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Bangladesh: map and facts
Bangladesh is in Southern Asia. It has about 176 million people (2025), the 8th largest population. It covers 147,570 km², the 92nd largest by area. That is about 1,191 people per km². Its highest point is Mowdok Mual, at 1,054 m. The longest river on its map is the Brahmaputra, 2,900 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 175,686,899 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 147,570 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 137,000 km².
- Capital: Dhaka
- Highest point: Mowdok Mual, 1,054 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 14.4% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Bangladesh, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Brahmaputra: 2,900 km
- Ganges: 2,525 km
- Teesta: 414 km
Also on the map: Barak.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mowdok Mual: 1,054 m (its highest point)
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Ganges Plain, Ganges Delta and Sundarbans.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 50.8%, farmland with natural plants 14.4%, wetland 10%, savanna 7.7%, wooded savanna 6.2%, water 3.6%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 91.6%, hills 6.7%, mountains 1.7%.
Forests covered 14.4% of its land in 2024, down from 15.3% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Bangladesh shares land borders with India and Myanmar on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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