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AI researchers in Bangladesh
Southeast University is the largest, with 482 indexed researchers, 1.5 times Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology behind it. One institution sets the tone for the country.
The short answer
3 733 researchers in the index have an institution in Bangladesh, the 23rd largest count among 132 countries.
0.1% of the AI researchers indexed in Bangladesh sit in a company rather than a university, 1% of the world share of 8.8%.
The subject where Bangladesh weighs most against the rest of the world is Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 1.4% of its subject assignments work on it, 4.3 times the world share of 0.3%.
What stands out
Per million inhabitants, Bangladesh has 22 AI researchers in the index against 89 worldwide, 24% of the world figure.
Among people who started between 2023 and 2025, the subject gaining fastest in Bangladesh is Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: its share of newcomers is 2.3 times what it was over the three previous years, with 48 people starting on it.
With 2.1% of the world's people and 0.5% of its indexed AI researchers, Bangladesh runs at 24% of its demographic weight.
Newcomers between 2023 and 2025 number 931 in Bangladesh, against 653 between 2020 and 2022: a ratio of 1.4, where the world sits at 1.1.
Subjects
Topic Modeling is the largest subject in Bangladesh, carried by 8.6% of its subject assignments.
Subject reports: Natural Language Processing Techniques, Multimodal Machine Learning Applications, Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning, Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning.
| Subject | Researchers | Share here | Share worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topic Modeling | 665 | 8.6% | 7.9% |
| Advanced Neural Network Applications | 482 | 6.2% | 4.4% |
| Natural Language Processing Techniques | 382 | 4.9% | 4.3% |
| AI in cancer detection | 264 | 3.4% | 1.0% |
| Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining | 246 | 3.2% | 0.8% |
| Multimodal Machine Learning Applications | 243 | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning | 167 | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning | 125 | 1.6% | 1.9% |
Newcomers by year
The 2025 intake for Bangladesh was 1.0 times the average of the three previous years, against 0.8 worldwide.
| First publication | New in Bangladesh | Share of the world's newcomers |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 117 | 0.6% |
| 2020 | 174 | 0.8% |
| 2021 | 173 | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 306 | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 331 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 286 | 1.0% |
| 2025 | 314 | 1.2% |
Institutions
Southeast University is the largest institution; with the next two it accounts for 28% of the researchers indexed in Bangladesh.
Southeast University is the largest, with 482 indexed researchers, 1.5 times Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology behind it. One institution sets the tone for the country.
| Institution | Researchers | Share of the country |
|---|---|---|
| Southeast University | 482 | 13% |
| Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology | 317 | 8.5% |
| BRAC University | 228 | 6.1% |
Compared with its peers
Read against Iran and Austria, the two nearest countries by headcount, the differences are in the rates, not the totals. The gap that stands out is the share working in a company: 0.1% here, below the 5.1% of those two. Reports: AI researchers in Austria.
| Bangladesh | Iran | Austria | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Researchers | 3 733 | 3 642 | 3 914 |
| Per million inhabitants | 22 | 41 | 430 |
| In a company | 0.1% | 0.5% | 9.7% |
| Early career | 66% | 48% | 49% |
| Newcomers, recent against previous window | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
Common questions
- How many AI researchers are there in Bangladesh?
- 3 733 researchers in the Founding Hires index have an institution in Bangladesh, 0.5% of all profiles with a known country, as of October 2026.
- Where do you find AI researchers in Bangladesh?
- Southeast University, 482, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 317, BRAC University, 228. Together they hold 28% of the country's indexed researchers.
- What is Bangladesh strongest in?
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection, at 4.3 times the world share.
- Is the pool of AI researchers in Bangladesh growing?
- Yes, faster than the world. Between 2023 and 2025, 931 people in Bangladesh published for the first time, against 653 over the three years before, a ratio of 1.4 where the world sits at 1.1.
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