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 Bangladesh

 

 
Factfile  
Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Date of formation: 1971
Capital: Dhaka
Population: 143.8 million
Density: 998.6 people per sq km
Total area: 144,000 sq km
Languages: Bangla*, Urdu, Chakma, Marma (Margh), other
Government: Parliamentary democracy
Life expectancy: 61.1 years
Infant mortality: 51 deaths/1,000 live births

Rural population:

76.1% of total
Urban population: 23.9% of total
Under age 15: 38.3% of total
Over age 65: 3.2% of total

* Official language

Source:
UNDP - Human development report 2004
www.hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
CIA - The World Factbook 2004
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html




Population density (inhabitant/Km2)

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Source: UNEP/GRID geneva 

 
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