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Communications

Broadcast media [time series]

state-owned broadcaster (BTV) operates 1 terrestrial TV station, 3 radio networks, and about 10 local stations; 8 private satellite TV stations and 3 private radio stations also broadcasting; foreign satellite TV stations are gaining audience share in the large cities; several international radio broadcasters are available (2007)

Internet country code [time series]

.bd

Internet users (Internet hosts) [time series]

68,224 (2010) country comparison to the world: 81

Internet users [time series]

617,300 (2009) country comparison to the world: 112

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

general assessment: inadequate for a modern country; introducing digital systems; trunk systems include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and some fiber-optic cable in cities domestic: fixed-line teledensity remains only about 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has been increasing rapidly and now exceeds 40 telephones per 100 persons international: country code - 880; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-4 fiber-optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 6; international radiotelephone communications and landline service to neighboring countries (2009)

Telephones - fixed lines (Telephones - main lines in use) [time series]

900,000 (2010) country comparison to the world: 83

Telephones - mobile cellular [time series]

68.65 million (2010) country comparison to the world: 18

Economy

Agricultural products (Agriculture - products) [time series]

rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry

Budget [time series]

revenues: $11.41 billion expenditures: $15.87 billion (2010 est.)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) [time series]

-4.2% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 127

Central bank discount rate [time series]

5% (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 74 5% (31 December 2009 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate [time series]

13% (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 60 14.6% (31 December 2009 est.)

Current account balance [time series]

$3.734 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 40 $3.556 billion (2009 est.)

Debt - external [time series]

$24.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 71 $23.82 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income (Distribution of family income - Gini index) [time series]

33.2 (2005) country comparison to the world: 100 33.6 (1996)

Economic overview (Economy - overview) [time series]

The economy has grown 5-6% per year since 1996 despite political instability, poor infrastructure, corruption, insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms. Bangladesh remains a poor, overpopulated, and inefficiently-governed nation. Although more than half of GDP is generated through the service sector, 45% of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the single-most-important product. Bangladesh's growth was resilient during the 2008-09 global financial crisis and recession. Garment exports, totaling $12.3 billion in FY09 and remittances from overseas Bangladeshis, totaling $11 billion in FY10, accounted for almost 25% of GDP.

Electricity - consumption [time series]

23.94 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 65

Electricity - exports [time series]

0 kWh (2009 est.)

Electricity - imports [time series]

0 kWh (2009 est.)

Electricity - production [time series]

25.62 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 65

Exchange rates [time series]

taka (BDT) per US dollar - 70.59 (2010) 69.04 (2009) 68.554 (2008) 69.893 (2007) 69.031 (2006)

Exports [time series]

$19.24 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 71 $15.07 billion (2009 est.)

Exports - commodities [time series]

garments, frozen fish and seafood, jute and jute goods, leather

Exports - partners [time series]

US 22.1%, Germany 14.1%, UK 8.5%, France 6.8%, Netherlands 6.1% (2010)

GDP (official exchange rate) [time series]

$104.9 billion (2010 est.)

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP (purchasing power parity)) [time series]

$258.6 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 45 $243.9 billion (2009 est.) $230.6 billion (2008 est.) note: data are in 2010 US dollars

GDP - composition, by sector of origin (GDP - composition by sector) [time series]

agriculture: 18.6% industry: 28.5% services: 53% (2010 est.)

Real GDP per capita (GDP - per capita (PPP)) [time series]

$1,700 (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 196 $1,600 (2009 est.) $1,500 (2008 est.) note: data are in 2010 US dollars

Real GDP growth rate (GDP - real growth rate) [time series]

6% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 55 5.8% (2009 est.) 6% (2008 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share [time series]

lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: 26.6% (2008 est.)

Imports [time series]

$24.72 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 65 $19.68 billion (2009 est.)

Imports - commodities [time series]

machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement

Imports - partners [time series]

China 18.9%, India 12.7%, Singapore 6%, Malaysia 4.7%, Japan 4% (2010)

Industrial production growth rate [time series]

7% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 57

Industries [time series]

cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

8.1% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 190 5.4% (2009 est.)

Investment (gross fixed) [time series]

23.8% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 71

Labor force [time series]

73.86 million country comparison to the world: 8 note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2010 est.)

