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Bangladesh vs Nepal

117 shared metrics.

BangladeshLeads in 59

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NepalLeads in 58

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Bangladesh

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Identity

Formal name: People's Republic of Bangladesh.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Bangladesh has more people than Russia despite having a tiny fraction of Russia's land area.

World Bank

Nepal

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Name origin: the name probably comes from the Sanskrit term nepala, from the words for "fly down" and "house," which would refer to the villages at the base of the mount…

CIA 2026

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Nepal packs eight of the world's fourteen classic 8,000-meter peaks into one mountain country.

NTB

Analysis

Bangladesh leads in 59 of 117 shared metrics, while Nepal leads in 58.

Bangladesh's Railway Length is 40.7x that of Nepal (2.5K km vs 59 km).

Bangladesh's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 27.7x that of Nepal (696.13 gCO2/kWh vs 24.26 gCO2/kWh).

Bangladesh's Electricity Generation is 9.6x that of Nepal (113.86 TWh vs 10.7 TWh).

Bangladesh's GDP (Nominal) is 9.5x that of Nepal ($450,119,432,068.85 vs $42,914,268,286.71).

Bangladesh's Firms Making Informal Payments is 8.1x that of Nepal (30.68% of firms vs 3.4% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Railway LengthBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

2.5K km

Nepal

59 km

Electricity Carbon IntensityBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

696.13 gCO2/kWh

Nepal

24.26 gCO2/kWh

Electricity GenerationBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

113.86 TWh

Nepal

10.7 TWh

GDP (Nominal)Bangladesh leads

Bangladesh

$450,119,432,068.85

Nepal

$42,914,268,286.71

Firms Making Informal PaymentsBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

30.68% of firms

Nepal

3.4% of firms

Electric Generating CapacityBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

