Bangladesh vs China statistics compared

Bangladesh has a population of 174M (ranked 8/197), compared with 1.41B in China (ranked 2/197). Bangladesh's land area is 50,186 sq mi versus 3,624,808 sq mi for China (ranked 94th vs. 2nd).

By GDP, Bangladesh ranks 36/197 ($450B) and China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T). By GDP per capita, Bangladesh ranks 146/197 ($2,593), while China ranks 76/197 ($13,303).

Bangladesh and China: Comparison Charts

Bangladesh and China economies compared

GDP

Bangladesh

China

Table

Year	GDP
	Bangladesh	China
1960	$4,274,894,083	$59,846,235,025
1961	$4,817,580,375	$50,162,299,350
1962	$5,081,413,542	$47,310,737,754
1963	$5,319,458,563	$50,812,227,919
1964	$5,386,054,833	$59,821,862,703
1965	$5,906,636,792	$70,565,994,356
1966	$6,439,687,854	$76,854,053,259
1967	$7,253,575,688	$73,011,350,596
1968	$7,483,685,771	$70,980,323,819
1969	$8,471,006,438	$79,847,786,729
1970	$8,992,722,167	$92,752,930,873
1971	$8,751,843,188	$99,959,013,880
1972	$6,288,245,867	$113,871,930,714
1973	$8,086,725,729	$138,764,340,892
1974	$12,512,460,520	$144,418,433,058
1975	$19,448,348,073	$163,687,619,736
1976	$10,117,113,333	$154,196,810,059
1977	$9,651,149,302	$175,226,595,860
1978	$13,281,767,143	$149,788,617,886
1979	$15,565,480,322	$178,573,913,043
1980	$18,138,049,096	$191,487,500,000
1981	$20,249,694,002	$196,218,253,968
1982	$18,525,399,202	$205,480,916,031
1983	$17,609,048,822	$231,130,268,199
1984	$18,920,840,000	$260,442,857,143
1985	$22,278,423,077	$310,064,625,850
1986	$21,774,033,333	$301,310,144,928
1987	$24,298,032,258	$273,455,156,951
1988	$26,579,005,558	$312,888,888,889
1989	$28,781,715,189	$348,380,566,802
1990	$31,598,340,778	$361,560,229,446
1991	$30,957,483,950	$384,510,452,962
1992	$31,708,874,594	$428,502,354,788
1993	$33,166,519,418	$446,557,291,212
1994	$33,768,660,883	$566,929,539,493
1995	$37,939,748,769	$738,190,896,228
1996	$46,438,484,108	$868,523,936,530
1997	$48,244,309,133	$967,753,570,435
1998	$49,984,559,471	$1,037,134,141,760
1999	$51,270,569,884	$1,103,843,203,576
2000	$53,369,787,319	$1,223,754,919,971
2001	$53,991,289,844	$1,355,036,590,252
2002	$54,724,081,491	$1,489,821,682,051
2003	$60,158,929,188	$1,683,903,309,844
2004	$65,108,544,250	$1,984,196,551,300
2005	$69,476,001,239	$2,317,551,298,052
2006	$71,795,736,172	$2,791,498,472,804
2007	$79,611,644,975	$3,604,055,822,572
2008	$91,636,997,371	$4,667,346,414,522
2009	$102,475,158,191	$5,189,577,094,998
2010	$115,275,540,051	$6,192,564,874,453
2011	$128,607,482,310	$7,671,757,207,851
2012	$133,310,747,603	$8,673,664,713,189
2013	$149,998,957,434	$9,743,124,247,267
2014	$172,886,611,654	$10,674,533,168,257
2015	$195,146,608,978	$11,280,814,787,469
2016	$265,224,515,675	$11,456,024,084,962
2017	$293,732,446,625	$12,537,559,062,283
2018	$321,362,752,442	$14,147,765,772,964
2019	$351,231,654,604	$14,560,167,101,283
2020	$373,979,442,362	$14,996,414,166,715
2021	$416,271,647,911	$18,201,698,719,564
2022	$460,131,689,083	$18,316,765,021,690
2023	$437,415,333,018	$18,270,356,654,533
2024	$450,119,424,622	$18,743,803,170,827

