Bangladesh  
   
Geography
Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Myanmar and India.
Area: total: 143,998 sq km
land: 130,168 sq km
water: 13,830 sq km
Natural Resources: Natural Gas, Arable Land, Timber, Coal
Population and Health
Population:  163,654,860 (July 2013 est.)
Age structure:

0-14 years: 33% (male 27,393,912/female 26,601,199)
15-24 years: 18.8% (male 14,337,930/female 16,377,785)
25-54 years: 37.6% (male 29,091,046/female 32,455,670)
55-64 years: 5.7% (male 4,775,062/female 4,625,192)
65 years and over: 4.9% (male 3,918,341/female 4,078,723) (2013 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.59% (2013 est.)
Birth rate:

22.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

Death rate:  5.67 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.87 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 47.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 49.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 44.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.) 
Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 70.36 years
male: 68.48 years
female: 72.31 years (2013 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.5 children born/woman (2013 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method):  61% (2007-2012)
Unmet need of contraceptive:  13.5% (2011)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  8,000 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  400 (2012)
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.7%
male: 62%
female: 53.4% (2011 est.)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity): 

$324.6 billion (2013 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate): 

$324.6 billion (2013 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 

5.8% (2013 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP): 

$2,100 (2013 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 17.2%
industry: 28.9%
services: 53.9% (2013 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 45%
industry: 30%
services: 25% (2008)

Population below poverty line:

31.5% (2010 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

7.6% (2013 est.)

Agriculture - products:

rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry 
Industries:

jute, cotton, garments, paper, leather, fertilizer, iron and steel, cement, petroleum products, tobacco, drugs and pharmaceuticals, ceramics, tea, salt, sugar, edible oils, soap and detergent, fabricated metal products, electricity and natural gas

Industrial production growth rate:

9% (2013 est.)

Exports - commodities:

garments, knitwear, agricultural products, frozen food (fish and seafood), jute and jute goods, leather

Currency (code):

Taka (BDT) 
Fiscal year:  1 July - 30 June 
Others
Nationality: noun: Bangladeshi(s)
adjective: Bangladeshi

Religions: 

Muslim 89.5%, Hindu 9.6%, other 0.9% (2004)

Languages: 

Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English 
Country name:

conventional long form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
conventional short form: Bangladesh
former: East Bengal, East Pakistan 
Government type: 

parliamentary democracy 
Capital:

name: Dhaka
geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 25 E
time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) 
Administrative divisions:

7 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, 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 
Legal system: based on English common law 
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014