Labor force - by occupation [time series]

agriculture: 45% industry: 30% services: 25% (2008)

Market value of publicly traded shares [time series]

$47 billion (31 December 2010) country comparison to the world: 74 $7.068 billion (31 December 2009) $6.671 billion (31 December 2008)

Natural gas - consumption [time series]

20.1 billion cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 34

Natural gas - exports [time series]

0 cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 60

Natural gas - imports [time series]

0 cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 87

Natural gas - production [time series]

19.75 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 31

Natural gas - proved reserves [time series]

195.4 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 46

Oil - consumption [time series]

98,000 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 75

Oil - exports [time series]

2,770 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 111

Oil - imports [time series]

77,340 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 79

Oil - production [time series]

5,724 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 93

Oil - proved reserves [time series]

28 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 83

Population below poverty line [time series]

40% (2010 est.)

Public debt [time series]

35.4% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 79 35.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold [time series]

$11.18 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 69 $10.34 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Stock of broad money [time series]

$56.44 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 65 $47.38 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad [time series]

$91.2 million (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 81 $91 million (31 December 2009 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home [time series]

$6.107 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 85 $5.139 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Stock of domestic credit [time series]

$64.71 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 60 $53.59 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Stock of narrow money [time series]

$14.12 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 68 $10.88 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Taxes and other revenues [time series]

10.9% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 203

Unemployment rate [time series]

5.1% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 46 5.1% (2009 est.) note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many participants in the labor force work only a few hours a week, at low wages

Geography

Area [time series]

total: 143,998 sq km country comparison to the world: 95 land: 130,168 sq km water: 13,830 sq km

Area - comparative [time series]

slightly smaller than Iowa

Climate [time series]

tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)

Coastline [time series]

580 km

Elevation (Elevation extremes) [time series]

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m

Environment - current issues [time series]

many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land; waterborne diseases prevalent in surface water; water pollution, especially of fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; severe overpopulation

International environmental agreements (Environment - international agreements) [time series]

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Total water withdrawal (Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)) [time series]

total: 79.4 cu km/yr (3%/1%/96%) per capita: 560 cu m/yr (2000)

Geographic coordinates [time series]

24 00 N, 90 00 E

Geography - note [time series]

most of the country is situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas: the Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main channel of the Brahmaputra) and later joins the Meghna to eventually empty into the Bay of Bengal

Irrigated land [time series]

50,500 sq km (2008)

Land boundaries [time series]

total: 4,246 km border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Land use [time series]

arable land: 55.39% permanent crops: 3.08% other: 41.53% (2005)

Location [time series]

Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India

Map references [time series]

Asia

Maritime claims [time series]

territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 18 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: up to the outer limits of the continental margin

Natural hazards [time series]

droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season

Natural resources [time series]

natural gas, arable land, timber, coal

Terrain [time series]

mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast

Total renewable water resources [time series]

1,210.6 cu km (1999)

Government

Administrative divisions [time series]

7 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet

Capital [time series]

name: Dhaka geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 24 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Constitution [time series]

enacted 4 November 1972; effective 16 December 1972; suspended following coup of 24 March 1982; restored 10 November 1986; amended many times

Country name [time series]

conventional long form: People's Republic of Bangladesh conventional short form: Bangladesh local long form: Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh local short form: former: East Bengal, East Pakistan

Diplomatic representation from the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Dan W. MOZENA embassy: Madani Avenue, Baridhara, Dhaka 1212 mailing address: G. P. O. Box 323, Dhaka 1000 telephone: [880] (2) 885-5500 FAX: [880] (2) 882-3744

Diplomatic representation in the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Akramul QADER chancery: 3510 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 244-0183 FAX: [1] (202) 244-7830/2771 consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, New York

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: President Zillur RAHMAN (since 12 February 2009) head of government: Prime Minister Sheikh HASINA Wajed (since 6 January 2009) cabinet: Cabinet selected by the prime minister and appointed by the president (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website) elections: president elected by National Parliament for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); last election held on 11 February 2009 (next to be held in 2014) election results: Zillur RAHMAN declared president-elect by the Election Commission on 11 February 2009 (sworn in on 12 February); he ran unopposed as president; percent of National Parliament vote - NA

Flag (Flag description) [time series]

green field with a large red disk shifted slightly to the hoist side of center; the red disk represents the rising sun and the sacrifice to achieve independence; the green field symbolizes the lush vegetation of Bangladesh

Government type [time series]

parliamentary democracy

Independence [time series]

16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesh

International law organization participation [time series]

has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

International organization participation [time series]

