Bangladesh is considered to be a large nation because of its total area. Its total land area is 143,998 km² (approx. 55,598 mi²). Continental shelf of Bangladesh is approximately 66,438 km² (around 25,652 mi²). Bangladesh is located in Asia. Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. Asian countries include, but are not limited to, Russia, China, Japan, Hong Kong, and North and South Korea. Bangladesh has 2 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Myanmar, India. Bangladesh is not a landlocked country. It means that is is bordered by at least one major body of water. The average elevation range of Bangladesh is 85 m (279 ft).

Neighbors
Total length of land borders of Bangladesh is 4413 kilometers (~1,704 miles). Bangladesh shares its land borders with 2 different countries, and has the same number of unique land boundaries to neigbouring territories. As in the case of Bangladesh, if a country has the same number of unique neighboring territories as number of land borders, than that country has no non-contiguous sections of a land border. This is in contrast to several countries that have multiple non-contiguous sections of land borders. Bangladesh has 2 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Myanmar, and India. The lengths of the land borders of Bangladesh with its neighbouring countries are as follows:

Myanmar - 193 km (120 mi),
India - 4053 km (2,519 mi).
Cities
The capital city of Bangladesh is Dhaka. The largest cities in Bangladesh are Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi.

Elevation
The average elevation range of Bangladesh is 85 m (279 ft). The highest point of Bangladesh is Mowdok Mual, with its official height being 1052 m (3,452 ft). The lowest point of Bangladesh is Bay of Bengal. The elevation difference between the highest (Mowdok Mual) and lowest (Bay of Bengal) points of Bangladesh is 1052 m (2 ft).

Area
The total land area of Bangladesh is 143,998 km² (approx. 55,598 mi²). and the total exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is 86,392 km² (~33,356 mi²). The continental shelf of Bangladesh is approximately 66,438 km² (around 25,652 mi²). Including land mass and EEZ, the total area of Bangladesh is approximately 230,390 km² (~88,954 mi²). Bangladesh is considered to be a large nation because of its total area.

Forest and arable land
8,710 km² of Bangladesh's territory is covered in forests, and forest land comprises 6% of all the land in the country. There are 75,690 km² of arable land in Bangladesh, and it comprises 53% of the country's total territory.