Bangladesh

People's Republic of Bangladesh · বাংলাদেশ

Bangladesh (BD, BGD) is a country in Southern Asia, with Dhaka as its capital. The currency is the Bangladeshi Taka (BDT, BDT). The international dialling code is +880 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 01812-345678. The time zone is Asia/Dhaka. Official language: Bangla.

CurrencyBDTBDT
Dial code+880e.g. 01812-345678
Time zoneDhakaUTC+06:00
LanguageBangla
CapitalDhaka
Population168.7M147.6K km²

Overview

Official name
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Native name
বাংলাদেশ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
BD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
BGD
ISO 3166-1 numeric
050
IOC code
BAN
Demonym
Bangladeshi
Capital
Dhaka
Region
Asia › Southern Asia
Status
Independent, UN member
Groups
  • Southern Asia
  • United Nations
Internet domain
.bd
Coordinates
24, 90
Area
147,570 km²
Population
168,697,000
GDP
$1.4T ($8.4K per person)
Literacy
57.7%
Landlocked
No

Currency

Bangladeshi Taka BDT

Symbol
BDT narrow ৳
Minor units
2 decimals
Example
১,২৩৪.৫০৳

Former currencies: PKRINR

Languages

LanguageStatusShare of populationWriting
Bangla bnOfficial98% (165.3M)
English en18% (30.4M)
rkt rkt6.5% (11M)
syl syl5% (8.4M)
Rohingya rhg0.53% (894.1K)
Chakma ccp0.22% (371.1K)
Burmese my0.21% (354.3K)
grt grt0.073% (123.1K)
mro mro0.018% (30.4K)
Manipuri mni0.011% (18.6K)

Time zones

Time zoneLocal timeStandardDaylight savingName
Asia/DhakaUTC+06:00noneBangladesh Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code
+880
Dial-out prefix
00
Trunk prefix
0
National number length
6–10 digits
Emergency number
100 pattern 10[0-2]|[19]99

Number types

TypeNational formatInternational formatLayoutDigits
Fixed line02-7111234+880 2 7111234XX-XXXXXXX[6-10]
Mobile01812-345678+880 1812 345678XXXXX-XXXXXX10
Toll free0800-1234567+880 800 1234567XXXX-XXXXXXX10
VoIP09604-123456+880 9604 123456XXXXX-XXXXXX10
Show the 4 formatting rules
Digits patternLeading digitsFormatInternational
(\d{2})(\d{4,6})31[5-8]|[459]1$1-$2$1-$2
(\d{3})(\d{3,7})3(?:[67]|8[013-9])|4(?:6[168]|7|[89][18])|5(?:6[128]|9)|6(?:[15]|28)|7[2-589]|8(?:0[014-9]|[12])|9[358]|(?:3[2-5]|4[235]|5[2-578]|6[0389]|76|8[3-7]|9[24])1|(?:44|66)[01346-9]$1-$2$1-$2
(\d{4})(\d{3,6})[13-9]|2[23]$1-$2$1-$2
(\d)(\d{7,8})2$1-$2$1-$2

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City} - {Postal code}

No data.

Postal code

Pattern
\d{4}
Examples
1340 · 1000

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week
Sunday
Weekend
Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year
Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle
12-hour (1–12), also hB, H
Calendars
gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
Measurement system
Metric
Temperature
Celsius
Paper size
A4

Number and date formats

As written by the Bangla (Bangladesh) locale (bn-BD), amounts in BDT.

Number
১২,৩৪,৫৬৭.৮৯১
Percent
৪৫.৭%
Currency (BDT)
১২,৩৪,৫৬৭.৮৯৳
Accounting
(১২,৩৪,৫৬৭.৮৯৳)
Currency, name
১২,৩৪,৫৬৭.৮৯ বাংলাদেশী টাকা
Compact short
১২ লা
Compact long
১২ লাখ
Scientific
১.২৩৫E৬
Speed
৮৮ কিলোমিটার প্রতি ঘণ্টা
Temperature
২১.৫°C
Date, full
শুক্রবার, ২৭ মার্চ, ২০২৬
Date, long
২৭ মার্চ, ২০২৬
Date, medium
২৭ মার্চ, ২০২৬
Date, short
২৭/৩/২৬
Time, medium
৩:০৪:০৫ PM
Time, short
৩:০৪ PM
Date and time
২৭ মার্চ, ২০২৬, ৩:০৪ PM
Month and year
মার্চ ২০২৬
Weekday
শুক্রবার
Relative time
গতকাল · ৩ দিনের মধ্যে · ২ ঘণ্টা আগে
List: and
A, B এবং C
List: or
A, B, বা C

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