Bangladesh vs Maldives: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates
Bangladesh
1.33 Persons per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives
1.75 Persons per square kilometre
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
6th
Maldives rank
4th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates over time
- Bangladesh
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 1.75 Persons per square kilometre against 1.33 Persons per square kilometre in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.42 Persons per square kilometre.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.3 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 6th and Maldives ranks 4th of 167 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Maldives in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8969 Persons per square kilometre | 0.8458 Persons per square kilometre | 0.0512 Persons per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 1.07 Persons per square kilometre | 1.03 Persons per square kilometre | 0.0366 Persons per square kilometre | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 1.21 Persons per square kilometre | 1.43 Persons per square kilometre | 0.2269 Persons per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2020s | 1.31 Persons per square kilometre | 1.74 Persons per square kilometre | 0.4288 Persons per square kilometre | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates, Bangladesh or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 1.75 Persons per square kilometre against 1.33 Persons per square kilometre in Bangladesh as of 2023.
- What is the difference in africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates between Bangladesh and Maldives?
- 0.42 Persons per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Maldives?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Maldives rank globally for africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates?
- Bangladesh ranks 6th and Maldives ranks 4th of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — 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
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — 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.