20.31% of adults

Nepal

8.5% of adults

138% higher

Comparison of Bangladesh and Nepal across 117 metrics
				Winner
Railway Length	2.5K km	59 km	4069% higher	Bangladesh
Electricity Carbon Intensity	696.13 gCO2/kWh	24.26 gCO2/kWh	2769% higher	Bangladesh
Electricity Generation	113.86 TWh	10.7 TWh	964% higher	Bangladesh
GDP (Nominal)	$450,119,432,068.85	$42,914,268,286.71	949% higher	Bangladesh
Firms Making Informal Payments	30.68% of firms	3.4% of firms	805% higher	Bangladesh
Electric Generating Capacity	22.70M kW	2.85M kW	696% higher	Bangladesh
Total CO2 Emissions	124.19 Mt CO2e	15.89 Mt CO2e	681% higher	Bangladesh
Seafood Consumption per Person	26.27 kg/person/yr	3.5 kg/person/yr	653% higher	Bangladesh
Water Stress (%)	34.16%	4.8%	613% higher	Bangladesh
Irrigated Land	83.7K km²	12.1K km²	592% higher	Bangladesh
Population Density	1.3K /km²	207.15 /km²	537% higher	Bangladesh
Population	174.37M	31.33M	456% higher	Bangladesh
Credit Card Ownership	1.7% of adults	0.36% of adults	378% higher	Bangladesh
Scientific Publications	7.1K	1.7K	315% higher	Bangladesh
Water Withdrawal	35.87 B m³	9.5 B m³	278% higher	Bangladesh
Firms Asked for Bribes	22.99% of firms	6.2% of firms	273% higher	Bangladesh
Safe Drinking Water (%)	59.13%	16.49%	259% higher	Bangladesh
Agricultural Land (%)	72.31%	26.12%	177% higher	Bangladesh
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.34% of GDP	0.13% of GDP	158% higher	Bangladesh
Insufficient Physical Activity	20.31% of adults	8.5% of adults	138% higher	Bangladesh
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.90 per 1k	0.40 per 1k	125% higher	Bangladesh
Inflation Rate	10.5%	4.7%	124% higher	Bangladesh
Armed Forces Personnel	227.0K	112.0K	103% higher	Bangladesh
Capital Elevation	4.0 m	1.3K m	100% lower	Nepal
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.00 per 100k people	0.09 per 100k people	97% lower	Nepal
Beer Consumption	0.01 L/person/yr	0.16 L/person/yr	96% lower	Nepal
Mobile Money Accounts	20.77% of adults	10.58% of adults	96% higher	Bangladesh
GNI Per Capita	$2,820	$1,470	92% higher	Bangladesh
Alcohol Consumption	0.09 L/adult/yr	1.1 L/adult/yr	91% lower	Nepal
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	602.67 kWh/person	321.05 kWh/person	88% higher	Bangladesh
Highest Elevation	1.1K m	8.8K m	88% lower	Nepal
Spirits Consumption	0.07 L/person/yr	0.45 L/person/yr	85% lower	Nepal
Protected Land (%)	4.2%	23.6%	82% lower	Nepal
Nurses & Midwives	0.61 per 1k	3.5 per 1k	82% lower	Nepal
Vehicles per 1,000 People	17.91 per 1k people	84.07 per 1k people	79% lower	Nepal
Liberal Democracy Index	0.12	0.51	77% lower	Nepal
Suicide Rate	2.8 per 100k	10.14 per 100k	72% lower	Nepal
Meat Consumption per Person	4.0 kg/person/yr	13.55 kg/person/yr	70% lower	Nepal
Electoral Democracy Index	0.20	0.66	70% lower	Nepal
Forest Area	18.8K km²	59.6K km²	68% lower	Nepal
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$9,646.77	$5,736.62	68% higher	Bangladesh
Renewable Energy (%)	25%	73.7%	66% lower	Nepal
Airports	17	50	66% lower	Nepal
Forest Coverage (%)	14.49%	41.59%	65% lower	Nepal
Firms with Female Top Manager	3.6% of firms	10.31% of firms	65% lower	Nepal
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.4% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	64% lower	Nepal
Broadband Access (%)	8.0 per 100 people	5.0 per 100 people	60% higher	Bangladesh
Milk Consumption per Person	21.91 kg/person/yr	52.1 kg/person/yr	58% lower	Nepal
Unemployment Rate	4.7%	10.71%	56% lower	Nepal
Air Passengers	6.63M	4.29M	55% higher	Bangladesh
Youth Unemployment Rate	9.4% of youth labor force	20.56% of youth labor force	54% lower	Nepal
Urban Population (%)	32.68%	66.77%	51% lower	Nepal
Imports (% GDP)	16.32% of GDP	32.91% of GDP	50% lower	Nepal
Women in Senior Management	7.2% of managers	13.9% of managers	48% lower	Nepal
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	7.6% of GDP	13.94% of GDP	45% lower	Nepal
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.0% of GDP	3.7% of GDP	45% lower	Nepal
Energy Use (Per Capita)	297.12 kg oil eq/person	519.95 kg oil eq/person	43% lower	Nepal
Solar Electricity Share	1.5%	1.1%	40% higher	Bangladesh
Land Border Length	4.4K km	3.2K km	40% higher	Bangladesh
Political Corruption Index	0.78	0.56	39% higher	Bangladesh
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	13.56 per 100k	21.99 per 100k	38% lower	Nepal
Exports (% GDP)	10.46% of GDP	7.6% of GDP	37% higher	Bangladesh
Women in Parliament (%)	20.86%	33.09%	37% lower	Nepal
Freedom of Expression Index	0.53	0.81	35% lower	Nepal
Road Traffic Death Rate	18.6 per 100k	28.2 per 100k	34% lower	Nepal
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	15 days/yr	33% lower	Nepal
Women's Political Empowerment	0.54	0.79	32% lower	Nepal
Health Spending Per Capita	$61.09	$88.27	31% lower	Nepal
Corruption Perceptions Index	24 pts	34 pts	29% lower	Nepal
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.72 per 1k	1.0 per 1k	29% lower	Nepal
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	4.0 sites	25% lower	Nepal
Fertility Rate	2.3 children/woman	1.8 children/woman	24% higher	Bangladesh
Sanitation Access (%)	67.62%	86.03%	21% lower	Nepal
Digital Payments Used	33.95% of adults	28.07% of adults	21% higher	Bangladesh
Obesity Rate	5.3%	6.6%	20% lower	Nepal
Hypertension Prevalence	28.8% of adults	36.2% of adults	20% lower	Nepal
Internet Users (%)	45%	56%	20% lower	Nepal
Birth Rate	19.45 per 1k	16.66 per 1k	17% higher	Bangladesh
Government Debt (% GDP)	33.3% of GDP	39.9% of GDP	17% lower	Nepal
Smoking Rate	32.9%	28.3%	16% higher	Bangladesh
Life Evaluation Score	4.3 pts	5.1 pts	16% lower	Nepal
Child Mortality	30.6 per 1k births	26.5 per 1k births	15% higher	Bangladesh
GDP Growth Rate	4.2%	3.7%	15% higher	Bangladesh
Tobacco Use Prevalence	32% of adults	28% of adults	14% higher	Bangladesh
Average Weekly Work Hours	46.73 hrs/week	41.04 hrs/week	14% higher	Bangladesh
University Enrollment Rate	23.73%	21.29%	11% higher	Bangladesh
Human Development Index	0.69	0.62	10% higher	Bangladesh
Teen Birth Rate	73.18 per 1k	67.17 per 1k	9% higher	Bangladesh
Land Area	130.0K km²	143.3K km²	9% lower	Nepal
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	108 per 100 people	100 per 100 people	8% higher	Bangladesh
Death Rate	6.0 per 1k	5.6 per 1k	8% higher	Bangladesh
Tourism Revenue	$217,899,993.9	$238,000,000	8% lower	Nepal
Food Waste per Person	124.54 kg/person/yr	134.87 kg/person/yr	8% lower	Nepal
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	42.38 µg/m³	45.72 µg/m³	7% lower	Nepal
Electricity Access (%)	99.5%	94%	6% higher	Bangladesh
Life Expectancy	74.7 years	70.4 years	6% higher	Bangladesh
Firms Hit by Power Outages	71.35% of firms	75.84% of firms	6% lower	Nepal
Infant Mortality	24.4 per 1k births	23.3 per 1k births	5% higher	Bangladesh
Military Spending	0.94% of GDP	0.98% of GDP	4% lower	Nepal
Inequality (Gini)	30.9	30	3% higher	Bangladesh
Median Age	25.3 years	24.7 years	3% higher	Bangladesh
Informal Employment Share	84.04% of employed people	81.52% of employed people	3% higher	Bangladesh
Dependency Ratio	52.64% of working-age pop.	53.69% of working-age pop.	2% lower	Nepal
Youth Population (%)	27.99%	28.43%	2% lower	Nepal
CO2 Per Capita	0.62 t/person/yr	0.63 t/person/yr	1% lower	Nepal
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.65% of adults	96.45% of adults	1% lower	Nepal
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	equal	Bangladesh
Coastline Length	580 km	0 km	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Coal Electricity Share	21.51%	0%	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0.09%	ranked lower	Nepal
Elderly Population (%)	6.5%	6.5%	equal	Nepal
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Lowest Elevation	0 m	70 m	ranked lower	Nepal
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Bangladesh
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	0% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	ranked lower	Nepal
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Border Neighbors	2.0	2.0	equal	Bangladesh

