The 1997 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ - external: $17.1 billion (1996)

      Economic aid: recipient : $1.585 billion (FY95/96)

      Currency: 1 taka (Tk) = 100 poiska

      Exchange rates: taka (Tk) per US$1 - 42.450 (January 1997), 41.794 (1996), 40.278 (1995), 40.212 (1994), 39.567 (1993), 38.951 (1992)

      Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

      @Bangladesh:Communications

      Telephones: 249,800 (1994 est.)

      Telephone system: domestic: poor domestic telephone service international : satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); international radiotelephone communications and landline service to neighboring countries

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 0

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 11

      Televisions: 350,000 (1993 est.)

      @Bangladesh:Transportation

      Railways: total: 2,892 km broad gauge: 978 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,914 km 1.000-m gauge (1992)

      Highways: total : 168,513 km paved: 15,672 km unpaved: 152,841 km (1995 est.)

      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, Chalna Port (Mongla)

      Merchant marine: total: 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 323,057 GRT/464,090 DWT ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 32, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1996 est.)

      Airports: 15 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 14 over 3,047 m : 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 6 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces (includes Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Armed Police Reserve, Village Defense Parties, National Cadet Corps)

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 32,797,816 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 19,406,790 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $481 million (FY95/96)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.7% (FY95/96)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: a portion of the boundary with India in dispute; Bangladesh and India signed a treaty 12 December 1996 to share water from the Ganges

      Illicit drugs: transit country for illegal drugs produced in neighboring countries ______________________________________________________________________

      BARBADOS

      @Barbados:Geography

      Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North

       Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela

      Geographic coordinates: 13 10 N, 59 32 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total: 430 sq km land: 430 sq km water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative: 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 97 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea : 12 nm

      Climate: tropical; rainy season (June to October)

      Terrain: relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m

      Natural resources: petroleum, fish, natural gas

      Land use: arable land: 37% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 5% forests and woodland : 12% other: 46% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides

      Environment - current issues: pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid waste disposal threatens contamination of aquifers

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Biodiversity

      Geography - note: easternmost Caribbean island

      @Barbados:People

      Population: 258,756 (July 1997 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years: 24% (male 31,025; female 30,197) 15–64 years: 66% (male 83,977; female 87,208) 65 years and over : 10% (male 10,002; female 16,347) (July 1997 est.)

      Population growth rate: 0.12% (1997 est.)

      Birth rate: 15.35 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Death rate: 8.25 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Net migration rate: −5.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth : 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 17.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.6 years male : 71.84 years female: 77.43 years (1997 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 1.88 children born/woman (1997 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Barbadian(s) adjective: Barbadian

      Ethnic groups: black 80%, white 4%, other 16%

      Religions: Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, unknown 3%, other 9% (1980)

      Languages: English

      Literacy: definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 97.4% male: 98% female: 96.8% (1995 est.)

      @Barbados:Government

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