Key demographics
- Population
- 173.6M
- Density
- 1,165.0/km²
- HDI
- 0.685 (Medium)
- GDP per capita
- $2,730
- Gini index (2025)
- 33.4
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 74.9 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.14
- Urban population (2025)
- 33.2%
- Literacy rate (2022)
- 79.0%
- Labor force (2025)
- 61.3%
- Gender wage gap (2024)
- 14.5%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 52.2%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 33.2%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 20.0 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 5.1 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 42.2%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.14
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 24.4 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 51.5%
- Tourism (2019)
- 323.0K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | বাংলা |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Islam | 91.0% |
| Hinduism | 7.9% |
| Buddhism | 0.6% |
| Christianity | 0.3% |
| Other | 0.1% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Bengali | 99.0% |
| Other | 1.0% |
- Demonym (male)
- Bangladeshi
- Demonym (female)
- Bangladeshi
- National anthem
- Amar Sonar Bangla
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 74.9 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 63.1 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 2.2% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 24.4/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 54/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 0.9/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 0.72/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 0.66/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $53
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 79.3%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2022)
- 79.0%
- Education spending (2024)
- 2.0% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 368
- Internet users (2024)
- 53.4%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 108.1/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 8.1/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 527/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 8.1
Geography and practical
- Area
- 148,460 km²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Left
- Timezones
- UTC+06:00
- Calling codes
- +880
- Postal code
- ####
- TLD
- .bd
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Bangladesh has a dark green field bearing a large red circle that is offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.
- National anthem
- Amar Sonar Bangla
- National holiday
- 1971-03-26