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Bangladesh

বাংলাদেশ · গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ

Sovereign state in South Asia, Asia

Bangladesh: 171 466 990 people as of 2023, 147 570 km², capital Dhaka. Member of BIMSTEC, Commonwealth, D-8.

At a glance

Population
171.5 m
counted 2023
Capital
Dhaka
16 800 000 people, 2017
Area
147 570km²
1 162 per km²
Currency
৳BDT
Bangladeshi taka
Official language
Bengali
বাংলা
Local time
UTC+06:00
Asia/Dhaka

Where it is

Where Bangladesh is, and what is around it

Bangladesh has a coast. It shares a border with 2 countries, counted as shared borders, which includes neighbours across water.