Bangladesh
Capital: Dhaka
GPS: 23°42′N, 90°21′E
Time Zone: UTC+6
Government: Parliamentary Republic
Head of State: Iajuddin Ahmed
Parliament: Unicameral
Neighbours: Bangladesh is bound by India to the west and Myanmar (Burma) to the far south east. Together with the Indian state of West Bengal, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language.
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Surface Area: 144,000 km²
Land: 133,910 km²
Water: 10,090 km²
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Main Political Parties: Awami League or AL; Bangladesh Communist Party or BCP; Bangladesh Nationalist Party or BNP; Islami Oikya Jote or IOJ; Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh or JIB; Jatiya Party or JP (Ershad faction); Jatiya Party (Manzur faction); Liberal Democratic Party or LDP |
Population: 153,546,896
Population Growth: 2.022%
Population Density: 1,045/km²
Main Ethnic Groups: Bengali ~98%, other ~2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims)
Main Languages: Bangla (Bengali), English
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Currency: Taka (BDT)
GNI (Atlas Method): US$69.9 billion (2006)
GNI Per Capita: US$480 (2006)
GDP (Current US$): 61,961 million
GDP Growth (Growth Annual %): 5.6% (2000-06)
HDI: 140
Inflation, GDP Deflator: 4.1% (2000-06)
Agriculture, Value Added (% GDP): 20%
Industry, Value Added (% GDP): 28%
Services, etc., value added (% of GDP): 52%
Exports: US$ 12,050 million (2006)
Imports: US$ 16,100 million (2006)
Total External Debt: US$ 18,935 million (2005)
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