Bangladesh  
   
Geography
Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Myanmar and India.
Area: total: 144,000 sq km
land: 133,910 sq km
water: 10,090 sq km
Natural Resources: Natural Gas, Arable Land, Timber, Coal
Population and Health
Population:  147,365,352 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 32.9% (male 24,957,997/female 23,533,894)
15-64 years: 63.6% (male 47,862,774/female 45,917,674)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 2,731,578/female 2,361,435) (2006 est.) 
Population growth rate: 2.09% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:

29.8 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:  8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.16 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2006 est.) 
Infant mortality rate: total: 60.83 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 61.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 59.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) 
Life expectancy at birth:  total population: 62.46 years
male: 62.47 years
female: 62.45 years (2006 est.) 
Total fertility rate: 3.11 children born/woman (2006 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  13,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  650 (2001 est.)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 43.1%
male: 53.9%
female: 31.8% (2003 est.)
Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity): 

$330.8 billion (2006 est.) 
GDP (official exchange rate): 

$69.02 billion (2006 est.) 
GDP - real growth rate: 

6.1% (2006 est.) 
GDP - per capita (PPP): 

$2,200 (2006 est.) 
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 19.9%
industry: 20.6%
services: 59.5% (2006 est.) 
Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 63%
industry: 11%
services: 26% (FY95/96) 
Population below poverty line:

45% (2004 est.) 
Inflation rate (consumer prices):

7.2% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):

24.9% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:

rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry 
Industries:

cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar 
Industrial production growth rate:

7.2% (2006 est.) 
Exports - commodities:

garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood (2001) 
Currency (code):

Taka (BDT) 
Fiscal year:  1 July - 30 June 
Others
Nationality: noun: Bangladeshi(s)
adjective: Bangladeshi

Religions: 

Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998) 

Languages: 

Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English 
Country name:

conventional long form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
conventional short form: Bangladesh
former: East Bengal, East Pakistan 
Government type: 

parliamentary democracy 
Capital:

name: Dhaka
geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 25 E
time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) 
Administrative divisions:

6 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet 
Independence: 

16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesh 
National holidays:

Independence Day - 26 March 1971
Victory Day - 16 December 1971
Int’l Mother Language Day – 21st
Legal system: based on English common law 
 
 

 
 

Source :

CIA The World Factbook