The 2002 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ 2, multi-functional large-load carrier 8, passenger 88, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 178, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 120, roll on/roll off 49, short-sea passenger 16, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 22 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Angola 1, Argentina 1, Australia 4, Belgium 18, Bermuda 1, Canada 5, Chile 1, China 3, Croatia 2, Cuba 3, Cyprus 2, Denmark 27, Ecuador 1, Estonia 2, Finland 9, France 15, Germany 26, Greece 173, Hong Kong 6, India 2, Indonesia 2, Ireland 1, Israel 3, Italy 9, Jamaica 1, Japan 32, Kenya 3, Malaysia 10, Malta 2, Monaco 67, Netherlands 32, New Zealand 2, Norway 237, Panama 2, Philippines 3, Poland 13, Reunion 1, Russia 6, Saudi Arabia 9, Singapore 13, Slovenia 1, South Korea 2, Spain 7, Sweden 12, Switzerland 8, Thailand 1, Trinidad and Tobago 2, Turkey 2, Ukraine 2, United Arab Emirates 10, United Kingdom 107, United States 159, Uruguay 1 (2002 est.)

      Airports: 67 (2001)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 32 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 10 under 914 m: 3 (2001) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 35 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 23 (2001)

      Heliports: 1 (2001)

      Military Bahamas, The

      Military branches: Royal Bahamas Defense Force (Coast Guard only),

       Royal Bahamas Police Force

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $20 million (FY95/96)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.7% (FY99)

      Transnational Issues Bahamas, The

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for

       US and Europe; banking industry vulnerable to money laundering

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Bangladesh

      Introduction

      Bangladesh

      Background: Bangladesh came into existence in 1971 when Bengali East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan. About a third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the monsoon rainy season, hampering economic development.

      Geography Bangladesh

      Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India

      Geographic coordinates: 24 00 N, 90 00 E

      Map references: Asia

      Area: total: 144,000 sq km land: 133,910 sq km water: 10,090 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Iowa

      Land boundaries: total: 4,246 km border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

      Coastline: 580 km

      Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 18 NM territorial sea: 12 NM continental shelf: up to the outer limits of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM

      Climate: tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer

       (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)

      Terrain: mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point:

       Keokradong 1,230 m

      Natural resources: natural gas, arable land, timber, coal

      Land use: arable land: 61% permanent crops: 3% other: 36% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land: 38,440 sq km (1998 est.)

      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; water-borne 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,

       Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, 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: 133,376,684 (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure: 33.8% (male 23,069,242; female 21,995,457) 15-64 years: (male 2,444,314; female 2,069,816) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: 1.59% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate: 25.12 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate: 8.47 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate: -0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.18 male(s)/female total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 68.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: 60.74 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility rate: 2.72 children born/woman (2002 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.02% (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 13,000 (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,000 (1999 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Bangladeshi(s) adjective: Bangladeshi

      Ethnic groups: Bengali 98%, 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: 56% male: 63% female: 49% (2000 est.)

      Government Bangladesh

      Country СКАЧАТЬ