 |
People |
|
|
| People's
Republic of Bangladesh |
| President |
Iajuddin
Ahmed (2004) |
| Prime
Minister: |
Khaleda
Zia (2001) (2004) |
| Ethnic
Groups |
Bengali
98%, tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims. |
| Religions |
Islam
(88.3%); Hindu (10.5%); Buddhist (0.6%); Christians (0.3%);
Others (0.1%). (2004) |
| Languages |
Bangla
(official, also known as Bengali), English. |
| Population |
141,340,476
(growth rate: 1.59%) (2004)
|
| Literacy |
Total
population: 56% (2004)
Male: 63%
Female: 49% |
Urban
population
(as % of total) |
23.9
(2004) |
| Age
Structure |
0-14
years: 33.8% (male 23,069,242; female 21,995,457)
15-64 years: 62.8% (male 42,924,778; female 40,873,077)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 2,444,314; female 2,069,816) (2003
est.) |
Probability
at birth of
surviving to age 65 (% of cohort) |
Female:61.1
Male:57.9 (2004) |
Life
expectancy at birth
(years) |
61.4
(2004) |
Life
expectancy (index)
|
0.60
(2004) |
Infant
mortality rate
(per 1,000 live births) |
51
(2004) |
| Population
with access to improved sanitation (%) |
48
(2004) |
| Birth
Rate |
25.12
births/1,000 population (2004)
|
| Births
attended by skilled health personnel (%) |
12
(2004) |
Maternal
mortality
Ratio adjusted per 100,000 live births)
|
380
(2004) |
| Total
Fertility Rate |
2.72
children born/woman (2004) |
| Death
Rate |
8.47
deaths/1,000 population (2004)
|
Population
with
sustainable access
to improved sanitation(%)
|
48
(2004) |
| Population
without sustainable access to an improved water source. |
3
(2004) |
Under-
nourished people
(as % of total population) |
35
(2004) |
Gender
empowerment
measure (GEM) Rank
|
76
(2004) |
Gender-related
development index (GDI)
|
110
(2004) |
Human
development index
(HDI) value |
0.509
(2004) |
| Net
Migration Rate |
-0.79
migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004) |
| HIV/AIDS
- Deaths |
650
(2004) |
| HIV/AIDS
- Adult Prevalence Rate |
13,000
(2004) |
Prevalence
of smoking (% of adults)
|
Women:
24 Men: 54 (2004) |
| Source:www.worldbank.org
/www.youandaids.org/
http://hdr.undp.org/
|
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