Bangladesh and China economies compared

GDP per capita

Bangladesh

China

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bangladesh	China
1960	$82.5	$89.7
1961	$90.4	$76
1962	$92.6	$71.1
1963	$94.1	$74.5
1964	$92.6	$85.7
1965	$98.6	$98.7
1966	$104.4	$104.5
1967	$114.2	$96.8
1968	$114.4	$91.6
1969	$125.9	$100.3
1970	$130.2	$113.3
1971	$124.5	$118.8
1972	$87.8	$132.1
1973	$109.7	$157.3
1974	$165	$160.4
1975	$249.8	$178.6
1976	$126.7	$165.7
1977	$117.9	$185.7
1978	$158.3	$156.7
1979	$181.1	$184.3
1980	$206.1	$195.1
1981	$224.2	$197.4
1982	$199.6	$203.7
1983	$184.7	$225.9
1984	$193.4	$251.2
1985	$222.2	$295
1986	$212.1	$282.4
1987	$231.5	$252.3
1988	$247.9	$284
1989	$263	$311
1990	$283.1	$319
1991	$272.1	$334
1992	$273.5	$368
1993	$280.8	$379
1994	$280.6	$476
1995	$309	$613
1996	$372	$713
1997	$379	$787
1998	$386	$835
1999	$388	$881
2000	$397	$969
2001	$395	$1,065
2002	$394	$1,164
2003	$427	$1,307
2004	$456	$1,531
2005	$480	$1,778
2006	$490	$2,129
2007	$538	$2,735
2008	$613	$3,523
2009	$679	$3,898
2010	$757	$4,629
2011	$837	$5,704
2012	$860	$6,405
2013	$958	$7,147
2014	$1,094	$7,781
2015	$1,224	$8,175
2016	$1,649	$8,255
2017	$1,811	$8,980
2018	$1,965	$10,086
2019	$2,130	$10,343
2020	$2,249	$10,627
2021	$2,483	$12,887
2022	$2,716	$12,971
2023	$2,551	$12,951
2024	$2,593	$13,303

Bangladesh vs. China life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bangladesh

China

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bangladesh	China
1950	37.4	43.8
1951	38.1	44.6
1952	38.8	45.3
1953	39.4	45.9
1954	40.4	46.8
1955	41.1	47.2
1956	41.6	47.8
1957	42.6	48.4
1958	43.1	48.8
1959	43.7	40.2
1960	44	33.4
1961	44.9	40.2
1962	45.8	51
1963	45.7	51.7
1964	46.8	52.3
1965	46	53
1966	47.6	53.7
1967	48.1	54.4
1968	48.4	55.2
1969	48.7	56
1970	42.7	56.8
1971	26.5	57.7
1972	49.6	58.6
1973	49.9	59.5
1974	49.6	60.2
1975	50.6	61
1976	51	61.2
1977	51.3	62.5
1978	51.6	63.1
1979	52	63.7
1980	52.3	64.2
1981	52.6	64.8
1982	53	65.2
1983	53.4	65.7
1984	53.8	66.1
1985	53.9	66.5
1986	54.6	66.9
1987	54.9	67.3
1988	55.2	67.6
1989	55.5	67.9
1990	55.8	68.2
1991	53.8	68.6
1992	56.6	69.1
1993	57.1	69.5
1994	57.6	69.8
1995	58.2	70.4
1996	58.9	70.8
1997	59.7	71.2
1998	60.4	71.6
1999	61.2	72
2000	62	72.3
2001	62.8	72.7
2002	63.6	73
2003	64.3	73.4
2004	64.9	73.7
2005	65.5	74.1
2006	66	74.4
2007	66.5	74.8
2008	67	74.8
2009	67.5	75.3
2010	68	75.7
2011	68.5	75.9
2012	69	76.2
2013	69.5	76.5
2014	70	76.7
2015	70.5	77
2016	71.1	77.2
2017	71.6	77.2
2018	72.1	77.7
2019	72.6	77.9
2020	71.4	78
2021	71.1	78.1
2022	74.3	78.2
2023	74.7	78
2024	74.9	78
2025	75.2	78.4

Bangladesh and China population clocks and comparison

Population

Bangladesh

China

Table

Year	Population
	Bangladesh	China
1960	51,828,660	667,070,000
1961	53,310,348	660,330,000
1962	54,881,146	665,770,000
1963	56,504,402	682,335,000
1964	58,178,374	698,355,000
1965	59,902,519	715,185,000
1966	61,669,806	735,400,000
1967	63,510,929	754,550,000
1968	65,408,276	774,510,000
1969	67,294,133	796,025,000
1970	69,058,894	818,315,000
1971	70,276,758	841,105,000
1972	71,641,519	862,030,000
1973	73,722,294	881,940,000
1974	75,839,348	900,350,000
1975	77,854,351	916,395,000
1976	79,855,318	930,685,000
1977	81,867,264	943,455,000
1978	83,889,655	956,165,000
1979	85,935,072	969,005,000
1980	88,016,432	981,235,000
1981	90,303,105	993,885,000
1982	92,814,507	1,008,630,000
1983	95,335,155	1,023,310,000
1984	97,814,966	1,036,825,000
1985	100,253,825	1,051,040,000
1986	102,635,572	1,066,790,000
1987	104,959,291	1,084,035,000
1988	107,216,008	1,101,630,000
1989	109,433,799	1,118,650,000
1990	111,633,717	1,135,185,000
1991	113,787,109	1,150,780,000
1992	115,952,192	1,164,970,000
1993	118,132,360	1,178,440,000
1994	120,343,179	1,191,835,000
1995	122,600,370	1,204,855,000
1996	124,862,179	1,217,550,000
1997	127,198,069	1,230,075,000
1998	129,622,332	1,241,935,000
1999	132,108,065	1,252,735,000
2000	134,544,304	1,262,645,000
2001	136,805,810	1,271,850,000
2002	138,933,658	1,280,400,000
2003	140,970,351	1,288,400,000
2004	142,902,856	1,296,075,000
2005	144,715,786	1,303,720,000
2006	146,405,973	1,311,020,000
2007	147,989,278	1,317,885,000
2008	149,474,264	1,324,655,000
2009	150,873,714	1,331,260,000
2010	152,201,981	1,337,705,000
2011	153,591,076	1,345,035,000
2012	155,070,101	1,354,190,000
2013	156,532,141	1,363,240,000
2014	157,964,929	1,371,860,000
2015	159,383,179	1,379,860,000
2016	160,811,932	1,387,790,000
2017	162,186,147	1,396,215,000
2018	163,523,103	1,402,760,000
2019	164,913,055	1,407,745,000
2020	166,298,024	1,411,100,000
2021	167,658,854	1,412,360,000
2022	169,384,897	1,412,175,000
2023	171,466,990	1,410,710,000
2024	173,562,364	1,408,975,000

