Portal:Bangladesh/FactSheet
People's Republic of Bangladesh গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh | |
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| Capital and largest city | Dhaka 23°42′N 90°22′E / 23.700°N 90.367°E |
| Official languages | Bengali (Bangla) |
| Government | Parliamentary republic |
| Iajuddin Ahmed | |
| vacant | |
Fakhruddin Ahmed | |
| Independence from Pakistan | |
• Declared | March 26, 1971 |
| December 16 1971 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 144,000 km2 (56,000 sq mi) (94th) |
• Water (%) | 7.0 |
| Population | |
• 2007 estimate | 150,448,339[1] (7th) |
• 2001 census | 129,247,2331 |
• Density | 1,045/km2 (2,706.5/sq mi) (11th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2006 estimate |
• Total | $330.8 billion (31st) |
• Per capita | $2200 (138th) |
| Gini (2000) | 31.8 medium inequality |
| HDI (2013) |  0.515[2]low (145th) |
| Currency | Taka (BDT) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BDT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (not observed) |
| Calling code | 880 (SubCodes) |
| ISO 3166 code | BD |
| Internet TLD | .bd |
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References
[edit]- ^ CIA World Factbook 2007
- ^ "Human Development Report 2010. Human development index trends: Table G" (PDF). The United Nations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2011.