Key facts
Capital:Dhaka
Location:Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
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