Fertility rates in Bangladesh and China

Fertility rate

Bangladesh

China

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bangladesh	China
1960	6.74	4.45
1961	6.78	3.86
1962	6.81	6.09
1963	6.8	7.51
1964	6.79	6.67
1965	6.77	6.61
1966	6.77	6.31
1967	6.79	5.81
1968	6.79	6.51
1969	6.81	6.18
1970	6.84	6.09
1971	6.83	5.52
1972	6.82	5.11
1973	6.8	4.73
1974	6.78	4.17
1975	6.73	3.57
1976	6.66	3.24
1977	6.58	2.84
1978	6.51	2.72
1979	6.42	2.75
1980	6.33	2.74
1981	6.24	2.79
1982	6.12	2.97
1983	5.91	2.56
1984	5.73	2.61
1985	5.54	2.63
1986	5.3	2.72
1987	5.08	2.76
1988	4.85	2.54
1989	4.7	2.52
1990	4.51	2.51
1991	4.26	1.93
1992	4.03	1.78
1993	3.83	1.69
1994	3.74	1.63
1995	3.59	1.59
1996	3.51	1.55
1997	3.5	1.53
1998	3.43	1.52
1999	3.36	1.53
2000	3.28	1.63
2001	3.2	1.56
2002	3.13	1.57
2003	3.03	1.57
2004	2.94	1.61
2005	2.85	1.62
2006	2.76	1.64
2007	2.67	1.67
2008	2.58	1.7
2009	2.48	1.71
2010	2.38	1.69
2011	2.31	1.67
2012	2.26	1.8
2013	2.25	1.71
2014	2.23	1.77
2015	2.23	1.67
2016	2.23	1.77
2017	2.21	1.8
2018	2.19	1.54
2019	2.18	1.5
2020	2.17	1.24
2021	2.17	1.12
2022	2.18	1.03
2023	2.16	1

Bangladesh and China demographics compared

Median age

Bangladesh

China

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bangladesh	China
1960	19	20.9
1961	18.9	21.1
1962	18.8	21
1963	18.7	20.4
1964	18.6	19.9
1965	18.5	19.6
1966	18.4	19.3
1967	18.3	19.2
1968	18.2	19.2
1969	18	19.1
1970	17.9	19.1
1971	17.8	19.2
1972	17.7	19.3
1973	17.6	19.5
1974	17.5	19.7
1975	17.5	20.1
1976	17.5	20.4
1977	17.5	20.8
1978	17.6	21.2
1979	17.6	21.4
1980	17.6	21.6
1981	17.6	21.8
1982	17.6	22.1
1983	17.7	22.6
1984	17.7	23
1985	17.8	23.2
1986	17.9	23.4
1987	18	23.6
1988	18.2	23.9
1989	18.4	24.4
1990	18.5	24.7
1991	18.7	25.1
1992	18.9	25.6
1993	19.1	26.1
1994	19.3	26.6
1995	19.5	27.2
1996	19.7	27.8
1997	19.9	28.3
1998	20.2	28.8
1999	20.4	29.4
2000	20.7	30
2001	21	30.5
2002	21.2	31.1
2003	21.4	31.6
2004	21.6	32.1
2005	21.8	32.6
2006	22	33.1
2007	22.2	33.7
2008	22.4	34.2
2009	22.7	34.7
2010	22.9	35.1
2011	23.2	35.5
2012	23.5	35.7
2013	23.8	36
2014	24.2	36.3
2015	24.5	36.7
2016	24.8	37.1
2017	25	37.4
2018	25.2	37.7
2019	25.4	38.1
2020	25.6	38.5
2021	25.8	39
2022	26	39.6
2023	26.4	40.1
2024	26.7	40.6

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