BANGLADESH

Conventional long form: People's Republic of Bangladesh

Presented by: Mukhtiar Ahmed Reg # 4409

STAR MOSQUE

BAITUL MAKARRAM NATIONAL MOSQUE

SULTAN QABOOS GRAND MOSQUE

Current information
Capital
Dhaka

Speaker
Abdul Hamid

Official language
Bengali

Currency
Taka

Demonym
Bangladeshi

National Animal
Royal Bengal Tiger

President
ZIllur Rahman

Flower
White water lily

Prime minister
Shaikh Hasina

Anthem
Amar shonar bangla

Primary subdivisions: 7
Barisal
BD.BA 1 BG85

8,173,718

11,394

4,399

Chittagong

BD.CG

BG84

24,290,384

32,696

12,624

Dhaka

BD.DA

BG81

39,044,716

30,772

11,881

Khulna

BD.KH

BG82

14,705,229

22,181

8,564

Rajshahi

BD.RS

BG83

16,354,723

18,195

7,025

Rangpur

BD.RP

BG87

13,847,150

16,316

6,300

Sylhet

BD.SY

BG86

7,939,343

12,718

4,910

7 divisions

124,355,263

144,272

55,704

BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Europeans began to set up trading posts in the area of Bangladesh in the 16th century; eventually the British came to dominate the region and it became part of British India. In 1947, West Pakistan and East Bengal (both primarily Muslim) separated from India (largely Hindu) and jointly became the new country of Pakistan.

 East Bengal became East Pakistan in 1955, but the awkward arrangement of a two-part country with its territorial units separated by 1,600 km left the Bengalis marginalized and dissatisfied. East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan in 1971 and was renamed Bangladesh.

GEOGRAPHY
Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India COORDINATES
24 00 N, 90 00 E

AREA
total: 143,998 sq km country comparison to the world: 95 land: 130,168 sq km water: 13,830 sq km

 LAND BOUNDRIES
total: 4,246 km border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

COST LINE
580 km

CLIMATE
Tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) TERRIAN
Mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast

ELEVATION EXTREMS
Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m Highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m

NATURAL RESOURCES
natural gas, arable land, timber, coal

LAND
arable land: 55.39% permanent crops: 3.08% other: 41.53% (2005)

IRREGATED LAND
50,500 sq km NATURAL HAZARDS droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season

AGRICULTURE - PRODUCTS
rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry

POPULATION
158,570,535 (July 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 7

AGE STRUCTURE
0-14 years: 34.3% (male 27,551,594/female 26,776,647) 15-64 years: 61.1% (male 45,956,431/female 50,891,519) 65 years and over: 4.7% (male 3,616,225/female 3,778,119) (2011 est.)

BRITH RATE
22.98 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 72

 DEATH RATE
5.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 172

URBANIZATION
urban population: 28% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 3.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

SEX RATIO

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

HIV/AIDS
less than 0.1% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 118

PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS

6,300 (2009 est.)

LITRACY RATE
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write Total population: 47.9% Male: 54% Female: 41.4%

ECONOMY
The economy has grown 5-6% per year since 1996 Half of GDP is generated through the service sector 45% of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector

GDP
$258.6 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world:45

PER CAPITA
$1,700 (2010 est.) country comparison to the world:196

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
4.8% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 44

POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE

40% (2010 est.)