Bangladesh is 1.04× the size of Greece

Bangladesh covers about 137,000 km² (52,900 mi²) and Greece about 131,000 km² (50,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

137,000km²Bangladesh
131,000km²Greece

200 km

Bangladesh
Greece

What fits

Greece is 96% of the size of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is larger by 5,550 km² (2,140 mi²), which is 4.2% of the area of Greece.
Measured in Belgiums: Bangladesh is about 4.46, Greece about 4.28.

How they differ

Bangladesh also has the larger population: 171.5 million against 10.5 million, 16.4× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,252 in Bangladesh against 80 in Greece: Bangladesh is 15.7× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,460 km apart.
On a standard web map Greece looks larger than Bangladesh: Bangladesh at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Greece at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Greece as 1.33× the size of Bangladesh, when Bangladesh is 1.04× the size of Greece.
Together Bangladesh and Greece cover 268,000 km², close to the size of New Zealand (268,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,550 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At Greece's density, Bangladesh would have 10.9 million people (it has 171.5 million). At Bangladesh's density, Greece would have 164.5 million (it has 10.5 million).
Greece's centre is 15.2° of latitude, about 1,690 km, farther north than Bangladesh's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Bangladesh	1.04×
More people	Bangladesh	16.4×
More crowded	Bangladesh	15.7×
Farther north	Greece	15.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Greece	1.7× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Bangladesh	Greece
Belgium 30,700 km²	4.46×	4.28×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.56×	0.54×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.38×	0.37×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.37×	0.35×
France 548,000 km²	0.25×	0.24×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Bangladesh	Greece
Area, main territory	137,000 km²52,900 mi²	131,000 km²50,700 mi²
Population	171.5 millionWikidata, 2023	10.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	1,252 per km²	80 per km²
Official area	148,000 km²Wikidata	132,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Dhaka	Athens
Latitude range	21°N to 27°N	35°N to 42°N
Continent	Asia	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 137,000 km² is 7.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 148,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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