World Number Plates

Number Plates of Bangladesh

Continent: Asia

Capital: Dhaka

Population: 144 million

Country ISO code: BGD

Country OVAL code: BD

Driving Side: Left

First license issued in 1971

Number of vehicles:
cars 39,169 (1989), trucks and buses 51,247 (1989)

Road information:
total: 3,459 km; paved: 2,653 km; unpaved: 806 km (2002)

Located above the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh is surrounded by Burma and India.

Number plates in Bangladesh are displayed in Bengali, the national language. The current series of car registrations came into effect in 1973. Standard number plates are black with white lettering, while foreign cars have yellow plates with black lettering, government vehicles have red number plates with white lettering and semi-official government corporations have turquoise plates with white lettering.