67%
permanent crops:
2%
meadows and pastures:
4%
forest and woodland:
16%
other:
11%
Irrigated land:
27,380 sq km (1989)
Environment:
current issues:
many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate
flood-prone land; limited access to potable water; water-borne
diseases prevalent; water pollution especially of fishing areas
results from the use of commercial pesticides; intermittent water
shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central
parts of the country; soil degradation; deforestation; severe
overpopulation
natural hazards:
vulnerable to droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely
flooded during the summer monsoon season
international agreements:
party to - Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous
Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not
ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea

@Bangladesh, People

Population:
125,149,469 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.33% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
35.02 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
11.68 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
106.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
55.08 years
male:
55.35 years
female:
54.8 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.47 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Bangladeshi(s)
adjective:
Bangladesh
Ethnic divisions:
Bengali 98%, Biharis 250,000, tribals less than 1 million
Religions:
Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, Buddhist, Christian, other
Languages:
Bangla (official), English
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population:
35%
male:
47%
female:
22%
Labor force:
50.1 million
by occupation:
agriculture 65%, services 21%, industry and mining 14% (1989)
note:
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)

@Bangladesh, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
People's Republic of Bangladesh
conventional short form:
Bangladesh
former:
East Pakistan
Digraph:
BG
Type:
republic
Capital:
Dhaka
Administrative divisions:
64 districts (zillagulo, singular - zilla); Bagerhat, Bandarban,
Barguna, Barisal, Bhola, Bogra, Brahmanbaria, Chandpur, Chapai
Nawabganj, Chattagram, Chuadanga, Comilla, Cox's Bazar, Dhaka,