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Bangladesh GIS data sources

Region
Southern Asia
ISO 3166
BD · BGD
Sources
11
Themes
9
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Bangladesh: 11 sources across 9 themes, led by UN OCHA and Survey of Bangladesh. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 5 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Bangladesh

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Survey of Bangladesh (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Paid

    Survey of Bangladesh

    National mapping agency; topographic maps are sold rather than freely downloadable.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    sob.gov.bd

    Verified

  • Bangladesh - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    File geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Bangladesh (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Bangladesh - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: UNFPA and US Census Bureau (USCB).

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Bangladesh (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

    Census, population and household statistics; also source of the official administrative boundary set.

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    bbs.gov.bd

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Hydrology 1

River, lake and hydrology data for every country

  • Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Bangladesh Water Development Board

    River water levels, rainfall and flood forecasts for major river stations during the monsoon.

    • Hydrology
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    ffwc.gov.bd

    Verified

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • Bangladesh Open Data (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    a2i / Government of Bangladesh

    National open data portal; mostly tabular data from ministries.

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV, XLSX
    Link
    data.gov.bd

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Bangladesh

Worldwide and continental layers that include Bangladesh, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
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Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Natural hazards
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