---
title: "Bangladesh vs China — area, population, currency"
description: "Bangladesh is 148,460 km² with 175,686,899 people; China is 9,596,960 km² with 1,406,585,000. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/bangladesh-vs-china/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Bangladesh vs China

**Bangladesh vs China: China is larger; China has more people**

148,460 km² vs 9,596,960 km² · 175,686,899 vs 1,406,585,000

China is 65 times larger than Bangladesh — 9,596,960 against 148,460 km². China is 8.0 times more populous than Bangladesh — 1,406,585,000 against 175,686,899 people.

## Side by side

|  | Bangladesh | China |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Dhaka | Beijing |
| Area | 148,460 km² | 9,596,960 km² |
| Population | 175,686,899 (2025) | 1,406,585,000 (2025) |
| Density | 1183.4 /km² | 146.6 /km² |
| Currency | Bangladeshi taka (BDT) | Chinese yuan (CNY) |
| Official languages | Bengali | Standard Chinese |
| Time zones | UTC+06:00 | UTC+08:00 |
| Calling code | +880 | +86 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Asia |
| ISO codes | BD / BGD | CN / CHN |

## Population density

Bangladesh is 8.1 times more densely populated than China — 1,183 against 147 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Bangladesh on the left, China on the right.
- Different currencies: the Bangladeshi taka and the Chinese yuan.

## Bangladesh

One of the most densely populated countries on Earth, with over 1,100 people per km² — roughly the population of Russia in an area the size of Wisconsin. Most of it is the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna, the largest river delta in the world, and much of the land is under two metres above sea level. The Sundarbans mangrove forest on the coast is the largest of its kind.

## China

The largest country in the world using a single time zone, so the sun rises in the far west around three hours later by the clock than in Beijing. China has a land border with fourteen countries — more than any other state except Russia, which also has fourteen. Its terrain runs from Mount Everest on the Nepalese border to the Turpan Depression at 154 m below sea level.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Bangladesh bigger than China?

China is larger — 9,596,960 km² against 148,460 km².

### Which has more people, Bangladesh or China?

China, with 1,406,585,000 against 175,686,899.

### What is the time difference between Bangladesh and China?

Bangladesh is UTC+06:00 and China is UTC+08:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]