Bangladesh
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 175.7M (2025). World rank 8 of 216; in Asia, 5 of 49. Area: 147,570 km². World rank 95 of 249; in Asia, 26 of 50. GDP: $456.3B (2025). World rank 37 of 210; in Asia, 15 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 159.4M → 175.7M, GDP $195.1B → $456.3B, and GDP per person $1,224 → $2,597. Better than all its neighbours (Myanmar and India): life expectancy.
State
- Official name
- People's Republic of Bangladesh
- Local name
- বাংলাদেশ
- Capital
- Dhaka
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Mohammad Shahabuddin
- Head of government
- Tarique Rahman
- Independence
- December 16, 1971
- Women in parliament
- 20.9% 2023
Key figures
- Population
- 175,686,899 2025
- Area
- 147,570 km²
- GDP
- $456.3B 2025
- GDP per person
- $2,597 2025
- Life expectancy
- 74.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Bangla
- Currency
- Bangladeshi Taka (BDT)
- Time zones
- UTC+6
- Calling code
- +880
- Emergency numbers
- 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- A, C, G, K
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 580
- Neighbours
- Myanmar, India
- Agricultural land
- 72.2% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mowdok tiang, 1,060 m
- Lowest point
- Bay of Bengal, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 85
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 26
- Warmest month in the capital
- April, 30°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 18°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,666 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 1,190.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 33.2% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -402.1K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.7% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 27.6% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 65.7% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 6.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 76.7 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 73.3 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 20 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 5.1 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 91%, Hindu 8%, and other 1% (2022)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 43.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 28.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 43.2 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 39.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 44.5 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $10,154 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $2,840 2025
- Inflation
- +8.8% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 25 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 11.4% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 34% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 52.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 3.8% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 9.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 38.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 11.1% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 16.8% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- 0% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 7.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 7.6% 2021
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 30.9 2022
- Living on under $3 a day
- 5.9% 2022
Education
- Adult literacy
- 79% 2022
- Primary school enrolment
- 106% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 64.3% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 23.7% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 2.2% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $53 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 79.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.9 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 96% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 24.4 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 30.5 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 115 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 13.2% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 27% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 32% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 98.8% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 67.6% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 29% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.3 2018
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.3 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 2.8 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 49.1 2025
- Natural hazards
- tropical cyclones and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 69.3 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.7 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.3 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 14.4% 2024
- Protected areas
- 5.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 620 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 5.7% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 53.4% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 108 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 8.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .bd
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 99.5% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 632 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 25% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 1.5% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 97.7% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 6,628,497 2023
- Airports
- 17 2025
- Railways, km
- 2,460 2014
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 8,259 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 87 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0.5% 2018