ADB, ARF, BIMSTEC, C, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OPCW, SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNMIT, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Judicial branch [time series]

Supreme Court (the chief justices and other judges are appointed by the president)

Legal system [time series]

mixed legal system of mostly English common law and Islamic law

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad; 300 seats (45 reserved for women) elected by popular vote from single territorial constituencies; members serve five-year terms elections: last held on 29 December 2008 (next to be held in 2013) election results: percent of vote by party - AL 49%, BNP 33.2%, JP 7%, JIB 4.6%, other 6.2%; seats by party - AL 230, BNP 30, JP 27, JIB 2, other 11

National anthem(s) (National anthem) [time series]

name: "Amar Shonar Bangla" (My Golden Bengal) lyrics/music: Rabindranath TAGORE note: adopted 1971; Rabindranath TAGORE, a Nobel laureate, also wrote India's national anthem

National holiday [time series]

Independence Day, 26 March (1971); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesh

National symbol(s) [time series]

Bengal tiger

Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]

Awami League or AL [Sheikh HASINA]; Communist Party of Bangladesh or CPB [Manjurul A. KHAN]; Bangladesh Nationalist Party or BNP [Khaleda ZIA]; Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh or BDB [Badrudozza CHOWDHURY]; Islami Oikya Jote or IOJ [multiple leaders]; Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh or JIB [Matiur Rahman NIZAMI]; Jatiya Party or JP (Ershad faction) [Hussain Mohammad ERSHAD]; Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Oli AHMED]

Political parties (Political pressure groups and leaders) [time series]

Advocacy to End Gender-based Violence through the MoWCA (Ministry of Women's and Children's Affairs) other: environmentalists; Islamist groups; religious leaders; teachers; union leaders

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal

Introduction

Background [time series]

Europeans began to set up trading posts in the area of Bangladesh in the 16th century; eventually the British came to dominate the region and it became part of British India. In 1947, West Pakistan and East Bengal (both primarily Muslim) separated from India (largely Hindu) and jointly became the new country of Pakistan. East Bengal became East Pakistan in 1955, but the awkward arrangement of a two-part country with its territorial units separated by 1,600 km left the Bengalis marginalized and dissatisfied. East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan in 1971 and was renamed Bangladesh. A military-backed, emergency caretaker regime suspended parliamentary elections planned for January 2007 in an effort to reform the political system and root out corruption. In contrast to the strikes and violent street rallies that had marked Bangladeshi politics in previous years, the parliamentary elections finally held in late December 2008 were mostly peaceful and Sheikh HASINA Wajed was elected prime minister. About a third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the monsoon rainy season, hampering economic development.

Military

Manpower available for military service [time series]

males age 16-49: 36,520,491 (2010 est.)

Manpower fit for military service [time series]

males age 16-49: 30,486,086 females age 16-49: 35,616,093 (2010 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually [time series]

male: 1,606,963 female: 1,689,442 (2010 est.)

Military and security forces (Military branches) [time series]

Bangladesh Defense Force: Bangladesh Army (Sena Bahini), Bangladesh Navy (Noh Bahini, BN), Bangladesh Air Force (Biman Bahini, BAF) (2010)

Military expenditures [time series]

1.3% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 116

Military service age and obligation [time series]

16 years of age for voluntary enlisted military service (Air Force); 17 years of age (Army and Navy); conscription is by law possible in times of emergency, but has never been implemented (2010)

People and Society

Age structure [time series]

0-14 years: 34.3% (male 27,551,594/female 26,776,647) 15-64 years: 61.1% (male 45,956,431/female 50,891,519) 65 years and over: 4.7% (male 3,616,225/female 3,778,119) (2011 est.)

Birth rate [time series]

22.98 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 72

Children under the age of 5 years underweight [time series]

41.3% (2007) country comparison to the world: 3

Death rate [time series]

5.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 171

Drinking water source [time series]

improved: urban: 85% of population rural: 78% of population total: 80% of population unimproved: urban: 15% of population rural: 22% of population total: 20% of population (2008)

Education expenditure (Education expenditures) [time series]

2.4% of GDP (2008) country comparison to the world: 148

Ethnic groups [time series]

Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate [time series]

less than 0.1% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 113

HIV/AIDS - deaths [time series]

fewer than 200 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 101

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS [time series]

6,300 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 116

Health expenditure (Health expenditures) [time series]

3.4% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 172

Hospital bed density [time series]

0.4 beds/1,000 population (2005) country comparison to the world: 172

Infant mortality rate [time series]

total: 50.73 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 48 male: 53.23 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Languages [time series]

Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 69.75 years country comparison to the world: 148 male: 67.93 years female: 71.65 years (2011 est.)

