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Bangladesh: area, population and density
Bangladesh has 129,980 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 175,686,899; calculated population density is 1,352 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Bangladesh ranks 94th of 196 by land area, 8th by population and 7th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 129,980 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 175,686,899World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 1,352 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Bangladesh in the country comparison set
Bangladesh has 129,980 sq km of land area and a population value of 175,686,899 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 94th by land area, 8th by population, and 7th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Bangladesh first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
Browse the Asia country comparison for regional scale context.