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Bangladesh

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Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world with a population of almost 177.8 million people within an area of 148,461 square kilometres (57,321 sq mi). Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. It has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal to its south and is separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the Indian states of West Bengal and Sikkim to its north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial, and cultural centre. Chittagong is the second-largest city and the busiest port of the country.

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People are called
Bangladeshi
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+880
Capital
Dhaka
Population
171,466,990
Area
147,570 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
Bangladeshi taka
Languages
Bangla 98.8%
Sells
garments, footwear, fabric, textiles
Sells to
USA 16%, Germany 15%, UK 8%
Land borders
2: India, Myanmar
Drives on the
left
Calling code
+880
Founded
1971
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Bangladeshi

These are English demonyms for people from Bangladesh. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Bangladesh yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Bangladesh in the study desk

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Banglaofficial
98.8%

Largest cities

Dhaka  capital 10,356,500
Chattogram 3,920,222
Gazipur 2,674,697
Khulna 1,500,689
Rangpur 1,031,388

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)

Climate zone

Highest point

Landmarks and landscapes

Northern hemisphere.

Land borders (2)

Figures from its history

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Founding leader of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist, and diarist who was the founding president of Bangladesh.
Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus Nobel laureate, microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and statesman. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.
Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina Prime minister, ousted in 2024 Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: past leaders.