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Analysis

Bangladesh leads in 59 of 117 shared metrics, while Nepal leads in 58.

Bangladesh's Railway Length is 40.7x that of Nepal (2.5K km vs 59 km).

Bangladesh's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 27.7x that of Nepal (696.13 gCO2/kWh vs 24.26 gCO2/kWh).

Bangladesh's Electricity Generation is 9.6x that of Nepal (113.86 TWh vs 10.7 TWh).

Bangladesh's GDP (Nominal) is 9.5x that of Nepal ($450,119,432,068.85 vs $42,914,268,286.71).

Bangladesh's Firms Making Informal Payments is 8.1x that of Nepal (30.68% of firms vs 3.4% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Railway LengthBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

2.5K km

Nepal

59 km

Electricity Carbon IntensityBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

696.13 gCO2/kWh

Nepal

24.26 gCO2/kWh

Electricity GenerationBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

113.86 TWh

Nepal

10.7 TWh

GDP (Nominal)Bangladesh leads

Bangladesh

$450,119,432,068.85

Nepal

$42,914,268,286.71

Firms Making Informal PaymentsBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

30.68% of firms

Nepal

3.4% of firms

Electric Generating CapacityBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

22.70M kW

Nepal

2.85M kW

Railway Length

2.5K km

59 km

Electricity Carbon Intensity

696.13 gCO2/kWh

24.26 gCO2/kWh

Electricity Generation

113.86 TWh

10.7 TWh

GDP (Nominal)

$450,119,432,068.85

$42,914,268,286.71

Firms Making Informal Payments

30.68% of firms

3.4% of firms

Electric Generating Capacity

22.70M kW

2.85M kW

Total CO2 Emissions

124.19 Mt CO2e

15.89 Mt CO2e

Seafood Consumption per Person

26.27 kg/person/yr

3.5 kg/person/yr

Water Stress (%)

34.16%

4.8%

Irrigated Land

83.7K km²

12.1K km²

Population Density

1.3K /km²

207.15 /km²

Population

174.37M

31.33M

Credit Card Ownership

1.7% of adults

0.36% of adults

Scientific Publications

7.1K

1.7K

Water Withdrawal

35.87 B m³

9.5 B m³

Firms Asked for Bribes

22.99% of firms

6.2% of firms

Safe Drinking Water (%)

59.13%

16.49%

Agricultural Land (%)

72.31%

26.12%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

0.34% of GDP

0.13% of GDP

Insufficient Physical Activity

20.31% of adults

8.5% of adults

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Railway Length

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Electricity Generation

GDP (Nominal)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Electric Generating Capacity

Total CO2 Emissions

Seafood Consumption per Person

Water Stress (%)

Irrigated Land

Population Density

Population

Credit Card Ownership

Scientific Publications

Water Withdrawal

Firms Asked for Bribes

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Agricultural Land (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Inflation Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Capital Elevation

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Beer Consumption

Mobile Money Accounts

GNI Per Capita

Alcohol Consumption

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Highest Elevation

Spirits Consumption

Protected Land (%)

Nurses & Midwives

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Liberal Democracy Index

Suicide Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Electoral Democracy Index

Forest Area

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Renewable Energy (%)

Airports

Forest Coverage (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Health Spending (% GDP)

Broadband Access (%)

Milk Consumption per Person

Unemployment Rate

Air Passengers

Youth Unemployment Rate

Urban Population (%)

Imports (% GDP)

Women in Senior Management

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Solar Electricity Share

Land Border Length

Political Corruption Index

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Exports (% GDP)

Women in Parliament (%)

Freedom of Expression Index

Road Traffic Death Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Women's Political Empowerment

Health Spending Per Capita

Corruption Perceptions Index

Doctors (per 1,000)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Fertility Rate