Bangladesh vs Maldives: Population density

Bangladesh

1,602 people per km²

in 2100

Maldives

1,583 people per km²

in 2100

Bangladesh rank

10th

Maldives rank

11th

Population density over time

Bangladesh currently reports 1,602 people per km² against 1,583 people per km² in Maldives, a difference of 19.42 people per km².

The two have swapped places 6 times across 301 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 10th and Maldives ranks 11th of 234 countries.

Indicator: Population density
Unit: people per km²
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 68,610 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.