Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Bangladesh's external debt has climbed to $113.44 billion, translating into a burden of $646 for every citizen, according to the World Bank.

At the exchange rate of Tk 124.35 to the dollar, the debt amounts to Tk 14.1 trillion.

The World Bank estimates Bangladesh's population at 175.7 million in 2025, putting per capita external debt at $646, or Tk 80,330 at the prevailing exchange rate.

The figures appear in the World Bank's International Debt Report 2026, released at its Washington headquarters on Thursday.

Bangladesh's external debt has almost tripled in a decade, rising from $38.77 billion in 2015.

Of this, $89.51 billion is public and publicly guaranteed debt, $9.87 billion is private non-guaranteed debt and $14...