Bangladesh

Highlights

  1. Internet Society gives Bangladesh an overall Internet resilience score of 48%, which means it has medium capacity to withstand unexpected faults or challenges to normal operation.
  2. In Bangladesh, there are 33 data centers and there are 8 active IXPs.
  3. Bangladesh received a security preparedness score of 81.27 on the 2023 Global Cybersecurity Index. Its e-government system readiness score is 69%.
  4. As of 2023, the population of Bangladesh was 171,466,990. The United Nations defines it as a least developed country.
  5. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as very good.
ccTLD
.bd
Flag of Bangladesh
Region
Asia
Sub-region
Southern Asia
Population
171,466,990
Classification
  • Least Developed Country
  • Lower middle income country

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

44%

of the population used the Internet at least once over a 3-month period

62%
Asia average
20002005201020152020

Usage by gender

Proportion of the population that uses the Internet, by gender

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

  • Female: 37%
  • Male: 52%

Urban and rural Internet penetration

Percentage of the population that uses the Internet in rural and urban areas

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

  • Urban: 69%
  • Rural: 36%

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • 39.61 Mbps
    Broadband
  • 22.51 Mbps
    Mobile

Average Internet cost

< 1%

of average income (GNI) is needed to cover a low-consumption basket, using at least 3G technology.

2018201920202021202220232024

Network Infrastructure Permanent link

Mobile 4G and 5G coverage

  • 99%
    has access to at least one device with 4G mobile Internet
  • 4%
    has access to at least one device with 5G mobile Internet

Active networks

The building blocks of the Internet, identified by Autonomous System (AS) numbers.

1,440
active networks

International connections

Routes to the global Internet

Upstream diversity is

Very Good
More than 2 connections to the global Internet improves the ability to recover from unexpected events.

Adoption of IPv6

15%
of users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol
39%
Asia average
20212022202320242025

Market Overview Permanent link

Data centers

Number of data centers in operation

33

active data centers

Internet Exchange Points

8

IXPs in Bangladesh

5
Asia average
8% of 1,868

registered networks connect via an IXP

2019202020212022202320242025

Total number of IXP members in Bangladesh

Locally cached content

35%

of the top 1000 websites in Bangladesh can be accessed through an in-country server or cache

56%
Asia average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • GRAMEENPHONE-AS-AP GrameenPhone Ltd.: 15%
  • AXIATA-ROBI-AS-AP TM International Bangladesh Ltd.Internet service Provider,Gulshan-1,Dhaka-1212: 15%
  • BANGLALINK-AS Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd: 7%
  • SSDTL-BD Systems Solutions & development Technologies Limited: 2%
  • HELLOTECHLIMITED-AS-AP HelloTech Limited: 1%

Digital public services rating

The UN's measure of a country's e-government ecosystem readiness

54%

Country-level domain use

38,400

domains registered using .bd, the country code top-level domain (ccTLD).

Market competition

Very Good

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

Security Permanent link

Global Cybersecurity Index

Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents

81 / 100

Routing security practices

The use of resource public key infrastructure (RPKI), which connects IP prefixes to the correct autonomous system (AS)

ROA

Route origin authorization uses a cryptographic signature to certify network announcements

  • 98%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 97%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • < 1%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Active

Adoption of DNSSEC

77%

of DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic

37%
Asia average

Footnotes Permanent link

The geographic boundaries and country names shown do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Internet Society concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities. Regions and Sub-Regions are taken from the UN Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Series M, No. 49).

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