Bangladesh

country in South Asia
Country sovereign_state Q902
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World Factbook

CIA reference data · 4 sections
Geography
Location
Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
Climate
tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
Terrain
mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
Natural resources
natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
People & Society
Religions
Muslim 91%, Hindu 8%, other 1% (2022 est.)
Government
Government type
parliamentary republic
Independence
16 December 1971 (from Pakistan)
National holiday
Independence Day, 26 March (1971); Victory Day, 16 December (1971)
Legal system
common law, incorporating elements of English common law; since independence, statutory law has been the primary form of legislation; Islamic law applies to Muslims in family and inheritance laws, with Hindu personal law applying to Hindus and Buddhists
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$1.473 trillion (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$8,500 (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate
4.2% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
10.5% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate
4.7% (2024 est.)
Exports - partners
USA 16%, Germany 15%, UK 8%, Spain 7%, Poland 6% (2023)
Imports - partners
China 34%, India 17%, Indonesia 5%, Singapore 5%, Malaysia 4% (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Summary

Bangladesh is a sovereign state[1]. Bangladesh draws 142,694 Wikipedia views per month (sovereign state category, ranking #25 of 197).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ethnic group: Bengali[3]
  • Member of: United Nations[4], Commonwealth of Nations[5], World Trade Organization[6], South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation[7], Organisation of Islamic Cooperation[8], International Bank for Reconstruction and Development[9], International Development Association[10], International Finance Corporation[11], Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency[12], International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes[13], United Nations–African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur[14]
  • Religion or worldview: Islam[15], Hinduism[16], Buddhism[17], Christianity[18]
  • Country: Bangladesh[19]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Bay of Bengal[20]
  • Head of government: Muhammad Yunus[21], Tarique Rahman[22]
  • Continent: Asia[23]
  • Instance of: people's republic[24], country[25]
  • Head of state: Mohammad Shahabuddin[26]
  • Capital: Dhaka[27]
  • Official language: Bangla[28]
  • Currency: Bangladeshi taka[29]
  • Shares border with: Myanmar[30], India[31]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .bd[32], .বাংলা[33]
  • Anthem: Amar Sonar Bangla[34]
  • Basic form of government: Westminster system[35], parliamentary republic[36]
  • Named after: Bangla[37]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Barisal Division[38], Chattogram Division[39], Dhaka Division[40], Khulna Division[41], Rajshahi Division[42], Sylhet Division[43], Rangpur Division[44], Mymensingh Division[45]
  • Flag: flag of Bangladesh[46]
  • Twinned administrative body: Nisshin[47]
  • Legislative body: Jatiya Sangsad[48]
  • Executive body: Government of Bangladesh[49]
  • Highest judicial authority: Supreme Court of Bangladesh[50]
  • Coat of arms: Emblem of Bangladesh[51]
  • Commons category: Bangladesh[52]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bangladesh include Bangladeshis[53], a human population[54]; Bangladesh Satellite-1[55], a communications satellite[56]; Banglapedia[57], a national encyclopedia[58]; Bangladesh Military Museum[59], a military museum[60], founded in 1987[61]; and Nepal Bangladesh Bank[62], a bank[63], in Nepal[64], founded in 1994[65], headquartered in Kathmandu[66].

Why It Matters

Bangladesh has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] Bangladesh is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]

Entities named for Bangladesh include Bangladeshis[53], a human population[54]; Bangladesh Satellite-1[55], a communications satellite[56]; Banglapedia[57], a national encyclopedia[58]; Bangladesh Military Museum[59], a military museum[60], founded in 1987[61]; and Nepal Bangladesh Bank[62], a bank[63], in Nepal[64], founded in 1994[65], headquartered in Kathmandu[66].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Constitution of Bangladesh. wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [16] ↑ . drive.google.com. drive.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [17] ↑ . drive.google.com. drive.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [18] ↑ . drive.google.com. drive.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [3] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [8] ↑ . oic-oci.org. Retrieved . oic-oci.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [62] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [64] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [65] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [66] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [67] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [68] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Sadads · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14968 → 1909
    Nominal gdp → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+416264802185'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+460201000095'}, {'amount': '+4274894083'} +65
    Population → {'amount': '+49537147'}, {'amount': '+50953503'}, {'amount': '+52403243'} +55
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q2057, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291586|batch #291586]]"
  2. 14d ago · Romang · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nominal gdp → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+416264802185'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+460201000095'}, {'amount': '+4274894083'} +65
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', '
    Sitelink count → 348
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nominal gdp: 451,000,000"
  3. 4w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000555
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  4. 7w ago · Rescq · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Bangladesch
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Süddeutsche zeitung topic id: Bangladesch, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213750731|Bangladesch (#213750731)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeu"
  5. 11w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Lb-Bangladesch.ogg, LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Bangladesh.wav, LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Bangladesh.wav +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Bangaladeshi.wav"
  6. 11w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of geographic center → {'lat': 23.685, 'lon': 90.3563}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44771|batch #44771]]"
  7. 12w ago · Jberkel · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Lb-Bangladesch.ogg, LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Bangladesh.wav, LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Bangladesh.wav +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Bangladesh.wav, Adding Italian pronunciation audio"
  8. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → canton of Podensac
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q26916, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  9. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3FT6FK
    Head of government → Khaleda Zia, Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Sheikh Hasina +8
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  10. 16w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 086272926, 027376281
    Icannwiki page id → Bangladesh
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: Bangladesh, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294322560|Bangladesh (#294322560)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'"
  11. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0219961-Banglades
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0219961-Banglades, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  12. 19w ago · Alicembasli · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kulturenvanteri taxonomy id → 20692
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Kulturenvanteri taxonomy id: 20692"
  13. 21w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → bangladesh
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: bangladesh, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911045|bangladesh (#289911045)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  14. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id → 1803632
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxonomicon id: 1803632"
  15. 23w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dbnl country id → bangl01
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Dbnl country id: bangl01, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257631|batch #257631]]"
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