This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Bangladesh and India. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
General information
Bangladesh | India | |
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Region: | South Asia | South Asia |
Area: | 147,630 km² | 3,287,259 km² |
National language: | Bengali | Hindi |
Government form: | Parliamentary republic | Federal parliamentary republic |
Independent since: | 1971 AD | 1947 AD |
Capital: | Dhaka | New Delhi |
Population
Details for Bangladesh and IndiaBangladesh | India | |
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Population: | 169,356,000 | 1,407,564,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 1,147.2 | 428.2 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 70 years | Ø 69 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 74 years | Ø 72 years |
Average age: | Ø 27.9 years | Ø 28.7 years |
Birth rate: | 18.05 ‰ | 16.57 ‰ |
Death rate: | 5.82 ‰ | 7.35 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -2.90 ‰ | 0.16 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Bangladesh | India | |
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Political stability: | 45 | 52 |
Civil rights: | 25 | 46 |
Health: | 42 | 36 |
Climate: | 50 | 62 |
Cost of Living: | 61 | 45 |
Popularity: | 33 | 49 |
Economy
Details for Bangladesh and IndiaBangladesh | India | |
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Currency: | taka (1 BDT = 100 Poisha) | Indian rupee (1 INR =100 Paise) |
Unemployment rate: | 5.1 % | 7.7 % |
Inflation rate: | 5.55 % | 5.13 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 39.02 % | 28.80 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 33.40 % | 49.70 % |
Average income: | 2,570 US$ | 2,150 US$ |
Corruption index: | 75 (very bad) | 60 (bad) |
BGD: total | per 1000 inh. | IND: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 416,265 M US$ | 2.46 M US$ | 3,176,295 M US$ | 2.26 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 435,531 M US$ | 2.57 M US$ | 3,023,424 M US$ | 2.15 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 49,386 M US$ | 0.29 M US$ | 643,080 M US$ | 0.46 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 85,303 M US$ | 0.50 M US$ | 717,119 M US$ | 0.51 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Bangladesh and IndiaBGD: total | per 1000 inh. | IND: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 369,105 km | 2.18 km | 6,371,847 km | 4.53 km |
Railways: | 2,460 km | 0.01 km | 68,155 km | 0.05 km |
Waterways: | 8,370 km | 0.05 km | 14,500 km | 0.01 km |
Harbours: | 468 | 0.0028 | 1,801 | 0.0013 |
Passenger airports: | 8 | 0.0000 | 82 | 0.0001 |
Energy balance
Details for Bangladesh and IndiaBGD: total | per 1000 inh. | IND: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 53.65 bn kWh | 316,787.83 kWh | 1.137 tn kWh | 807,778.64 kWh |
Energy production: | 60.51 bn kWh | 357,294.16 kWh | 1.386 tn kWh | 984,680.03 kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 5.15 bn kWh | 3,658.80 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 5.62 bn kWh | 3,990.58 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 90.74 m t | 535.79 t | 2.46 bn t | 1,745.07 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Bangladesh and IndiaBangladesh | India | |
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International dialing: | +880 | +91 |
Internet domain: | .bd | .in |
BGD total | BGD per 1000 inh. | IND total | IND per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 587,482 | 3 | 23,773,751 | 17 |
Mobile cellulars: | 181,021,227 | 1069 | 1,154,046,584 | 820 |
Internet server: | 71,164 | 0 | 6,746,000 | 5 |
Internet users: | 42,000,350 | 248 | 605,252,452 | 430 |
Broadband Internet: | 10,086,021 | 60 | 27,560,000 | 20 |
Healthcare system
Details for Bangladesh and IndiaBangladesh | India | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 0.79 | 0.53 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.53 | 0.78 |
Diabetes: | 9.2 % | 10.4 % |
Malaria: | 0.7 % | 5.3 % |
Tuberculosis: | 2.21 ‰ | 2.10 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 95.0 % | 85.0 % |
Smokers: | 34.7 % | 27.2 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Bangladesh and India
Bangladesh | India | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 29.9 °C | 31.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 21.0 °C | 21.2 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 75 % | 66 % |
Rain days: | 11.0 | 7.9 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.6 | 6.2 |
Native languages
Bangladesh | India | |
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Bengali: | 97.7 % | 8.1 % |
Hindi: | n/a | 41.0 % |
Telugu: | n/a | 7.2 % |
Marathi: | n/a | 7.0 % |
Tamil: | n/a | 5.9 % |
Urdu: | n/a | 5.0 % |
Gujarati: | n/a | 4.5 % |
Kannada: | n/a | 3.7 % |
Oriya: | n/a | 3.2 % |
Malayalam: | n/a | 3.2 % |
Punjabi: | n/a | 2.8 % |
Assamese: | n/a | 1.3 % |
Maithili: | n/a | 1.2 % |
Chakma: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Marma: | 0.2 % | n/a |
Tripuri: | 0.1 % | n/a |
Santhali: | 0.1 % | n/a |
Khasi: | 0.1 % | n/a |
Garo: | 0.1 % | n/a |
other: | 1.3 % | 5.9 % |
Religions
Bangladesh | India | |
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Islam: | 89.5 % | 13.0 % |
Hinduism: | 9.6 % | 79.8 % |
Christianity: | 0.3 % | 2.3 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.7 % |
Buddhism: | 0.5 % | 0.7 % |
Jainism: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Bahaism: | n/a | 0.2 % |
other: | 0.1 % | 1.9 % |