People's Republic of Bangladesh গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh
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Capital and largest city	Dhaka 23°42′N 90°21′E / 23.700°N 90.350°E / 23.700; 90.350
Official languages	Bengali
Common languages	Bengali (state language), English
Ethnic groups (1998)	98% Bengali 2% other
Religion	Islam
Demonym(s)	Bangladeshi
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Mohammed Shahabuddin
• Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
• Speaker	Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
• Chief Justice	Syed Mahmud Hossain
Legislature	Jatiya Sangsad
Independence  from Pakistan
• Declared	26 March 1971
• Current constitution	4 November 1972
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (92th)
• Water (%)	6.4
Population
• 2018 estimate	166,368,149a (8th)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (9th a)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$758 billion (29th)
• Per capita	$4,600
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$284.2 billion
• Per capita	$1,740
Gini (2005)	33.2 medium
HDI (2018)	0.603 medium · 136th
Currency	Taka (BDT)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Driving side	left
Calling code	+880
ISO 3166 code	BD
Internet TLD	.bd
Website Official website
"Population Census 2001, Preliminary Report". Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. August 2001. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2012-04-04.

Bangladesh (officially called People's Republic of Bangladesh) is a country in South Asia. To its west is West Bengal in India. To its northeast is Northeast India and to its southeast is the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar. Bangladesh's capital and largest city is Dhaka (formerly "Dacca"). Countries that are near Bangladesh include the People's Republic of China, Bhutan, and Nepal. To the south of Bangladesh is the Bay of Bengal.