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General Details |
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| President |
Shahabuddin
AHMED |
| Prime
Minister |
Khaleda
Zia |
| Capital |
Dhaka |
| Area |
total:144,000
sq km
land : 133,910 sq km
water :10,090 sq km |
| Land
boundaries: |
total:4,246
km
border countries:Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km |
| Coastline: |
580 km |
| Maritime
claims |
contigious
zone:18 nm
continental shelf:up to the outer limits of the
continental margin
exclusive economic zone:200 nm
territorial sea:12nm |
| Climate |
Tropical;
cool, dry winter (October to March); hot, humid summer
(March to June); cool, rainy monsoon (June to October) |
| Natural
Resources |
Natural
gas, arable land, timber |
| Irrigated
land |
31,000 sq
km(approx) |
| Natural
hazards |
Droughts,cyclones;
much of the country routinely flooded during the summer
monsoon season |
| Environment-international
agreements |
party
to:Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test
Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not
ratified: Law of the sea |
| Population
& its structure |
127,117,967
(approx.)
Age structure:
0 - 14 years:38%(male 24,516,722; female 23,346,904)
15-64years:59%(male 38,441,064; female 36,586,743)
65 years and over:3%(male 2,303,613; female
1,922,921)(approx.)
Population growth rate:1.59%(approx.) |
| Birth rate |
25.2
births/1,000 population (approx.) |
| Death rate |
8.5
deaths/1,000 population (approx.) |
| Net
migration rate |
-0.79
migrant(s)/1,000 population (approx.) |
| Sex ratio |
at
birth:1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over:1.2 male(s)/female
total population:1.06 male(s)/female (approx.) |
| Life
expectancy at birth |
total
population:60.6 years
male:60.73 years
female:60.46 years (approx.) |
| Religious |
Muslim
88.3%, Hindu 10.5%, other 1.2% |
| Legislative
Body |
Unicameral
National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad |
| Official
Language |
Bangla
(official), English |
| Literacy |
definition:age
15 and over can read and write
total population:38.1%
male:49.4%
female:26.1% (approx.) |
| Currency |
1
taka(Tk) = 100 poisha
 |
| Legal
System |
Based
on English common law |
| GDP:
Purchasing Power Parity |
$175.5
billion (approx.) |
| GDP
- real growth rate |
4%
(approx.) |
| GDP
- per capita |
purchasing
power parity - $1,380 (approx.) |
| GDP
- Composition by sector |
agriculture:30%
industry : 17%
services:53% (approx) |
| Economy
Overview |
Despite sustained
domestic and international efforts to improve economic and
demographic prospects, Bangladesh remains one of the
world's poorest, most densly populated, and least
developed nations. The economy is largely agricultural,
with the cultivation of rice the single most important
activity in the economy. Major impeiments to growth
include frequent cyclones and floods, the inefficiency of
state-owned enterprises, a rapidly growing labor
inadequate power supplies, and slow
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| Population
below poverty line |
35.6% (Approx)
|
| Household
income |
lowest 10%:4.1%
highest 10%:23.7% (Approx)
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| Inflation
rate (consumer prices) |
7%
(Approx) |
| Industries |
Jute
manufacturing, coton textile, food processing, steel,
fertilizer |
| Industrial
production growth rate |
3.6%
(Approx) |
| Agriculture-
products |
Rice,
jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, beef, milk, poultry |
| Exports |
$4.4
billion (Approx) |
| Exports-commodities |
Garments,
jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood |
| Exports-partners |
Western
Europe 42%, US 30%, Hong Kong 4%, Japan 3%(FY95/96 est.) |
| Imports-commodities |
Capital
goods, textiles, food, petroleum products |
| Imports-partners |
India
21%, China 10%, Western Europe 8%, Hong Kong 7%, Singapore
6% |
| Communication |
|
| Telephones |
3,79,000
(approx) |
| Telephone
system |
domestic:poor
domestic telephone service
international:satellite earth stations-2 Intelast (Indian
Ocean); international radiotelephone communications and
landline service to neighbouring countries |
| Radio
Broadcast stations |
AM
12, FM 12, shortwave 2(one of Bangladesh's two shortwave
stations, Bangladesh Betar or Radio Bangladesh, transmits
its programs to the world in six languages on four
frequencies) |
| Television
broadcast station |
11
(approx) |
| Televisions |
350,000
(approx) |
| Transportation |
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| Railways |
total:2,745
km
broad guage:923 km 1.676-m guage
narrow guage: 1,822 km 1.000-m guage(approx) |
| Highways |
total:204,022
km
paved:25,095 km
unpaved:178,927 km(approx) |
| Waterways |
5,150-8,046
km navigable waterways(includes 2,575-3,058 km main cargo
routes) |
| Pipelines |
Natural
gas 1,220 km |
| Ports
and harbors |
Chittagong,
Dhaka, Mongla Port |
| Tax
Structure |
Tax
Structure |
| International
Membership |
AsDB,
C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,
ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO,
IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU,
MINURSO, MONUA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIBH, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNOMIG, UNOMIL,
UNPREDEP, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
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| Imports |
$7.1
billion(approx) |
| Other
Contacts |
Other
Contacts |
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