Bangladesh Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Updated: July 9, 2025
Table of Contents

Bangladesh Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Bangladesh. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.

Bangladesh - Address Format

An address format in Bangladesh contains the following elements:

  1. Recipient’s name
  2. Business or department name (if applicable)
  3. House number and Street name
  4. Town name (if applicable)
  5. City name and Postal Code (4 digits)
  6. Country – BANGLADESH (in all caps)

John Smith
26 Rd 10/A
Dhaka 1205
BANGLADESH

Bangladesh Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Shiuly Plot No. 1105/B
Dhaka 1207
BANGLADESH

Example 2:

Bangladesh Post Office
111 Gulshan Avenue
Gulshan
Dhaka 1212
BANGLADESH

Postal and Country Information for Bangladesh

Country/territory name Bangladesh
ISO codes ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: BD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: BGD
ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 50
Administrative area count 8
Administration area names and abbreviations
  • Barisal
  • Chattogram
  • Dhaka
  • Khulna
  • Mymensingh
  • Rajshahi
  • Rangpur
  • Sylhet
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • H
  • E
  • F
  • G
Term to describe postal codes Postal code
Postal code format 9999
Population 176 079 788
Total land area 139 631km²

How to Validate Addresses for Bangladesh Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Bangladesh addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Bangladesh, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

  • Postal Database if you only need to validate Towns, Cities and Postal Codes in Bangladesh
  • Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Bangladesh segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Bangladesh using:

  • Locality column to validate Towns
  • Region 2 to validates Cities
  • Postcode column to validate Postal Codes