BANGLADESH COUNTRY PROFILE
JUTE THE NATURAL FIBER
| THE COUNTRY | : | The People’s Republic of Bangladesh |
| GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION | : | South Asia; between 20°34’and 26°38 north latitude and between 88°01’ and 92°41’ east longitude; consists of flat fertile alluvial land |
| BOUNDARY | : | North-India : (West Bengal and Meghalaya), West-India :(West Bengal), East-India :(Tripura and Assam) and Myanmar, South : Bay of Bengal. |
| AREA | : | 56.977 sq. miles or 1,47,570 sq. km. Territorial water: 12 nautical miles in high seas measured from the base line. |
| CAPITAL CITY | : | Dhaka, Metropolitan Area 1528 sq-km |
| STANDARD TIME | : | GMT + 6 Hours |
| CLIMATE AND CLIMATIC VARIATION | : | Sub-tropical monsoon. Winter (November-February) temperature: average maximum 29°C, average minimum 11°C, Summer (March-June) temperature: average maximum 32°C,average minimum 21°C; Monsoon (July-October). |
| RAINFALL | : | 1194 mm to 3454 mm (average during monsoon, June-August). |
| HUMIDITY | : | Highest : 99 percent (July), Lowest 36 Percent (December and January). |
| VEGETATION | : | Grassland, mixed evergreen. |
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| POPULATION | : | 165.6 Million (Jun, 2019) |
| POPULATION GROWTH RATE | : | 1.2 percent (2020). |
| INFANT MORTALITY RATE | : | 25.1 Deaths per 1,000 live births in 2019 |
| ADULT LITERACY RATE (15+) | : | 73.9 Percent (2018 Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics) |
| LANGUAGE | : | 95% Bangla and 5% other dialects. English is widely spoken. |
| RELIGION | : | Muslim(88.3%), Hindu (10.5%), Buddhist (0.6%) Christian (0.3%) and animists and believers in tribal faiths (0.3%). |
| FOOD | : | Rice, Wheat, Vegetables, Pulse, Fish and Meat. |
| PRINCIPAL CROPS AND FRUITS | : | Rice, Wheat, Jute, Tea, Tobacco, Sugarcane, Pulses, Oilseeds, Spices, Potatoes, Vegetables, Banana, Pineapples, Mango Coconut and Jackfruit. |
| PRINCIPAL RIVERS | : | Padma, Brahmaputra, Jamuna, Meghna, Karnaphuli, Teesta, etc. Total 230 rivers including tributaries. |
| MINERAL RESOURCES | : | Natural gas, Lime Stone, hard rock, coal, lignite, silica sand, white clay, radio active sand, etc (There is immense possibility of oil deposit). |
| HUMAN RESOURCES | : | A substantial manpower reserve, trained and skilled, engineers, technicians, physicians, economist, accountants, administrative and managerial personnel, abundance of easily trainable and adaptable, hardworking, intelligent and youthful labor force. |
| FORM OF GOVERNMENT | : | The country has a parliamentary form of Government headed by the Prime Minister. The President is the constitutional Head of the State. |
| PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES | : | Jute, tea, Textile, Garments, Paper, Newsprint, Fertilizer, Leather and Leather Goods, Sugar, Cement, Fish Processing, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Light Engineering, Ceramic, etc. |
| PRINCIPAL EXPORTERS | : | Readymade garments, frozen foods and shrimp, tea, raw jute, jute products, leather and leather products, chemical fertilizer, ceramic tableware, etc. |
| PRINCIPAL IMPORTS | : | Wheat, oil seeds, crude petroleum, raw cotton, edible oil, petroleum products, fertilizer, cement, staple fibers, yarn, iron and steel, capital goods and machinery, etc. |
| HOUSE HOLDS | : | 35.2 Millions |