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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world with a population of almost 177.8 million people within an area of 148,461 square kilometres (57,321 sq mi).
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Alert
Recent institutional rupture: Révolution civile août 2024 (chute Hasina).
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Context
New head of government since 2026.02.17: Tarique Rahman, replacing Muhammad Yunus. Wikidata
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Context
Hosts 1.2 million refugees. UNHCR 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
4.9 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 3.0
- Economy 6.0
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 1.5
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 0 people and 2 entities linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regime: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 15 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 4 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 2 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Dhaka
- Population
- 169,828,911 inh.
- Area
- 147,570 km²
- Currency
- BDT
- Regime
- Westminster system
Executive in office
Head of State
Mohammad Shahabuddin
Head of Government
Tarique Rahman
Government in office 3 members
Minister of Finance
Mustafa Kamal
Adviser (Interim or caretaker government of Bangladesh)
Sheikh Bashir Uddin
Minister of Road Transport and Bridges
Obaidul Quader
Parliament
Jatiya Sangsad
350 seats
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
456 G$
GDP / capita
2,597 $
Growth
3.5 %
Inflation
8.8 %
Unemployment
3.8 %
Defense / GDP
0.9 %
Life expectancy
74.9 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.20/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
44/100
Corruption (CPI)
24/100
Press freedom (RSF)
33/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#52
Annual budget
3.7 Md$
Defense effort
0.8 %PIB
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
55 Md$
Imports
76 Md$
Balance
-21 Md$
Top exports
- 84.0% Vêtements + textile 46 Md$
Top imports
- 14.0% Coton + tissus 11 Md$
- 8.0% Pétrole raffiné 6 Md$
Export partners
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États-Unis
18.0%
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Allemagne
13.0%
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Royaume-Uni
9.0%
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
30%
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GBR
32%
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FRA
36%
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DEU
36%
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RUS
60%
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CHN
70%
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IND
71%
Abstention: 23%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Upcoming
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2026
Législatives (post-révolution)
Last election
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2026-02-12
Parliament and Constitutional referendum
Bangladesh Nationalist Party 209 seats, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami 68, National Citizen Party 6 (of 300) · turnout 59.4%
Result read from Wikipedia on 2026.10.08 (CC BY-SA)
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2024-08
Révolution étudiante
Chute Hasina
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2024-01-07
Législatives boycottées
Sheikh Hasina (Awami League)
Last institutional rupture Révolution civile août 2024 (chute Hasina)
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.685/1
Top 10% (wealth)
41.0 %
Gini
30.9
Refugees hosted
1,178,038
Refugees originating
31,862
Rohingyas depuis 2017
Disputed recognitions curé éditorial · UN Member States
Recognizes
- Palestine
Does not recognize
- Israël
- Kosovo
National anthem
Amar Shonar Bangla
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Commonwealth
- OIC
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 6,583 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 5,845, or ×0.9.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2022 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)