Bangladesh vs Maldives: Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square
Bangladesh
1.32 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives
1.77 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
7th
Maldives rank
5th
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square over time
- Bangladesh
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 1.77 1000 No per square kilometre against 1.32 1000 No per square kilometre in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.45 1000 No per square kilometre.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.3 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 7th and Maldives ranks 5th of 191 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 | 0.4615 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.3514 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.1101 1000 No per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 0.5915 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.4714 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.1201 1000 No per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 0.7596 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.6306 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.129 1000 No per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 0.9343 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.8426 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0918 1000 No per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 1.1 1000 No per square kilometre | 1.03 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0722 1000 No per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 1.22 1000 No per square kilometre | 1.41 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.19 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2020s | 1.3 1000 No per square kilometre | 1.73 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.4303 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square, Bangladesh or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 1.77 1000 No per square kilometre against 1.32 1000 No per square kilometre in Bangladesh as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square between Bangladesh and Maldives?
- 0.45 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. — total population - both sexes, per square?
- Bangladesh ranks 7th and Maldives ranks 5th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, 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. — Total Population - Both sexes 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.