1969 | -1.9 | 2.6 |
| 1968 | -0.1 | 2.9 |
| 1967 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| 1966 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
| 1965 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| 1964 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| 1963 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| 1962 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| 1961 | 0.5 | 3.2 |
| 1960 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 1959 | -0.3 | 2.2 |
| 1958 | -2.2 | -0 |
| 1957 | -0.8 | 0.1 |
| 1956 | -0.7 | -0.1 |
| 1955 | -0.7 | 0.1 |
| 1954 | -0.7 | -0.4 |
| 1953 | -1 | -0.2 |
| 1952 | -0.1 | -0.3 |
| 1951 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| 1950 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Bangladesh | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -2.7-5.4–-0.6 | 3.72.3–5.4 |
| 2025 | -2.3-5.5–0.4 | 3.51.7–5.7 |
| 2026 | -2.1-5.6–1.1 | 3.41.3–5.8 |
| 2027 | -1.9-5.5–1.7 | 3.30.8–6.1 |
| 2028 | -1.8-5.4–2 | 3.50.8–6.4 |
| 2029 | -1.7-5.4–2.6 | 3.30.5–6.5 |
| 2030 | -1.6-5.4–2.9 | 3.40.3–6.6 |
| 2031 | -1.6-5.6–3.1 | 3.40.2–6.7 |
| 2032 | -1.7-5.6–3.2 | 3.40.2–6.7 |
| 2033 | -1.6-5.9–3.6 | 3.40.1–6.7 |
| 2034 | -1.7-6.1–3.5 | 3.4-0.1–6.9 |
| 2035 | -1.7-6.1–3.6 | 3.4-0.4–6.9 |
| 2036 | -1.6-6.1–4 | 3.4-0.5–6.8 |
| 2037 | -1.6-6.3–4.6 | 3.4-0.5–6.7 |
| 2038 | -1.6-6.4–4.2 | 3.4-0.4–7 |
| 2039 | -1.7-6.6–4 | 3.3-0.8–6.7 |
| 2040 | -1.6-6.3–4.1 | 3.3-0.8–7.2 |
| 2041 | -1.5-6.2–4.5 | 3.3-0.8–7 |
| 2042 | -1.5-6.1–4.3 | 3.4-0.7–7.3 |
| 2043 | -1.5-6.6–4.4 | 3.3-0.8–7.3 |
| 2044 | -1.5-6.5–4.4 | 3.3-0.9–7.2 |
| 2045 | -1.5-6.1–4.5 | 3.3-1.1–7.3 |
| 2046 | -1.5-6.4–4.5 | 3.3-1–7.4 |
| 2047 | -1.5-6.3–4.4 | 3.3-0.8–7.6 |
| 2048 | -1.5-6.4–4.4 | 3.3-1–7.4 |
| 2049 | -1.5-6.4–4.9 | 3.3-1–7.6 |
| 2050 | -1.4-6.1–4.8 | 3.4-1–7.5 |
| 2051 | -1.4-6.4–4.8 | 3.4-0.9–7.6 |
| 2052 | -1.5-6.5–4.6 | 3.3-1.3–7.6 |
| 2053 | -1.5-6.8–5 | 3.4-1.2–7.8 |
| 2054 | -1.5-6.6–4.8 | 3.2-1.2–7.5 |
| 2055 | -1.4-6.7–4.9 | 3.2-1.5–7.6 |
| 2056 | -1.5-6.4–4.8 | 3.2-1.4–7.6 |
| 2057 | -1.4-6.5–4.9 | 3.3-1.4–8.1 |
| 2058 | -1.4-6.7–5.1 | 3.4-1.6–8.1 |
| 2059 | -1.4-6.9–4.9 | 3.3-1.4–7.7 |
| 2060 | -1.4-6.4–4.6 | 3.2-1.7–8 |
| 2061 | -1.3-6.4–4.7 | 3.3-1.9–8 |
| 2062 | -1.4-6.7–4.8 | 3.3-1.8–8 |
| 2063 | -1.4-6.5–4.6 | 3.3-1.9–7.8 |
| 2064 | -1.4-6.2–5 | 3.2-2–7.8 |
| 2065 | -1.3-6.5–4.9 | 3.2-1.8–7.7 |
| 2066 | -1.3-6.4–5.1 | 3.3-2–7.7 |
| 2067 | -1.3-6.4–5.1 | 3.3-1.9–8 |
| 2068 | -1.3-6.2–5 | 3.3-2–8 |
| 2069 | -1.3-6.5–5.3 | 3.4-1.9–7.8 |
| 2070 | -1.3-6.5–5.1 | 3.3-2.1–7.9 |
| 2071 | -1.2-6.3–5.2 | 3.4-2–8.1 |
| 2072 | -1.2-6.3–5.5 | 3.3-2–8.1 |
| 2073 | -1.2-6.5–5.5 | 3.3-2.1–8 |
| 2074 | -1.2-6.4–5.5 | 3.3-2.1–8.1 |
| 2075 | -1.2-6.3–5.2 | 3.4-2–8.5 |
| 2076 | -1.2-6.2–5 | 3.3-2.5–8.2 |
| 2077 | -1.3-6.2–5.3 | 3.3-2.2–8 |
| 2078 | -1.2-6.2–5 | 3.3-2.2–8.7 |
| 2079 | -1.3-6.4–5.1 | 3.2-2.4–8.2 |
| 2080 | -1.2-6.2–5.1 | 3.2-2.6–8.2 |
| 2081 | -1.3-6.3–5.3 | 3.4-2.5–8.3 |
| 2082 | -1.2-6.1–5.3 | 3.3-2.6–7.9 |
| 2083 | -1.2-6.2–5 | 3.3-2.6–8 |
| 2084 | -1.2-6–5.1 | 3.2-2.5–8.1 |
| 2085 | -1.2-6.3–5.6 | 3.1-2.4–7.9 |
| 2086 | -1.2-5.9–5.3 | 3.2-2.4–8.3 |
| 2087 | -1.2-6.1–5.7 | 3.2-2.4–8.2 |
| 2088 | -1.2-6–5.4 | 3.3-2.4–8.3 |
| 2089 | -1.2-6–5.6 | 3.2-2.4–8.2 |
| 2090 | -1.2-6–5.4 | 3.1-2.4–8.1 |
| 2091 | -1.2-6–5.1 | 3.2-2.7–8.6 |
| 2092 | -1.2-6–5.1 | 3.2-2.6–8.4 |
| 2093 | -1.2-5.7–5.2 | 3.1-2.5–8.4 |
| 2094 | -1.3-6.1–5.5 | 3.2-2.6–8.3 |
| 2095 | -1.2-5.9–5.6 | 3.1-2.7–8.1 |
| 2096 | -1.2-6.2–5.4 | 3.1-3.2–8.2 |
| 2097 | -1.2-6.5–5.2 | 3.1-2.8–8.3 |
| 2098 | -1.2-6.4–5 | 3-2.9–8.1 |
| 2099 | -1.2-6.1–5.5 | 3-2.7–7.9 |
| 2100 | -1.1-6–6 | 2.9-2.7–8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs United States
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022United States: 97.5% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025