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🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BGD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BD
UN M49 numeric050
IOC codeBAN
Official namePeople's Republic of Bangladesh
Native name(s)ben: official: বাংলাদেশ গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী; common: বাংলাদেশ
Alt spellingsBD, People's Republic of Bangladesh, Gônôprôjatôntri Bangladesh
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionSouthern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalDhaka
Area (km²)147,570
Lat / Lng24.0000, 90.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)MMR, IND
Top-level domain.bd
Calling coderoot: +8; suffixes: 80

Demographics

Population (World Bank)175,686,899 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)74.93 (2024)
Languagesben: Bengali
Demonymseng: f: Bangladeshi; m: Bangladeshi; fra: f: Bangladaise; m: Bangladais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)456,319,229,255.578 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)2,597.344 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.778 (2025)
CurrenciesBDT: name: Bangladeshi taka; symbol: ৳

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195041,206,856
195142,022,304
195242,893,011
195343,791,391
195444,741,296
195545,767,684
195646,854,417
195748,004,669
195849,184,054
195950,441,762
196051,828,660
196153,310,348
196254,881,146
196356,504,402
196458,178,374
196559,902,519
196661,669,806
196763,510,929
196865,408,276
196967,294,133
197069,058,894
197170,276,758
197271,641,519
197373,722,294
197475,839,348
197577,854,351
197679,855,318
197781,867,264
197883,889,655
197985,935,072
198088,016,432
198190,303,105
198292,814,507
198395,335,155
198497,814,966
1985100,253,825
1986102,635,572
1987104,959,291
1988107,216,008
1989109,433,799
1990111,633,717
1991113,787,109
1992115,952,192
1993118,132,360
1994120,343,179
1995122,600,370
1996124,862,179
1997127,198,069
1998129,622,332
1999132,108,065
2000134,544,304
2001136,805,810
2002138,933,658
2003140,970,351
2004142,902,856
2005144,715,786
2006146,405,973
2007147,989,278
2008149,474,264
2009150,873,714
2010152,201,981
2011153,591,076
2012155,070,101
2013156,532,141
2014157,964,929
2015159,383,179
2016160,811,932
2017162,186,147
2018163,523,103
2019164,913,055
2020166,298,024
2021167,658,854
2022169,384,897
2023171,466,990

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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