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Bangladesh

24.0N 90.0E · 20 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
LIBERATION WAR AND INDEPENDENCE · 26 MAR – 16 DEC 1971
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1970 – present · Liberation War and Modern Bangladesh
5 EVENTS
Dec 1970 · Awami League wins the election 2 REFS
26 Mar 1971 · Declaration of independence 2 REFS
1947 – 1970 · Partition, East Pakistan and the Language Movement
3 EVENTS
21 Feb 1952 · The Bengali Language Movement 2 REFS
1966 · The Awami League's Six-Point demand 2 REFS
1757 – 1947 · British Conquest and Colonial Bengal
3 EVENTS
23 Jun 1757 · Battle of Plassey 2 REFS
1769–1770 · The Great Bengal Famine 1 REF
1576 – 1757 · Mughal Bengal and the Wealth of the Delta
3 EVENTS
1610 · Dhaka becomes the Mughal capital of Bengal 1 REF
17th–18th century · Dhaka muslin and the wealth of Bengal 1 REF
1204 – 1576 · The Bengal Sultanate and the Spread of Islam
3 EVENTS
1342 · Iliyas Shah founds the Bengal Sultanate 1 REF
1576 · Mughal conquest of Bengal 2 REFS
c. 750 – 1204 CE · Buddhist and Hindu Bengal: the Pala and Sena Dynasties
3 EVENTS
c. 800 CE · Somapura Mahavihara built at Paharpur 2 REFS
c. 1204 CE · Turkish conquest ends Sena rule 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Dhaka
Population
158 m
Area
147,570 km²
Region
Southern Asia
Languages
Bengali
Currency
Bangladeshi taka (৳)
Demonym
Bangladeshi
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$456 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$2,597’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.5%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
8.8%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
28.0%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
176 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
74.9 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
33.2%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.1’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
79.0%’22 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
36.5’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
40.9’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
39.3’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
39.9’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
40.4’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
25.5’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
2.2%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.72’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
30.5’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
96.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
59.1%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
79.0%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
2.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
106.5%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
64.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
23.7%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

Internet users
53.4%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
108’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
0.5%’18 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
129,980 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
14.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
72.3%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.7’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
25.0%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
0.6%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
99.5%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
0.9%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$4.0 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
227,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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