General Information
Area 147,570 square kilometers (28% of Thailand)
Capital Dhaka
Population 162.9 million people
Language Bangla
Religions Muslim (89.7%), Hindu (9.2%), Buddhism (0.7%)
President Md. Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister Mrs. Sheikh Hasina
Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, MP
Independence Day March 26
Thai-Bangladeshi Diplomatic Relation Foundation Day October 5, 1972
Economic Information (2014)
GDP $178.2 billion
GDP per capita $1,092.7
Real GDP Growth 6.1%
Exchange rate Taka (1 BDT = 0.45 THB )
Reserves $ 23.05 billion
Inflation rate 6.27 %
Natural Resources Forest, natural gas, coal
Industries Textiles, sugar, paper
Imports - commodities Sugar, rice, machinery, cement, iron, pallets, dried food
Imports partners India, China, Singapore, Japan
Exports - commodities Clothing, leather, science equipment, fertilizers
Exports - partners The United States of America, Germany, United Kingdom
Statistic of Thailand-Bangladesh (2015)
Trade value of Thailand-Bangladesh $902.78 million
(Thailand: export value $858.61 million, import value $44.18 million)
Export products of Thailand Cement, textiles, fiber, pallets, machinery, chemical products
Import products from Bangladesh Fertilizers and pesticides, fresh, frozen and processing seafood, leather, science equipment
Tourism 107,394 Bangladeshi people to Thailand and
about 8,556(2014) Thai people to Bangladesh
Thai people in Bangladesh About 300 Thai people, mostly as labors and 3 students
Visa Need to apply for visa (both sides)
Office of Thailand in Bangladesh The Royal Thai Embassy in Dhaka/
the Honorary Consulate in Chittagong
Office of Bangladesh in Thailand The Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
in Bangkok