Southern Asia
Bangladesh
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Core facts
- Capital
- Dhaka
- Population
- 169,828,911
- Area
- 147,570 km^2
- Country code
- BGD
- Flag emoji
- 🇧🇩
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 1150.8 per km^2
- Calling code
- +880
Culture and society
- Languages
- Bengali
- Religions
- Islam (91.0%), Hinduism (8.0%), Buddhism (60.0%), Christianity (30.0%), Other religions (10.0%)
- Native names
- বাংলাদেশ
- Demonyms (EN)
- Bangladeshi / Bangladeshi
- Start of week
- sunday
- Driving side
- left
- Timezones
- UTC+06:00
- Alternative spellings
- BD, People's Republic of Bangladesh, Gônôprôjatôntri Bangladesh
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 24.00, 90.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- MMR, IND
- Border countries count
- 2
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Bangladeshi taka (৳)
- Top-level domain
- .bd
- FIFA code
- BAN
- Capital coordinates
- 23.72, 90.40
- Postal code format
- ####
- Gini index
- 32.4 (2016)
- Coat of arms
