Bangladesh
People's Republic of Bangladesh ยท Southern Asia
Bangladesh is a country in Southern Asia, with Dhaka as its capital, home to about 175,686,899 people. Bangladesh shares land borders with 2 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Dhaka |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Asia |
| Currency | Bangladeshi taka (BDT เงณ) |
| Calling code | +880 |
| ISO codes | BD / BGD / 050 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | ๐ง๐ฉ |
| Population | 175,686,899 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 147,570 kmยฒ |
| Languages | Bengali |
| Internet domain | .bd |
| Demonym | Bangladeshi |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Bangladesh mean?
Bangladesh's flag places a red disc slightly off-centre on a bottle-green field. The green is officially described as representing the lushness of the country's landscape, and is sometimes also read as a symbol of youth and vitality. The red disc, reminiscent of the sun rising over Bengal, stands for the blood shed by Bengalis during the 1971 Liberation War that won the country its independence from Pakistan. The disc is set toward the hoist rather than the exact centre so that it appears centred when the flag is flying in the wind. Adopted on 17 January 1972, the design is a modification of the 1971 wartime flag, from which a golden silhouette of the country was removed, and is credited to the artist Quamrul Hassan.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Bangladesh
About Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a United Nations member state in Southern Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Dhaka. It shares land borders with 2 countries. The official currency is the Bangladeshi taka (เงณ), using the code BDT.
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To call Bangladesh from abroad, dial the country code +880. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes BD (alpha-2) and BGD (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 175,686,899.
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How Bangladesh compares
- Area: 147,570 kmยฒ, ranking 92 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 175,686,899, ranking 8 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 1,191 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 2, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Bangladesh
6 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, green). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.