Every Bangladeshi carries $646 in foreign debt: World Bank
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 8.
The per-capita figure is calculated by dividing the country's total external debt by its population of 175.7 million, as reported by the World Bank, representing an average macroeconomic share rather than an individual citizen's personal liability.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same World Bank per-capita foreign debt figure of $646 for Bangladesh, differing only in framing and added methodological detail, so it agrees.
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