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title: "Bangladesh vs India — area, population, currency"
description: "Bangladesh is 148,460 km² with 175,686,899 people; India is 3,287,263 km² with 1,463,865,525. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/bangladesh-vs-india/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Bangladesh vs India

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

148,460 km² vs 3,287,263 km² · 175,686,899 vs 1,463,865,525

India is 22 times larger than Bangladesh — 3,287,263 against 148,460 km². India is 8.3 times more populous than Bangladesh — 1,463,865,525 against 175,686,899 people.

## Side by side

|  | Bangladesh | India |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Dhaka | New Delhi |
| Area | 148,460 km² | 3,287,263 km² |
| Population | 175,686,899 (2025) | 1,463,865,525 (2025) |
| Density | 1183.4 /km² | 445.3 /km² |
| Currency | Bangladeshi taka (BDT) | Indian rupee (INR) |
| Official languages | Bengali | Hindi, English |
| Time zones | UTC+06:00 | UTC+05:30 |
| Calling code | +880 | +91 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | Asia | Asia |
| ISO codes | BD / BGD | IN / IND |

## Population density

Bangladesh is 2.7 times more densely populated than India — 1,183 against 445 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

- Different currencies: the Bangladeshi taka and the Indian rupee.

## 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.

## India

The most populous country in the world since 2023. The Ganges-Brahmaputra system drains the southern Himalaya into the largest delta on Earth, and Mawsynram and Cherrapunji in Meghalaya are the wettest inhabited places on record, with roughly 11 m of rain a year. Mumbai is the largest individual municipality; the Delhi urban agglomeration, which contains the capital, is larger still at around 33 million.

> 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 India?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 148,460 km².

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

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 175,686,899.

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

Bangladesh is UTC+06:00 and India is UTC+05:30. 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]