Bangladesh vs Maldives: Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre
Bangladesh
0.8012 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives
0.9318 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
2nd
Maldives rank
1st
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre over time
- Bangladesh
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.9318 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.8012 1000 No per square kilometre in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.1306 1000 No per square kilometre.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 2nd and Maldives ranks 1st of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and Maldives in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4043 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.3029 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.1014 1000 No per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 0.4925 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.3711 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.1214 1000 No per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 0.5854 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.4685 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.117 1000 No per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 0.708 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.6164 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0916 1000 No per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 0.7994 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.7072 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0922 1000 No per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 0.8123 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.8438 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0315 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.8034 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.9186 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.1152 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre, Bangladesh or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 0.9318 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.8012 1000 No per square kilometre in Bangladesh as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre between Bangladesh and Maldives?
- 0.1306 1000 No per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Maldives?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Maldives rank globally for population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre?
- Bangladesh ranks 2nd and Maldives ranks 1st of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.