Bangladesh  
   
Geography
Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Myanmar and India.
Area: total: 143,998 sq km
land: 130,168 sq km
water: 13,830 sq km
Natural Resources: Natural Gas, Arable Land, Timber, Coal
Population and Health
Population:  158,065,841 (2010 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 34.1% (male 27,014,859/female 26,861,334)
15-64 years: 61.8% (male 45,972,283/female 51,670,172)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 3,161,943/female 3,385,250) (2010 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.274% (2010 est.)
Birth rate:

23.8 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Death rate:  9.08 deaths/1,000 population (2010 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 (2010 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 57.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 64.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 50.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.) 
Life expectancy at birth:  total population: 60.63 years
male: 57.93 years
female: 63.43 years (2010 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.65 children born/woman (2010 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  12,000 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  fewer than 500 (2007 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): 

$242.4 billion (2009 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): 

$93.2 billion (2009 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 

5.6% (2009 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): 

$1,600 (2009 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 18.6%
industry: 28.6%
services: 52.8% (2009 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 45%
industry: 30%
services: 25% (2008)
Population below poverty line:

36.3% (2008 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):

5.4% (2009 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:

5.9% (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement
Currency (code):

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

Religions: 

Muslim 89.5%, Hindu 9.6%, other 0.9% (2004)

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:

7 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, 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 
Legal system: based on English common law 
 
 

 
 

Source :

CIA The World Factbook