BANGLADESH BANGLADESH REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE DECEMBER 16 1971 FROM PAKISTAN DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 4 1972 POPULATION 127117967 1999 EST AREA 56977 SQ MI CAPITAL DHAKA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL GAS TIMBER MAIN INDUSTRIES JUTE GOODS FOOD PROCESSING TEXTILES FERTILIZER STEEL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE RICE JUTE FIBROUS PLANT TEA SUGARCANE WHEAT POTATOES CATTLE POULTRY DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY TAKA GDP 175.5 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1380 1998 EST LANGUAGES BANGLA ENGLISH RELIGIONS ISLAM HINDUISM BUDDHISM CHRISTIANITY LITERACY RATE 38 LIFE EXPECTANCY 61 YEARS MALE 60 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 25 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 9 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
