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Bangladesh

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Bangladesh is a country. The capital city is Dhaka, located in the Southern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 130,170 km², a population of 171,466,990 people and uses the currency Bangladeshi taka. The Prime Minister is Sheikh Hasina.

Key facts

currency: Bangladeshi taka
capital city: Dhaka
region: Southern Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 130,170 km²
population: 171,466,990 people
political leader: Sheikh Hasina (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 31.20 % of GDP
expense: 8.32 % of GDP
GDP: 437,415,331,040.99 current US$
inflation: 9.88 annual %
self-employed workers: 53.39 % of total employment
tax revenue: 7.64 % of GDP
unemployment: 4.45 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 48.88 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 227,000 people
democracy score: 5.57
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 426,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 44.50 % of population
military expenditure: 1.02 % of GDP
net migration: -549,918 people
press freedom: 1.54
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 20.86 %
birth rate: 17.48 per 1,000 people
death rate: 5.30 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 57.94 current US$
health expenditure: 2.36 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.88 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 74
suicide mortality rate: 3.70 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 100,680.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.15 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 124.79 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 99.40 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 1.69 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 80.70 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.96 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 16.38 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.27 % of total
net energy imports: 16.84 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.95 births per woman
forest area: 18,834 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 73.77 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 281.38 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 21.40
methane emissions: 128.46 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 26.50 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 87,109,279 people
male population: 84,357,711 people
renewable energy consumption: 25.00 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 79,328.86 km²
rural population: 102,069,155 people
urban land area: 56,970.02 km²
urban population: 69,397,835 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 6.06 % of total population

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Location on a map: 24°0′N, 90°0′E

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Bangladesh is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Southern Asia and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of competitions in Bangladesh by start date

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Correlation of fertility rate and life expectancy at birth by countries yearly in Bangladesh

Correlation of access to electricity and fertility rate by countries yearly in Bangladesh

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban population by countries yearly in Bangladesh

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