Country Profile
Physical Geography
1. Official Name of Country
People's Republic of Bangladesh
2. Climate
tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
3. Map
3.1. Absolute Location
24 00 N, 90 00 E
3.2. Relative location
total: 143,998 sq km
country comparison to the world: 94
land: 130,168 sq km
water: 13,830 sq km
Political Geography
1.Type of government:
parliamentary democracy((民主))
2.Capital
name: Dhaka
3.International Organization participation
ADB, ARF, BIMSTEC, C, CP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OPCW, SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
4.Size of armed forces
males age 16-49: 24,946,041
females age 16-49: 31,409,069
Cultural Geography
1. Official language
English
2. major religions
Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1%
3. Population,
156,050,883
4. population growth rate
292%
5. Infant mortality rate
total: 59.02 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 38
male: 66.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.64 deaths/1,000 live births
6. average life expectancy
60.25 years
Economic Geography
1. GDP
$242.2 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
$229.1 billion (2008 est.)
$216.6 billion (2007 est.)
note: data are in 2009 US dollars
2. Percent of arable land used for agriculture
55.39%
3. Natural resources
gas, arable land, timber, coal
4. Major agricultural
rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
5. industrial products
cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar
6. Major exports
$15.91 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
$15.44 billion (2008 est.)
7. imports
$20.22 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
$21.51 billion (2008 est.)
8. Currency
The name of Bangladeshi currency is Taka. There are two types like many other countries'- notes and coins. Coins are of one poisha. Notes are of one taka.
1BTD=0.463980TWD
9. Balance of trade
Import: 640billion TWD
Export: 512billion TWD
*So it is negative balance.
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