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Bangladesh

Bangladesh's best placing is 6th of 194 for population by area.

Best placing: #6Population by area
Top 10 placings: 2 / 17
Population: 175.7 million
Land area: 129,980 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Bangladesh is.

Population by area

#6 of 194

1,351.65 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Population

#8 of 195

175,686,899 people

5th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#11 of 179

2,666 mm of precipitation per year

4th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

GDP

#36 of 182

456,319,229,256 US$ (current prices)

14th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#48 of 133

18.93 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Land area

#94 of 194

129,980 km² of land

28th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Railways

#66 of 135

2,460 km of railway

18th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest

#113 of 194

18,834 km² of forest

25th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#88 of 151

580 km of coastline

22nd in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Forest by area

#133 of 194

14.5 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports

#139 of 193

17 airports

37th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports by area

#147 of 191

1.31 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#142 of 182

2,597 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#180 of 194

0.0001 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#129 of 134

14.00 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Land area per person

#189 of 194

0.001 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#192 of 192

0.10 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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