Literacy [time series]

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47.9% male: 54% female: 41.4% (2001 Census)

Major urban areas - population (Major cities - population) [time series]

DHAKA (capital) 14.251 million; Chittagong 4.816 million; Khulna 1.636 million; Rajshahi 853,000 (2009)

Major infectious diseases [time series]

degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations water contact disease: leptospirosis animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Maternal mortality ratio (Maternal mortality rate) [time series]

340 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) country comparison to the world: 42

Median age [time series]

total: 23.3 years male: 22.7 years female: 23.7 years (2011 est.)

Nationality [time series]

noun: Bangladeshi(s) adjective: Bangladeshi

Net migration rate [time series]

-1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 158

Physician density (Physicians density) [time series]

0.295 physicians/1,000 population (2007) country comparison to the world: 139

Population [time series]

158,570,535 (July 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 7

Population growth rate [time series]

1.566% (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 76

Religions [time series]

Muslim 89.5%, Hindu 9.6%, other 0.9% (2004)

Sanitation facility access [time series]

improved: urban: 56% of population rural: 52% of population total: 53% of population unimproved: urban: 44% of population rural: 48% of population total: 47% of population (2008)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) [time series]

total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2007)

Sex ratio [time series]

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate [time series]

2.6 children born/woman (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 81

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) (Unemployment, youth ages 15-24) [time series]

total: 9.3% country comparison to the world: 106 male: 8% female: 13.6% (2006)

Urbanization [time series]

urban population: 28% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 3.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international [time series]

Bangladesh referred its maritime boundary claims with Burma and India to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea; Prime Minister Singh's September 2011 visit to Bangladesh resulted in the signing of a Protocol to the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh, which had called for the settlement of longstanding boundary disputes over undemarcated areas and the exchange of territorial enclaves, but which had never been implemented; Bangladesh struggles to accommodate 29,000 Rohingya, Burmese Muslim minority from Arakan State, living as refugees in Cox's Bazar; Burmese border authorities are constructing a 200 km (124 mi) wire fence designed to deter illegal cross-border transit and tensions from the military build-up along border

Illicit drugs [time series]

transit country for illegal drugs produced in neighboring countries

Refugees and internally displaced persons [time series]

refugees (country of origin): 26,268 (Burma) IDPs: 65,000 (land conflicts, religious persecution) (2007)

Trafficking in persons [time series]

current situation: Bangladesh is a source and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; a significant share of Bangladesh's trafficking victims are men recruited for work overseas with fraudulent employment offers who are subsequently exploited under conditions of forced labor or debt bondage; children are trafficked within Bangladesh for commercial sexual exploitation, bonded labor, and forced labor; women and children from Bangladesh are also trafficked to India and Pakistan for sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Bangladesh does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so, including some progress in addressing sex trafficking; the government did not demonstrate sufficient progress in criminally prosecuting and convicting labor trafficking offenders, particularly those responsible for the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers for the purpose of labor trafficking (2011)

Transportation

Airports [time series]

17 (2010) country comparison to the world: 142

Airports - with paved runways [time series]

total: 15 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 4 (2010)

Airports - with unpaved runways [time series]

total: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2010)

Merchant marine [time series]

total: 50 country comparison to the world: 70 by type: bulk carrier 16, cargo 25, container 5, petroleum tanker 4 foreign-owned: 4 (China 1, Singapore 3) registered in other countries: 9 (Comoros 1, Malta 1, Panama 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 2) (2010)

Pipelines [time series]

gas 2,714 km (2010)

Ports (Ports and terminals) [time series]

Chittagong, Mongla Port

Railways [time series]

total: 2,622 km country comparison to the world: 63 broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,676 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

Roadways [time series]

total: 239,226 km country comparison to the world: 21 paved: 22,726 km unpaved: 216,500 km (2003)

Transportation - note [time series]

the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of Bangladesh remain a high risk for armed robbery against ships; attacks against vessels increased in 2010 for the second consecutive year; 23 commercial vessels were attacked both at anchor and while underway; crews were robbed and stores or cargoes stolen

Waterways [time series]

8,370 km (includes up to 3,060 km of main cargo routes; the network is reduced to 5,200 km in the dry season) (2007) country comparison to the world: 17