The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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

      Irrigated land:

      47,250 sq km (2003)

      Total renewable water resources:

      1,210.6 cu km (1999)

      Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

      total: 79.4 cu km/yr (3%/1%/96%) per capita: 560 cu m/yr (2000)

      Natural hazards:

      droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season

      Environment - current issues:

      many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land; waterborne diseases prevalent in surface water; water pollution, especially of fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; severe overpopulation

      Environment - international agreements:

      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

      most of the country is situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas: the Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main channel of the Brahmaputra) and later joins the Meghna to eventually empty into the Bay of Bengal

      People

       Bangladesh

      Population:

      153,546,896 (July 2008 est.)

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 33.4% (male 26,364,370/female 24,859,792) 15–64 years: 63.1% (male 49,412,903/female 47,468,013) 65 years and over: 3.5% (male 2,912,321/female 2,529,502) (2008 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 22.8 years male: 22.8 years female: 22.9 years (2008 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      2.022% (2008 est.)

      Birth rate:

      28.86 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Death rate:

      8 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Net migration rate:

      −0.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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: 1.15 male(s)/female total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 57.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 58.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 56.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 63.21 years male: 63.14 years female: 63.28 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      3.08 children born/woman (2008 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.)

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations water contact disease: leptospirosis animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008)

      Nationality:

      noun: Bangladeshi(s) adjective: Bangladeshi

      Ethnic groups:

      Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998)

      Religions:

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

      Languages:

      Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 43.1% male: 53.9% female: 31.8% (2003 est.)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2004)

      Education expenditures:

      2.7% of GDP (2005)

      Government

       Bangladesh

      Country name:

      conventional long form: People's Republic of Bangladesh conventional short form: Bangladesh local long form: Gana Prajatantri Banladesh local short form: Banladesh former: East Bengal, East Pakistan

      Government type:

      parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

      name: Dhaka geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 24 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 holiday:

      Independence Day, 26 March (1971); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is Victory Day and commemorates the official СКАЧАТЬ