Tajikistan is 1.04× the size of Bangladesh

Tajikistan covers about 142,000 km² (54,900 mi²) and Bangladesh about 137,000 km² (52,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

142,000km²Tajikistan
137,000km²Bangladesh

200 km

Tajikistan
Bangladesh

What fits

Bangladesh is 96% of the size of Tajikistan.
Tajikistan is larger by 5,330 km² (2,060 mi²), which is 3.9% of the area of Bangladesh.
Measured in Belgiums: Tajikistan is about 4.64, Bangladesh about 4.46.

How they differ

Tajikistan is larger, but Bangladesh has the larger population: 171.5 million against 9.5 million, 18.0× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,252 in Bangladesh against 67 in Tajikistan: Bangladesh is 18.7× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,440 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tajikistan at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Bangladesh at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Tajikistan as 1.42× the size of Bangladesh instead of 1.04×.
Together Tajikistan and Bangladesh cover 279,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 2.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 5,330 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At Bangladesh's density, Tajikistan would have 178.1 million people (it has 9.5 million). At Tajikistan's density, Bangladesh would have 9.1 million (it has 171.5 million).
Tajikistan's centre is 14.7° of latitude, about 1,630 km, farther north than Bangladesh's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Tajikistan	1.04×
More people	Bangladesh	18.0×
More crowded	Bangladesh	18.7×
Farther north	Tajikistan	14.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Tajikistan	1.6× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Tajikistan	Bangladesh
Belgium 30,700 km²	4.64×	4.46×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.58×	0.56×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.40×	0.38×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.38×	0.37×
France 548,000 km²	0.26×	0.25×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.02×	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

	Tajikistan	Bangladesh
Area, main territory	142,000 km²54,900 mi²	137,000 km²52,900 mi²
Population	9.5 millionWikidata, 2021	171.5 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	67 per km²	1,252 per km²
Official area	143,000 km²Wikidata	148,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Dushanbe	Dhaka
Latitude range	37°N to 41°N	21°N to 27°N
Continent	Asia	Asia

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

Wikidata's official figure of 143,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 142,000 km², to within 2%.
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.

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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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