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Bangladesh
Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Area
land
130,170 sq km
water
18,290 sq km
total
148,460 sq km
Climate
tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
Terrain
mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
Land use
other
13.3% (2023 est.)
forest
14.4% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
72.3% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 60.6% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 7.1% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 4.6% (2023 est.)
Location
Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
Coastline
580 km
Elevation
lowest point
Bay of Bengal 0 m
highest point
Mowdok Taung 1,060 m
mean elevation
85 m
Irrigated land
83,690 sq km (2022)
Major aquifers
Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin
Map references
Asia
Land boundaries
total
4,413 km
border countries
Burma 271 km; India 4,142 km
Maritime claims
contiguous zone
18 nm
territorial sea
12 nm
continental shelf
to the outer limits of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone
200 nm
Natural hazards
droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season
Geography - note
most of the country is situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas: the Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main channel of the Brahmaputra) and later joins the Meghna to eventually empty into the Bay of Bengal
Natural resources
natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
Area - comparative
slightly larger than Pennsylvania and New Jersey combined; slightly smaller than Iowa
Geographic coordinates
24 00 N, 90 00 E
Major watersheds (area sq km)
Indian Ocean drainage
Brahmaputra (651,335 sq km), Ganges (1,016,124 sq km)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Brahmaputra river mouth (shared with China [s] and India) - 3,969 km; Ganges river mouth (shared with India [s]) - 2,704 km note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth