- 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.
- Boundaries
- North - India (West Bengal, Meghalaya); West - India (West Bengal); East - India (Tripura & Assam) & Myanmar; South - Bay of Bengal.
- Area
- 147,570 square km. (Territorial water - 12 nautical miles)
- Capital City
- Dhaka Metropolitan Area 1528 sq.km
- Standard time
- GMT + 6 hours.
- Climate
- Sub-tropical monsoon.
- Rainfall
- 1194 mm to 3454 mm (average during monsoon, June–August)
- Humidity
- Highest 99 percent (July), Lowest 36 percent (December and January)
- Population
- 152.51 Million (Population & Housing Census Report 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics)
- Population Growth Rate
- 1.37 percent
- Population Density
- 1015 Person per sq km
- Total fertility rate
- 2.17 Children born/woman (2017 est.)
- Life expectancy
- 73.4 years (2017 est.)
- Birth Rate
- 18.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
- Mortality rate
- 5.4 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
- Adult literacy rate
- 72.8 Percent (15 years +)
- Language
- 95 percent Bangla and 5 percent other dialect. English is widely spoken.
- Religion
- Muslim (89.6%), Hindu (9.3%), Buddhist (0.60%), Christian (0.30%), & Animists and believers in tribal faiths (0.20%)
- Food
- Rice, Vegetables, pulses, fish and meat.
- Mineral resources
- Natural gas, limestone, hard rock, coal, Lignite, silica sand, white clay, radioactive Sand etc. (There is a strong possibility of oil deposit)
- Human resources
- A substantial manpower reserve, trained from 34 public government and technical Universities along with 56 Private Universities and 18 Electronic media
- Skilled
- Engineers, technicians, physicians, economists, Accountants, administrative and managerial personnel; an abundance of low cost, easily trained and adaptable, hardworking, intelligent and youthful labour force.
