Country
Bangladesh
- BD
- Asia
- BDT
- .bd
Bangladesh (BD/BGD) is a country in Asia with its capital at Dhaka. It covers about 147,570 km² with a population of roughly 173,000,000, uses the BDT, dials on +880, owns the .bd internet domain and keeps its capital on Asia/Dhaka. It borders 2 countries.
Identity
Official short nameBangladesh
CapitalDhaka
ContinentAsia
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BGD
Internet TLD.bd
Calling code+880
Currency codeBDT
Geography
Latitude23.685° N
Longitude90.3563° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area147,570 km²56,977 square miles
Land neighbours21 have pages here; MM are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London8,002 kmto the approximate centre of Bangladesh, not to Dhaka. ENE, bearing 74.4°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAsia/Dhakathe IANA zone for Dhaka; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+06:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+06:00
Offset in JulyUTC+06:00
Current offsetUTC+06:00
Local time now10 Sept 2026, 00:59
Hours ahead of UTC6
Population & scale
Population173,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density1,172.3 per km²≈
Share of world population2.136%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset43 of 59
Population rank in this dataset8 of 59
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About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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