Key Demographic Features of Bangladesh*
Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal,
between Burma and India
Map references: Asia
People
Population: 123,062,800 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 39% (male 24,434,219; female 23,436,359)
15-64 years: 58% (male 36,607,942; female 34,603,628)
65 years and over: 3% (male 2,175,017; female 1,805,635)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.85% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 102.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1996
est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 55.86 years
male: 56.02 years
female: 55.69 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions: Bengali 98%, Biharis 250,000, tribals
less than 1 million
Religions: Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, Buddhist, Christian,
other
Languages: Bangla (official), English
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)
total population: 38.1%
male: 49.4%
female: 26.1%
Government
conventional short form:
former: East Pakistan
Country Abbreviation: BG
Type of government: republic
Independence: 16 December 1971 (from Pakistan)
National holiday: Independence Day, 26 March (1971)
Constitution: 4 November 1972, effective 16 December 1972,
suspended following coup of 24 March 1982, restored 10 November
1986, amended many times
Legal system: based on English common law
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
International organization participation: AsDB, C, CCC, CP,
ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM,
ISO, ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, SAARC, UN, UNAMIR, UNAVEM III, UNCRO,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIH, UNMOT, UNOMIG,
UNPREDEP, UNPROFOR, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO,
WTrO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Humayun KABIR
chancery: 2201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007
telephone: [1] (202) 342-8372 through 8376
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles and New York
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador David N. MERRILL
embassy: Diplomatic Enclave, Madani Avenue, Baridhara,
Dhaka
mailing address: G.P.O. Box 323, Dhaka 1000; Dhaka 1212
telephone: [880] (2) 884700 through 884722
FAX: [880] (2) 883-744
Flag: green with a large red disk slightly to the hoist
side of center; green is the traditional color of Islam
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $144.5 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 4.6% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $1,130 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Communications
Telephones: 249,800 (1994 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 0
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 11
Televisions: 350,000 (1993 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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