Bangladesch - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 24 E
time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: the origins of the name are unclear, but some sources state that the city's site was originally called "dhakka," meaning "watchtower," and that the area served as a watch-station for Bengal rulers
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Bangladesh
dual citizenship recognized: yes, but limited to select countries
residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
land: 130,170 sq km
water: 18,290 sq km
arable land: 59% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 6.5% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 4.6% (2018 est.)
forest: 11.1% (2018 est.)
other: 18.8% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 67.09% (male 54,560,958/female 57,599,478)
65 years and over: 7.53% (2023 est.) (male 5,871,022/female 6,718,930)
major-language sample(s):
বিশ্ব ফ্যাক্টবুক, মৌলিক তথ্যের অপরিহার্য উৎস (Bangla)
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male: 72.8 years
female: 77.2 years
male: 28.3 years
female: 30 years
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 20-49
rate of urbanization: 2.88% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2020)
note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia
5.41% (2020 est.)
4.44% (2019 est.)
note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many persons counted as employed work only a few hours a week and at low wages
33.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
5.69% (2020 est.)
5.59% (2019 est.)
$38.476 billion (2020 est.)
$44.961 billion (2019 est.)
note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.
$56.776 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$64.234 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 39% (2021 est.)
narrow gauge: 1,801 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge
broad gauge: 659 km (2014) 1.676-m gauge
paved: 110,311 km (2018)
unpaved: 258,794 km (2018)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0 (2021 est.) less than 1
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 107 (2021 est.)
Bangladesh-Burma: the border area has historically been an area of conflict and instability; militants, particularly ethnic armed groups (EAGs) from Burma, continue to operate in the border region and conduct illegal crossings, and both countries maintain considerable numbers of security personnel along the border; Burmese military forces actively conduct operations against EAGs; in 2022, Burmese artillery struck Bangladesh territory several times during military operations against Arakan Army rebels inside Rakhine; as of 2017, Burmese border authorities had constructed about 130 miles of border fencing and had planned to fence off the remainder of the border
Bangladesh-India: Bangladesh referred its maritime boundary claims with Burma and India to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea; Indian Prime Minister Singh's September 2011 visit to Bangladesh resulted in the signing of a Protocol to the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh, which had called for the settlement of longstanding boundary disputes over un-demarcated areas and the exchange of territorial enclaves, but which had never been implemented