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Bangladesh

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Capital:	Dhaka
Area size (Land only):	130170 sq. km Slightly larger than Greece
Time zone:	GMT +6
Currency:	Taka
Area code:	(+) 880
Driving:	Left
Climate description:	Tropical monsoon climate, with cold season from February to November and hot season from March to early June. The rainy season is between June and September.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Bengali (98 percent)
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	162.2 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	157.5 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	155.5 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	153.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	150.5 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	147.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	144.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	142.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	139.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
222.5 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
The population of Bangladesh is ethnically homogenous after integration between immigrants and local Bengalis. There are small Urdu and Indian minorities as well as 11 ethnic groups known collectively as Jumma.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Mostly Muslim (83 percent). There are Hindu (16 percent), Buddhist and Christian minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	25.9 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	25.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	25.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	24.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	24.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	23.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	23.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	23.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1972
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2005)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	35.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	35.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	36.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	38.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	38.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	38.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	63.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	63.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	62.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	61.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	60.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	59.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	62.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	62.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	62.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	60.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	60.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	59.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	64.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	64.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	63.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	61.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	60.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	59.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	47 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	52 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	54 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	56 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	46 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	51 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	51 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	54 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	61 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	69 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	73 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	77 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	69 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	77 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	77 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	82 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	13 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	13 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	14 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	12 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	12 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	12 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	570 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	380 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	140	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	137	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	139	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	138	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	139	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	145	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	46 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	48 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	48 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	48 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	48 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	48 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	48 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	48 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	27 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	30 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	30 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	80 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	74 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	75 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	36 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	39 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	48 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	48 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	No data available percent
2003	41.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	41.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	40.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	41.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	No data available percent
2003	50.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	50.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	49.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	52.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	No data available percent
2003	31.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	31.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	30.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	29.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2007	8 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006	8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	4 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	4 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Cellular telephone subscribers

2007	217 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	133 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	64 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	20 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	10 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	4 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Internet users

2007	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	1 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	0.8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	147 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	162(joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	156 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	158 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	145 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	133	Transparency International
2002	102	Transparency International
2001	91	Transparency International
2000	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	41.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	36.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	36.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1990-2002	36.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2001	36.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	450 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	440 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	410 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	370 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	350 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	360 current US$	WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000	360 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2006	61.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	60.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	56.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	51.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	47.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	47.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	47.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth

2006	6.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	6.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	6.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	5.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	4.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	5.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	5.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2006	5.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	5.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	4.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	4.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	3.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	1.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	1.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.7 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
27.9 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	26 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	26 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	23 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	20 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	No data available percent
2006	No data available percent
2005	No data available percent
2004	No data available percent
2003	No data available percent

Malaria
Risk throughout the year in the whole country apart from Dhaka. P. falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	225 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	227 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	229 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	232 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	234 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	236 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	239 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2007	10243	UNHCR
2006	7803	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	7294	UNHCR
2004	5730	UNHCR
2003	5565	UNHCR
2002	5808	UNHCR
2001	5548	UNHCR
2000	5401	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2007	27573	UNHCR
2006	26311	UNHCR
2005	21098	UNHCR
2004	20449	UNHCR
2003	19792	UNHCR
2002	22025	UNHCR
2001	22173	UNHCR
2000	21627	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

2007	500000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008
2005	500000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2006

Landmine casualties per year

2007	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1998)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	1.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	1.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	1.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	2.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	2.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	2.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	2.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	2.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	0.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	1.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	0.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	1.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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