Capital: Dhaka
Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
Government: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Currency: taka (BDT)
Area: 148,460 sq km
Population: 164,098,818 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.)
Religion: Muslim 89.1%, Hindu 10%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist, Christian) (2013 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+6
Tel Code: +880
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